Esther 7:10 — King James Version← Study notes

“So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.”

Esther 7:10 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Esther 7:1011 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יִּתְלוּ֙wayitəlw

and they hangedconjH8518

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הָמָ֔ןhāmān

HamannounH2001

עַלʿal

onpronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

הָ/עֵ֖ץhāʿēṣ

the gallowsparticleH6086

carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···

אֲשֶׁרʾăšer

whichparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

הֵכִ֣יןhēkiyn

he had preparedverbH3559

confirm · direct · faithfulness · fashion ···

לְ/מָרְדֳּכָ֑יləmārədŏkāy

for MordecaipronH4782

וַ/חֲמַ֥תwaḥămat

and the rage ofconjH2534

bottles · hot displeasure · furious(-ly · -ry) ···

הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְhamelekə

the kingparticleH4428

royal

שָׁכָֽכָהšākākāh

it subsidedverbH7918

assuage · make to cease · pacify · set

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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James ThorntonNote2mo ago

The Gallows He Had Built for Mordecai

Haman, the villain, has built a gallows to execute Mordecai. But when the king discovers Haman's plot against the Jews, Haman is executed - on his own gallows. The thing he prepared for someone else b...