Esther 8:3

“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.”

Esther 8:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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spokeתְּדַבֵּרtedaber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

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againתּוֹסֶףtosef

do again

To do again what had already been done.

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beforeפְנֵיfene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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and fellתִּפֹּלtipol

fall prostrate

To fall facedown, or embrace someone.

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his feetרַגְלָיraglay

foot

The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.

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and weptתֵּבְךְּtevk

weep

Weep, cry; mourn for someone.

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and imploredתִּתְחַנֶּןtitchanen

plead

To beg someone for mercy.

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to take awayהַעֲבִירhaavir

bring across

To bring across, or take away.

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the evilרָעַתraat

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

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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.

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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).

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his plotמַחֲשַׁבְתּmachashavt

plan

What one devises; or a trap against someone.

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he had plottedחָשַׁבchashav

devise

To devise a plan or a design, good or bad.

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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.

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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,

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