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Esther 8:5 — King James Version← Study notes

And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king’s provinces:


Esther 8:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Esther 8:534 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ֠/תֹּאמֶרwatōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אִםʾim
(andconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
ט֜וֹבṭwōb
beautifuladjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
וְ/אִםwəʾim
(andconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
מָצָ֧אתִיmāṣāʾtiy
befallverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
חֵ֣ןḥēn
favournounH2580
grace · pleasant · precious · favoured
לְ/פָנָ֗י/וləpānāyw
a- forepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
וְ/כָשֵׁ֤רwəkāšēr
directconjH3787
be right · prosper
הַ/דָּבָר֙hadābār
wordparticleH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
לִ/פְנֵ֣יlipənēy
a- forepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
וְ/טוֹבָ֥הwəṭwōbāh
beautifulconjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
אֲנִ֖יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
בְּ/עֵינָ֑י/וbəʿēynāyw
eyepronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
יִכָּתֵ֞בyikātēb
describeverbH3789
record · prescribe · subscribe · write(-ing ···
לְ/הָשִׁ֣יבləhāšiyb
((breakpronH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/סְּפָרִ֗יםhasəpāriym
billparticleH5612
book · evidence · learn · letter ···
מַחֲשֶׁ֜בֶתmaḥăšebet
cunningnounH4284
curious work · device · imagination · invented ···
הָמָ֤ןhāmān
HamannounH2001
בֶּֽןben
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
הַמְּדָ֨תָא֙hamədātāʾ
HammedathanounH4099
הָ/אֲגָגִ֔יhāʾăgāgiy
AgagiteparticleH91
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
כָּתַ֗בkātab
describeverbH3789
record · prescribe · subscribe · write(-ing ···
לְ/אַבֵּד֙ləʾabēd
breakpronH6
destroy · not escape · fail · lose ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/יְּהוּדִ֔יםhayəhwdiym
JewparticleH3064
אֲשֶׁ֖רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
בְּ/כָלbəkāl
all (mannerpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
מְדִינ֥וֹתmədiynwōt
provincenounH4082
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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