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And the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְheld outיּוֹשֶׁטto Estherלְאֶסְתֵּרthe goldenהַזָּהָבscepter,שַׁרְבִטand Estherוַ אֶסְתֵּרroseתָּקָםand stoodוַתַּעֲמֹדbeforeלִפְנֵיthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְ
Esther 8:4
Study it in the app“And the king held out to Esther the golden scepter, and Esther rose and stood before the king,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 8:4, word by word
- And the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- held outיּוֹשֶׁטyoshet
hold out, extend
To extend, to hold out toward someone; said of the scepter that the king holds out to the one he receives.
Where else “yoshet” 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 goldenזָּהָבzahav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appears- scepterשַׁרְבִטsharvit
scepter
Scepter: the rod that the king holds as a sign of his power.
Where else “sharvit” appears- roseתָּקָםtakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “takam” appears- and stoodתַּעֲמֹדtaamod
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “taamod” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears
The context
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.
4 · This verse (above)
5and she said, “If it seems good to the king, and if I have found favor before him, and the matter is right before the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to turn back the letters, the plot of Haman, son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, which he wrote to make perish the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.