Esther 9:10

“the ten sons of Haman, son of Hammedatha, the adversary of the Jews, they killed; but on the plunder they did not stretch out their hand.”

Esther 9:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Esther 9:10, word by word

the tenעֲשֶׂרֶתaseret

ten

Ten.

Where else “aseret” appears
sonsבְּנֵיbene

son

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

Where else “bene” 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
of Hammedathaהַמְּדָתָאhamdata

Hammedatha

Hammedatha: the name of the father of Haman.

Where else “hamdata” appears
the adversaryצֹרֵרtsorer

harass

To be someone's enemy.

Where else “tsorer” appears
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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they killedהָרָגוּharagu

kill

Kill, slay.

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but on the plunderבִּזָּהbiza

plunder

Plunder: what is taken from the defeated in war or in a raid. It is of the family of "plunder" (the verb).

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stretch outשָׁלְחוּshalchu

stretch out

Literally "send the hand": move the arm toward something to take or strike it.

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their handיָדָyada

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

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The context

9and Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vaizatha,

10 · This verse (above)

11On that day the number of those killed in Susa, the fortress, came before the king.

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