Study it in the app“And Esther said, “If it seems good to the king, let it be granted also tomorrow to the Jews who are in Susa to do according to the law of today; and let them hang the ten sons of Haman on the pole.””
And Estherוַ אֶסְתֵּרsaid,תֹּאמֶר“Ifאִםit seems goodטוֹבtoעַלthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְlet it be grantedיִנָּתֵןalsoגַּםtomorrowמָחָרto the Jewsלַיְּהוּדִיםwho areאֲשֶׁרin Susaבְּשׁוּשָׁןto doלַעֲשׂוֹתaccording to the lawכְּדָתof today;הַיּוֹםand let them hangוְ יִתְלוּthe tenעֲשֶׂרֶתsonsבְּנֵיof Hamanהָמָןonעַלthe pole.”הָעֵץ
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appearsfitting
What is fitting: "it is not good for man to be alone".
Where else “tov” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yinaten” appearstomorrow
The day that comes after today.
Where else “machar” appearsJew, 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” appearsSusa
See it on the mapWhere else “shushan” appearscarry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asot” appearslaw, decree
Law, decree.
Where else “dat” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearshang
Hang; often, hang the body of an executed man in view of all.
Where else “yitlu” appearsten
Ten.
Where else “aseret” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appearsHaman
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” appearswood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “ets” appearsThe ten sons of Haman had already died (9:10); it can be understood that it is asked that their bodies be hanged.
Susa
Today: Susa (Shush), southwestern Iran
The winter capital of the Persian kings, in what is now southwest Iran.
Nehemiah served the king at Susa (Neh 1:1), and Esther became queen there and saved her people (Esth 1:2; 4:16).
12And the king said to Esther the queen, “In Susa, the fortress, the Jews have killed and made perish five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman; in the rest of the king’s provinces what have they done? And what is your request? It will be given to you. And what is your petition further? It will be done.”
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14And the king said that it should be done so; and a law was given in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.
