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Esther 3:9 — King James Version← Study notes

If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.


Esther 3:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Esther 3:919 words
HebrewMeaning
אִםʾim
(andconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
ט֔וֹבṭwōb
be betteradjH2895
cheer · be (do · seem) good · goodly ···
יִכָּתֵ֖בyikātēb
describeverbH3789
record · prescribe · subscribe · write(-ing ···
לְ/אַבְּדָ֑/םləʾabədām
breakpronH6
destroy · not escape · fail · lose ···
וַ/עֲשֶׂ֨רֶתwaʿăśeret
tenconjH6235
(fif- · seven-) teen
אֲלָפִ֜יםʾălāpiym
thousandadjH505
כִּכַּרkikar
loafnounH3603
morsel · piece · plain · talent
כֶּ֗סֶףkesep
moneynounH3701
price · silver
אֶשְׁקוֹל֙ʾešəqwōl
payverbH8254
receive · spend · throughly · weigh
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
יְדֵי֙yədēy
handnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
עֹשֵׂ֣יʿōśēy
accomplishverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
הַ/מְּלָאכָ֔הhaməlāʾkāh
businessparticleH4399
cattle · industrious · occupation · officer ···
לְ/הָבִ֖יאləhābiyʾ
abidepronH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
גִּנְזֵ֥יginəzēy
chestnounH1595
treasury
הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
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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