Esther 7:9

American Standard Version (1901)

Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains that were before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai, who spake good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him thereon.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר חַ֠רְבוֹנָה אֶחָ֨ד מִן־הַסָּרִיסִ֜ים לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ גַּ֣ם הִנֵּה־הָעֵ֣ץ אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֪ה הָמָ֟ן לְֽמָרְדֳּכַ֞י אֲשֶׁ֧ר דִּבֶּר־ט֣וֹב עַל־הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ עֹמֵד֙ בְּבֵ֣ית הָמָ֔ן גָּבֹ֖הַּ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים אַמָּ֑ה וַיֹּ֥אמֶר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ תְּלֻ֥הוּ עָלָֽיו׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer ḥarbônâ one from the sārîsîm before the melek, "Also behold the ʿēṣ which ʿāśâ hāmān for mordŏkay who dibber-ṭôḇ on the melek ʿōmēd in bêt hāmān gāḇōha fifty ʾammâ." And wayyōʾmer the melek, "tᵊluhû on it."

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *ḥarbônâ*: proper noun - Harbona
• *sārîsîm*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the eunuchs/officials
• *melek*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the king
• *ʿēṣ*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the wooden structure/gallows/tree
• *ʿāśâ*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - made/prepared
• *hāmān*: proper noun - Haman
• *mordŏkay*: proper noun - Mordecai
• *dibber*: piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - spoke
• *ṭôḇ*: adjective, masculine singular - good
• *ʿōmēd*: qal participle masculine singular - standing
• *bêt*: noun, masculine singular construct - house of
• *gāḇōha*: adjective, masculine singular - high/tall
• *ʾammâ*: noun, feminine singular - cubit
• *tᵊluhû*: qal imperative masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - hang him

Word Meanings

• *sārîsîm*: eunuchs/court officials/officers
• *ʿēṣ*: tree/gallows/wooden structure
• *dibber*-*ṭôḇ*: spoke good/reported favorably/gave good information
• *ʿōmēd*: standing/positioned/located
• *gāḇōha*: high/tall/lofty

Referenced Verses

• Ps 7:15-16 : 15 He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
• Prov 11:5-6 : 5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. 6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.
• Esth 5:14 : 14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
• Esth 1:10 : 10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that ministered in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
• Ps 35:8 : 8 Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.
• Ps 141:10 : 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, Whilst that I withal escape.
• Dan 6:7 : 7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counsellors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong interdict, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
• Dan 6:24 : 24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men that had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces, before they came to the bottom of the den.
• Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil. 36 But one passed by, and, lo, he was not: Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
• Ps 73:19 : 19 How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
• Ps 9:15-16 : 15 The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken. 16 Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. {{Higgaion. Selah
• Esth 2:21-23 : 21 In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those that kept the threshold, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus. 22 And the thing became known to Mordecai, who showed it unto Esther the queen; and Esther told the king [thereof] in Mordecai's name. 23 And when inquisition was made of the matter, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
• 1 Sam 17:51 : 51 Then David ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
• 2 Kgs 9:32 : 32 And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
• Esth 6:2 : 2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, of those that kept the threshold, who had sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.
• Esth 6:14 : 14 While they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
• Esth 9:25 : 25 but when [the matter] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
• Job 27:20-23 : 20 Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night. 21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place. 22 For [God] shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand. 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.