And Estherוַ אֶסְתֵּרspokeוַתְּדַבֵּרagainתּוֹסֶףbeforeלִפְנֵיthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְand fellוַתִּפֹּלbeforeלִפְנֵיhis feet,רַגְלָיוand weptוַתֵּבְךְּand imploredוַתִּתְחַנֶּןhimלוֹto take awayלְהַעֲבִירthe evilרָעַתof Hamanהָמָןthe Agagiteהָאֲגָגִיandוְhis plotמַחֲשַׁבְתּוֹthatאֲשֶׁרhe had plottedחָשַׁבagainstעַלthe Jews.הַיְּהוּדִים
Esther 8:3
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 8:3, word by word
- 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- spokeתְּדַבֵּרtedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “tedaber” appears- againתּוֹסֶףtosef
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “tosef” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- and fellתִּפֹּלtipol
fall prostrate
To fall facedown, or embrace someone.
Where else “tipol” appears- his feetרַגְלָיraglay
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “raglay” appears- and weptתֵּבְךְּtevk
weep
Weep, cry; mourn for someone.
Where else “tevk” appears- and imploredתִּתְחַנֶּןtitchanen
plead
To beg someone for mercy.
Where else “titchanen” appears- to take awayהַעֲבִירhaavir
bring across
To bring across, or take away.
Where else “haavir” appears- the evilרָעַתraat
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raat” 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 Agagiteאֲגָגִיagagi
Agagite
Agagite: of the family of Agag. So Haman is called. Agag was king of Amalek, a people hostile to Israel (1 Samuel 15).
Where else “agagi” appears- his plotמַחֲשַׁבְתּmachashavt
plan
What one devises; or a trap against someone.
Where else “machashavt” appears- he had plottedחָשַׁבchashav
devise
To devise a plan or a design, good or bad.
Where else “chashav” appears- 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
The context
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.
3 · This verse (above)
4And the king held out to Esther the golden scepter, and Esther rose and stood before the king,