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And the Jewsוַ הַיְּהוּדִיםstruckיַּכּוּallבְּכָלtheir enemiesאֹיְבֵיהֶםwith a blowמַכַּתof the sword,חֶרֶבand slaughter,וְהֶרֶגand ruin,וְאַבְדָןand they didוַיַּעֲשׂוּto those who hated themבְשֹׂנְאֵיהֶםaccording to their will.כִּרְצוֹנָם
Esther 9:5
Study it in the app“And the Jews struck all their enemies with a blow of the sword, and slaughter, and ruin, and they did to those who hated them according to their will.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 9:5, word by word
- And 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- struckיַּכּוּyaku
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “yaku” appears- their enemiesאֹיְבֵיoyve
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appears- with a blowמַכַּתmakat
wound
The harm a blow leaves: a wound or a sore on the body.
Where else “makat” appears- of the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- and slaughterהֶרֶגhereg
slaughter
Slaughter: the killing of many.
Where else “hereg” appears- and ruinאַבְדָןavdan
destruction
Ruin, destruction: causing to perish.
Where else “avdan” appears- and they didיַּעֲשׂוּyaasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaasu” appears- to those who hated themשֹׂנְאֵיsone
hate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “sone” appears- according to their willרְצוֹנָretsona
will
What one decides as one likes.
Where else “retsona” appears
The context
4For Mordecai was great in the house of the king, and his fame was going through all the provinces; for the man Mordecai kept growing greater.
5 · This verse (above)
6And in Susa, the fortress, the Jews killed and made perish five hundred men,