Esther 9:1

“And in the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day of it, when the word of the king and his law came to be carried out, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to rule over them, it was turned around, so that the Jews themselves ruled over those who hated them.”
Esther 9:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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And in the twelfthוּבִשְׁנֵים עָשָׂרmonth,חֹדֶשׁwhichהוּאisthe monthחֹדֶשׁof Adar,אֲדָרon the thirteenthבִּשְׁלוֹשָׁה עָשָׂרdayיוֹםof it,בּוֹwhenאֲשֶׁרthe wordדְּבַרof the kingהַמֶּלֶךְand his lawוְדָתוֹcameהִגִּיעַto be carried out,לְהֵעָשׂוֹתon the dayבַּיּוֹםwhenאֲשֶׁרthe enemiesאֹיְבֵיof the Jewsהַיְּהוּדִיםhopedשִׂבְּרוּto ruleלִשְׁלוֹטover them,בָּהֶםit was turned around,וְנַהֲפוֹךְ הוּאso thatאֲשֶׁרthe Jewsהַיְּהוּדִיםthemselvesהֵמָּהruledיִשְׁלְטוּoverבְּthose who hated them.שֹׂנְאֵיהֶם

Esther 9:1, word by word

And in the twelfthשְׁנֵיםshenem

double

Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.

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And in the twelfthעָשָׂרasar

-teen (ten)

Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".

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monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh

month

A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.

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of Adarאֲדָרadar

Adar

Adar: the twelfth month of the calendar, between February and March. The name comes from Babylon.

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on the thirteenthשְׁלוֹשָׁהshelosha

three

A quantity of three: three persons or things together.

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dayיוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

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the wordדְּבַרdevar

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

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of the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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and his lawדָתdat

law, decree

Law, decree.

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cameהִגִּיעַhigia

reach

To reach a place or a moment.

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to be carried outהֵעָשׂוֹתheasot

carry out

To do what is commanded.

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the enemiesאֹיְבֵיoyve

enemy

Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.

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of 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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hopedשִׂבְּרוּsibru

hope

Wait, hope.

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to ruleשְׁלוֹטshelot

dominate, rule

To dominate, to have power over another.

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it was turned aroundנַהֲפוֹךְnahafoch

change

To change something into something else.

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those who hated themשֹׂנְאֵיsone

hate

To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.

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Translation note

“It was turned around”: the opposite of what was expected happened.

The context

1 · This verse (above)

2The Jews assembled in their cities in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to stretch out their hand against those who sought their harm; and no one stood before them, for the dread of them had fallen on all the peoples.

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