Study it in the app“But when she came before the king, he said with the letter that his evil plot, which he had plotted against the Jews, should return on his own head; and they hanged him and his sons on the pole.”
But when she cameוּבְבֹאָהּbeforeלִפְנֵיthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְhe saidאָמַרwithעִםthe letterהַסֵּפֶרthat his evilהָרָעָהplot,מַחֲשַׁבְתּוֹwhichאֲשֶׁרhe had plottedחָשַׁבagainstעַלthe Jews,הַיְּהוּדִיםshould returnיָשׁוּבonעַלhis own head;רֹאשׁוֹand they hangedוְתָלוּhimאֹתוֹandוְhis sonsבָּנָיוonעַלthe pole.הָעֵץ
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “voa” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsletter
A writing sent to someone with a message or an order, like a king's letter.
Where else “sefer” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appearsplan
What one devises; or a trap against someone.
Where else “machashavt” appearsdevise
To devise a plan or a design, good or bad.
Where else “chashav” 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” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuv” appearshead
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appearshang
Hang; often, hang the body of an executed man in view of all.
Where else “talu” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banay” appearswood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “ets” appears“When she came”: Esther; it can also be understood “when this came before the king.” “He said with the letter”: he commanded it in writing.
24For Haman, son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the adversary of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to make them perish, and had cast Pur —that is, the lot— to throw them into turmoil and to make them perish.
25 · This verse (above)
26Therefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur. Therefore, because of all the words of this letter, and what they had seen concerning this, and what had come to them,
