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Esther 3:1 — King James Version← Study notes

After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.


Esther 3:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Esther 3:120 words
HebrewMeaning
אַחַ֣רʾaḥar
after (thatpronH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
הַ/דְּבָרִ֣יםhadəbāriym
wordparticleH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
הָ/אֵ֗לֶּהhāʾēleh
an- other; one sortparticleH428
so · some · such · them ···
גִּדַּל֩gidal
advanceverbH1431
boast · bring up · exceed · excellent ···
הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
אֲחַשְׁוֵר֜וֹשׁʾăḥašəwērwōš
AhasuerusnounH325
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָמָ֧ןhāmān
HamannounH2001
בֶּֽןben
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
הַמְּדָ֛תָאhamədātāʾ
HammedathanounH4099
הָ/אֲגָגִ֖יhāʾăgāgiy
AgagiteparticleH91
וַֽ/יְנַשְּׂאֵ֑/הוּwayənaśəʾēhw
acceptconjH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
וַ/יָּ֨שֶׂם֙wayāśem
appointconjH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
כִּסְא֔/וֹkisəʾwō
seatnounH3678
stool · throne
מֵ/עַ֕לmēʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כָּלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/שָּׂרִ֖יםhaśāriym
captainparticleH8269
chief · general · governor · keeper ···
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אִתּֽ/וֹʾitwō
againstpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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