and she said,וַתֹּאמֶר“Ifאִםit seems goodטוֹבtoעַלthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְand ifוְאִםI have foundמָצָאתִיfavorחֵןbefore him,לְפָנָיוand the matterוְ הַדָּבָרisrightכָשֵׁרbeforeלִפְנֵיthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְand Iוְ אֲנִיampleasingטוֹבָהin his eyes,בְּעֵינָיוlet it be writtenיִכָּתֵבto turn backלְהָשִׁיבthe letters,הַסְּפָרִיםthe plotמַחֲשֶׁבֶתof Haman,הָמָןsonבֶּןof Hammedatha,הַמְּדָתָאthe Agagite,הָאֲגָגִיwhichאֲשֶׁרhe wroteכָּתַבto make perishלְאַבֵּדthe Jewsהַיְּהוּדִיםwho areאֲשֶׁרin allבְּכָלthe king’sהַמֶּלֶךְprovinces.מְדִינוֹת
Esther 8:5
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “melech” appears- 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.
Where else “chen” appears- before himפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears- and the matterדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- rightכָשֵׁרchasher
be right
To be correct, fitting.
Where else “chasher” appears- in his eyesעֵינָיenay
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “enay” appears- let it be writtenיִכָּתֵבyikatev
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “yikatev” appears- to turn backהָשִׁיבhashiv
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “hashiv” appears- the lettersסְּפָרִיםsefarim
letter
A writing sent to someone with a message or an order, like a king's letter.
Where else “sefarim” appears- the plotמַחֲשֶׁבֶתmachashevet
plan
What one devises; or a trap against someone.
Where else “machashevet” 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- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Hammedathaהַמְּדָתָאhamdata
Hammedatha
Hammedatha: the name of the father of Haman.
Where else “hamdata” 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- to make perishאַבֵּדabed
destroy
To make someone or something disappear completely.
Where else “abed” 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- provincesמְדִינוֹתmedinot
province, district
Province, district: a territory governed by a ruler or judge.
Where else “medinot” appears
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?”