Esther 8:5

“and 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.”

Esther 8:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Esther 8:5, word by word

and she saidתֹּאמֶרtomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “tomer” appears
it seems goodטוֹבtov

fitting

What is fitting: "it is not good for man to be alone".

Where else “tov” appears
the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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I have foundמָצָאתִיmatsati

find favor

To find favor: to be well regarded by someone with power to give.

Where else “matsati” appears
favorחֵןchen

favor

Someone's goodwill toward another: looking on them kindly.

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before himפָנָיfanay

before

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

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and the matterדָּבָרdavar

thing

A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.

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rightכָשֵׁרchasher

be right

To be correct, fitting.

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in his eyesעֵינָיenay

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

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let it be writtenיִכָּתֵבyikatev

write

To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.

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to turn backהָשִׁיבhashiv

bring back

To return something, restore.

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the lettersסְּפָרִיםsefarim

letter

A writing sent to someone with a message or an order, like a king's letter.

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the plotמַחֲשֶׁבֶתmachashevet

plan

What one devises; or a trap against someone.

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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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sonבֶּןben

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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of Hammedathaהַמְּדָתָאhamdata

Hammedatha

Hammedatha: the name of the father of Haman.

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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).

Where else “agagi” appears
to make perishאַבֵּדabed

destroy

To make someone or something disappear completely.

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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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provincesמְדִינוֹתmedinot

province, district

Province, district: a territory governed by a ruler or judge.

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The context

4And the king held out to Esther the golden scepter, and Esther rose and stood before the king,

5 · This verse (above)

6For how could I see the evil that would find my people? And how could I see the ruin of my kindred?”

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