On thatבַּ הַהוּאdayיּוֹםKing Ahasuerusהַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁgaveנָתַןto Estherלְאֶסְתֵּרthe queenהַמַּלְכָּהthe houseבֵּיתof Haman,הָמָןthe adversaryצֹרֵרof the Jews;הַיְּהוּדִיםand Mordecaiוּמָרְדֳּכַיcameבָּאbeforeלִפְנֵיthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְforכִּיEstherאֶסְתֵּרhad made knownהִגִּידָהwhatמַהheהוּאwasto her.לָהּ
Esther 8:1
Study it in the app“On that day King Ahasuerus gave to Esther the queen the house of Haman, the adversary of the Jews; and Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had made known what he was to her.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 8:1, word by word
- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- King Ahasuerusמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- King Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁachashverosh
Ahasuerus
Ahasuerus: the Hebrew name of a king of Persia. In Ezra 4:6 and in the book of Esther; Strong identifies him there with Xerxes.
Where else “achashverosh” appears- gaveנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- to Estherאֶסְתֵּרester
Esther
Esther: the other name of Hadassah, the Jewish young woman, cousin of Mordecai, who became queen of Persia and delivered her people.
Where else “ester” appears- the queenמַּלְכָּהmalka
queen
Queen: a woman who reigns or the chief wife of a king. It is said of the queen of Sheba and of the queens in the book of Esther.
Where else “malka” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appears- of Hamanהָמָןhaman
Haman
Haman: the man whom King Ahasuerus set above all his officials; he wanted to destroy the Jews and ended hanged on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai.
Where else “haman” appears- the adversaryצֹרֵרtsorer
harass
To be someone's enemy.
Where else “tsorer” appears- of the Jewsיְּהוּדִיםyehudim
Jew, Judean
Jew: a person of Judah, first of the kingdom of Judah and then, in general, of the people descended from it. Its first appearance is 2 Kings 16:6, where it names the men of Judah who lived in Elath. It is frequent in Jeremiah, Nehemiah and Esther.
Where else “yehudim” appears- and Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַיmardochay
Mordecai
Mordecai: the name of one of those who returned with Zerubbabel; in the book of Esther, the relative who raised Esther.
Where else “mardochay” appears- cameבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- had made knownהִגִּידָהhigida
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “higida” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And the king removed his ring, which he had taken away from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai; and Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.