“And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.”
Esther 3:8 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Esther 3:827 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הָמָן֙hāmān
HamannounH2001
לַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְlamelekə
to the kingpronH4428
royal
אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁʾăḥašəwērwōš
AhasuerusnounH325
יֶשְׁנ֣/וֹyešənwō
there itparticleH3426
(he · it · shall · there ···
עַםʿam
is a peoplenounH5971
men · nation · people
אֶחָ֗דʾeḥād
oneadjH259
alike · alone · altogether · and ···
מְפֻזָּ֤רməpuzār
scatteredverbH6340
scatter
וּ/מְפֹרָד֙wməpōrād
and separatedconjH6504
divide · be out of joint · part · scatter ···
בֵּ֣יןbēyn
amongpronH996
asunder · at · between · from ···
הָֽ/עַמִּ֔יםhāʿamiym
the peoplesparticleH5971
men · nation · people
בְּ/כֹ֖לbəkōl
in allpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
מְדִינ֣וֹתmədiynwōt
the provinces ofnounH4082
מַלְכוּתֶ֑/ךָmaləkwtekā
kingdom yournounH4438
kingdom · realm · reign · royal
וְ/דָתֵי/הֶ֞םwədātēyhem
and laws theirconjH1881
commission · decree · law · manner
שֹׁנ֣וֹתšōnwōt
are differingverbH8138
strike) again · alter · double · change ···
מִ/כָּלmikāl
from everypronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
עָ֗םʿām
peoplenounH5971
men · nation · people
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
andconjH853
דָּתֵ֤יdātēy
the laws ofnounH1881
commission · decree · law · manner
הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙hamelekə
the kingparticleH4428
royal
אֵינָ֣/םʾēynām
not theyparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
עֹשִׂ֔יםʿōśiym
are doingverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
וְ/לַ/מֶּ֥לֶךְwəlamelekə
and for the kingconjH4428
royal
אֵיןʾēyn
notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
שֹׁוֶ֖הšōweh
is appropriateverbH7737
behave · bring forth · compare · countervail ···
לְ/הַנִּיחָֽ/םləhaniyḥām
bestowpronH3240
cast down · lay (down · up) · leave ···
ℹWords 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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