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And the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְremovedיָּסַרhis ring,טַבַּעְתּוֹwhichאֲשֶׁרhe had taken awayהֶעֱבִירfrom Haman,מֵהָמָןand gave itוַיִּתְּנָהּto Mordecai;לְמָרְדֳּכָיand Estherוַ אֶסְתֵּרsetתָּשֶׂםMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַיoverעַלthe houseבֵּיתof Haman.הָמָן
Esther 8:2
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 8:2, word by word
- And the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- removedיָּסַרyasar
remove
To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.
Where else “yasar” appears- his ringטַבַּעְתּtabat
signet ring
The seal band the king wore on his finger.
Where else “tabat” appears- he had taken awayהֶעֱבִירheevir
bring across
To bring across, or take away.
Where else “heevir” appears- from 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- and gave itיִּתְּנָyitna
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitna” appears- to Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכָיmardochay
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- and 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- setתָּשֶׂםtasem
appoint
To set someone as leader, or fix something.
Where else “tasem” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appears
The context
1On 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.
2 · This verse (above)
3And Esther spoke again before the king, and fell before his feet, and wept and implored him to take away the evil of Haman the Agagite and his plot that he had plotted against the Jews.