Esth 9:1-9 : 1 {
"verseID": "Esther.9.1",
"source": "וּבִשְׁנֵים֩ עָשָׂ֨ר חֹ֜דֶשׁ הוּא־חֹ֣דֶשׁ אֲדָ֗ר בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֨ה עָשָׂ֥ר יוֹם֙ בּ֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִגִּ֧יעַ דְּבַר־הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ וְדָת֖וֹ לְהֵעָשׂ֑וֹת בַּיּ֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֨ר שִׂבְּר֜וּ אֹיְבֵ֤י הַיְּהוּדִים֙ לִשְׁל֣וֹט בָּהֶ֔ם וְנַהֲפ֣וֹךְ ה֔וּא אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִשְׁלְט֧וּ הַיְּהוּדִ֛ים הֵ֖מָּה בְּשֹׂנְאֵיהֶֽם",
"text": "And in *šənêm ʿāśār ḥōdeš* [twelve month], it-[is]-*ḥōdeš* *ʾădār* [month Adar], in *šəlôšāh ʿāśār yôm* [thirteenth day] in-it, which *higgîaʿ* [arrived] *dəbar*-*hammelek* [word-the-king] and-*dātô* [his-decree] *ləhēʿāśôt* [to-be-done], in-the-*yôm* [day] which *śibbərû* [hoped] *ʾōyəbê hayyəhûdîm* [enemies-of the-Jews] *lišlôṭ* [to-rule] over-them, and-*nahăpôk* [reversal] it, which *yišləṭû* [ruled] *hayyəhûdîm* [the-Jews] *hēmmāh* [themselves] over-*śōnəʾêhem* [their-haters]",
"grammar": {
"*šənêm ʿāśār*": "cardinal number - twelve",
"*ḥōdeš*": "masculine singular noun - month",
"*ʾădār*": "proper noun - Adar (month name)",
"*šəlôšāh ʿāśār*": "cardinal number - thirteen",
"*yôm*": "masculine singular noun - day",
"*higgîaʿ*": "Hiphil perfect 3rd masculine singular - reached/arrived",
"*dəbar*": "construct state of masculine singular noun - word/command of",
"*hammelek*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the king",
"*dātô*": "feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his decree/law",
"*ləhēʿāśôt*": "preposition + Niphal infinitive construct - to be done/carried out",
"*śibbərû*": "Piel perfect 3rd common plural - hoped/expected",
"*ʾōyəbê*": "masculine plural construct noun - enemies of",
"*hayyəhûdîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the Jews",
"*lišlôṭ*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to rule/have mastery",
"*nahăpôk*": "Niphal infinitive absolute - reversal/turning",
"*yišləṭû*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they would rule/have mastery",
"*hēmmāh*": "3rd masculine plural independent pronoun - they/themselves",
"*śōnəʾêhem*": "masculine plural participle + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their haters"
},
"variants": {
"*higgîaʿ*": "reached/arrived/came to pass",
"*dəbar*": "word/command/matter",
"*śibbərû*": "hoped/expected/waited for",
"*lišlôṭ*": "to rule over/to have power over/to dominate",
"*nahăpôk*": "reversal/turning around/opposite",
"*śōnəʾêhem*": "their haters/their enemies/those who hate them"
}
}
2 {
"verseID": "Esther.9.2",
"source": "נִקְהֲל֨וּ הַיְּהוּדִ֜ים בְּעָרֵיהֶ֗ם בְּכָל־מְדִינוֹת֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֳחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ לִשְׁלֹ֣חַ יָ֔ד בִּמְבַקְשֵׁ֖י רָֽעָתָ֑ם וְאִישׁ֙ לֹא־עָמַ֣ד לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם כִּֽי־נָפַ֥ל פַּחְדָּ֖ם עַל־כָּל־הָעַמִּֽים",
"text": "*niqhălû hayyəhûdîm* [assembled the-Jews] in-*ʿārêhem* [their-cities] in-all-*mədînôt* [provinces] *hammelek* [the-king] *ʾăḥašwērôš* [Ahasuerus] *lišlōaḥ yād* [to-stretch-out hand] against-*məbaqšê rāʿātām* [seekers-of their-harm], and-*ʾîš* [man] not-*ʿāmad* [stood] before-them, for-*nāpal paḥdām* [fell their-dread] upon-all-*hāʿammîm* [the-peoples]",
"grammar": {
"*niqhălû*": "Niphal perfect 3rd common plural - they assembled/gathered themselves",
"*hayyəhûdîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the Jews",
"*ʿārêhem*": "feminine plural noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their cities",
"*mədînôt*": "feminine plural noun - provinces",
"*hammelek*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the king",
"*ʾăḥašwērôš*": "proper noun - Ahasuerus/Xerxes",
"*lišlōaḥ*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to send/stretch out",
"*yād*": "feminine singular noun - hand",
"*məbaqšê*": "Piel participle masculine plural construct - seekers of/those who seek",
"*rāʿātām*": "feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their harm/evil",
"*ʾîš*": "masculine singular noun - man/anyone",
"*ʿāmad*": "Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - stood/withstood",
"*nāpal*": "Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - fell/had fallen",
"*paḥdām*": "masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their dread/fear",
"*hāʿammîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the peoples/nations"
},
"variants": {
"*niqhălû*": "assembled/gathered themselves/came together",
"*lišlōaḥ yād*": "to stretch out hand/to lay hands on/to harm",
"*məbaqšê rāʿātām*": "seekers of their harm/those who sought their evil/those who sought to hurt them",
"*ʿāmad*": "stood/withstood/resisted",
"*nāpal paḥdām*": "their dread fell/fear of them had fallen/terror of them came"
}
}
3 {
"verseID": "Esther.9.3",
"source": "וְכָל־שָׂרֵ֨י הַמְּדִינ֜וֹת וְהָאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִ֣ים וְהַפַּח֗וֹת וְעֹשֵׂ֤י הַמְּלָאכָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ מְנַשְּׂאִ֖ים אֶת־הַיְּהוּדִ֑ים כִּֽי־נָפַ֥ל פַּֽחַד־מָרְדֳּכַ֖י עֲלֵיהֶֽם",
"text": "And-all-*śārê hammədînôt* [officials-of the-provinces] and-*hāʾăḥašdarpənîm* [the-satraps] and-*happaḥôt* [the-governors] and-*ʿōśê hamməlākāh* [doers-of the-work] who for-*lammelek* [the-king] *mənaśśəʾîm* [lifting-up] *ʾet*-*hayyəhûdîm* [the-Jews], for-*nāpal paḥad*-*mārdŏkay* [fell dread-of-Mordecai] upon-them",
"grammar": {
"*śārê*": "masculine plural construct - officials/princes of",
"*hammədînôt*": "definite article + feminine plural noun - the provinces",
"*hāʾăḥašdarpənîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the satraps",
"*happaḥôt*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the governors",
"*ʿōśê*": "Qal participle masculine plural construct - doers of",
"*hamməlākāh*": "definite article + feminine singular noun - the work/business",
"*lammelek*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - for the king",
"*mənaśśəʾîm*": "Piel participle masculine plural - lifting up/assisting/helping",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*hayyəhûdîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the Jews",
"*nāpal*": "Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - fell",
"*paḥad*": "masculine singular construct - dread of/fear of",
"*mārdŏkay*": "proper noun - Mordecai"
},
"variants": {
"*śārê*": "officials/princes/nobles",
"*hāʾăḥašdarpənîm*": "satraps/provincial governors",
"*happaḥôt*": "governors/officials",
"*ʿōśê hamməlākāh*": "doers of the work/those who did the king's business/officials",
"*mənaśśəʾîm*": "lifting up/helping/assisting/promoting",
"*paḥad*": "dread/fear/terror"
}
}
4 {
"verseID": "Esther.9.4",
"source": "כִּֽי־גָד֤וֹל מָרְדֳּכַי֙ בְּבֵ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְשָׁמְע֖וֹ הוֹלֵ֣ךְ בְּכָל־הַמְּדִינ֑וֹת כִּֽי־הָאִ֥ישׁ מָרְדֳּכַ֖י הוֹלֵ֥ךְ וְגָדֽוֹל",
"text": "For-*gādôl mārdŏkay* [great Mordecai] in-*bêt hammelek* [house-of the-king] and-*šāmʿô* [his-fame] *hôlēk* [walking] in-all-*hammədînôt* [the-provinces], for-*hāʾîš mārdŏkay* [the-man Mordecai] *hôlēk* [walking] and-*gādôl* [becoming-great]",
"grammar": {
"*gādôl*": "adjective masculine singular - great",
"*mārdŏkay*": "proper noun - Mordecai",
"*bêt*": "masculine singular construct - house of",
"*hammelek*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the king",
"*šāmʿô*": "masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his fame/report",
"*hôlēk*": "Qal participle masculine singular - going/walking/spreading",
"*hammədînôt*": "definite article + feminine plural noun - the provinces",
"*hāʾîš*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the man",
"*gādôl*": "adjective masculine singular - great/becoming great"
},
"variants": {
"*gādôl*": "great/powerful/important",
"*bêt hammelek*": "house of the king/royal court/palace",
"*šāmʿô*": "his fame/his reputation/news of him",
"*hôlēk*": "walking/going/spreading/increasing",
"*hāʾîš mārdŏkay*": "the man Mordecai/Mordecai the man/this man Mordecai",
"*hôlēk wəgādôl*": "walking and becoming great/growing greater and greater/continually increasing in power"
}
}
5 {
"verseID": "Esther.9.5",
"source": "וַיַּכּ֤וּ הַיְּהוּדִים֙ בְּכָל־אֹ֣יְבֵיהֶ֔ם מַכַּת־חֶ֥רֶב וְהֶ֖רֶג וְאַבְדָ֑ן וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֥וּ בְשֹׂנְאֵיהֶ֖ם כִּרְצוֹנָֽם",
"text": "And-*yayyakkû hayyəhûdîm* [struck the-Jews] against-all-*ʾōyəbêhem* [their-enemies] *makkat*-*ḥereb* [blow-of sword] and-*hereg* [killing] and-*ʾabdān* [destruction], and-*yaʿăśû* [they-did] to-*śōnəʾêhem* [their-haters] according-to-*kirṣônām* [their-pleasure]",
"grammar": {
"*yayyakkû*": "Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural + vav consecutive - and they struck",
"*hayyəhûdîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the Jews",
"*ʾōyəbêhem*": "masculine plural noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their enemies",
"*makkat*": "feminine singular construct - blow of/striking of",
"*ḥereb*": "feminine singular noun - sword",
"*hereg*": "masculine singular noun - killing/slaughter",
"*ʾabdān*": "masculine singular noun - destruction/annihilation",
"*yaʿăśû*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural + vav consecutive - and they did/made",
"*śōnəʾêhem*": "Qal participle masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their haters",
"*kirṣônām*": "preposition + masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - according to their pleasure/will"
},
"variants": {
"*yayyakkû*": "struck/attacked/smote",
"*makkat-ḥereb*": "blow of sword/sword-stroke/slaughter by sword",
"*hereg*": "killing/slaughter/massacre",
"*ʾabdān*": "destruction/annihilation/perdition",
"*yaʿăśû bəśōnəʾêhem kirṣônām*": "did to their haters according to their pleasure/did what they wanted with those who hated them/treated their enemies as they pleased"
}
}
6 {
"verseID": "Esther.9.6",
"source": "וּבְשׁוּשַׁ֣ן הַבִּירָ֗ה הָרְג֤וּ הַיְּהוּדִים֙ וְאַבֵּ֔ד חֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת אִֽישׁ",
"text": "And-in-*šûšan habbîrāh* [Susa the-citadel] *hārgû hayyəhûdîm* [killed the-Jews] and-*ʾabbēd* [destroyed] *ḥămēš mēʾôt ʾîš* [five hundred men]",
"grammar": {
"*šûšan*": "proper noun - Susa",
"*habbîrāh*": "definite article + feminine singular noun - the citadel/palace/capital",
"*hārgû*": "Qal perfect 3rd common plural - they killed",
"*hayyəhûdîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the Jews",
"*ʾabbēd*": "Piel infinitive absolute - destroying/to destroy",
"*ḥămēš*": "cardinal number feminine - five",
"*mēʾôt*": "feminine plural noun - hundreds",
"*ʾîš*": "masculine singular noun (collective) - men/persons"
},
"variants": {
"*habbîrāh*": "the citadel/the palace/the capital",
"*hārgû*": "killed/slew/put to death",
"*ʾabbēd*": "destroyed/annihilated/exterminated",
"*ḥămēš mēʾôt ʾîš*": "five hundred men/five hundred persons"
}
}
7 {
"verseID": "Esther.9.7",
"source": "וְאֵ֧ת ׀ פַּרְשַׁנְדָּ֛תָא וְאֵ֥ת ׀ דַּֽלְפ֖וֹן וְאֵ֥ת ׀ אַסְפָּֽתָא",
"text": "And-*ʾēt* [direct object marker] *paršandātāʾ* [Parshandatha] and-*ʾēt* [direct object marker] *dalpôn* [Dalphon] and-*ʾēt* [direct object marker] *ʾaspātāʾ* [Aspatha]",
"grammar": {
"*ʾēt*": "direct object marker",
"*paršandātāʾ*": "proper noun - Parshandatha",
"*dalpôn*": "proper noun - Dalphon",
"*ʾaspātāʾ*": "proper noun - Aspatha"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾēt*": "direct object marker (untranslatable in English)"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Esther.9.8",
"source": "וְאֵ֧ת ׀ פּוֹרָ֛תָא וְאֵ֥ת ׀ אֲדַלְיָ֖א וְאֵ֥ת ׀ אֲרִידָֽתָא",
"text": "And-*ʾēt* [direct object marker] *pôrātāʾ* [Poratha] and-*ʾēt* [direct object marker] *ʾădalyāʾ* [Adalia] and-*ʾēt* [direct object marker] *ʾărîdātāʾ* [Aridatha]",
"grammar": {
"*ʾēt*": "direct object marker",
"*pôrātāʾ*": "proper noun - Poratha",
"*ʾădalyāʾ*": "proper noun - Adalia",
"*ʾărîdātāʾ*": "proper noun - Aridatha"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾēt*": "direct object marker (untranslatable in English)"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Esther.9.9",
"source": "וְאֵ֤ת ׀ פַּרְמַ֙שְׁתָּא֙ וְאֵ֣ת ׀ אֲרִיסַ֔י וְאֵ֥ת ׀ אֲרִדַ֖י וְאֵ֥ת ׀ וַיְזָֽתָא",
"text": "And-*ʾēt* [direct object marker] *parmaštāʾ* [Parmashta] and-*ʾēt* [direct object marker] *ʾărîsay* [Arisai] and-*ʾēt* [direct object marker] *ʾăriday* [Aridai] and-*ʾēt* [direct object marker] *wayzātāʾ* [Vaizatha]",
"grammar": {
"*ʾēt*": "direct object marker",
"*parmaštāʾ*": "proper noun - Parmashta",
"*ʾărîsay*": "proper noun - Arisai",
"*ʾăriday*": "proper noun - Aridai",
"*wayzātāʾ*": "proper noun - Vaizatha"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾēt*": "direct object marker (untranslatable in English)"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Esther.9.10",
"source": "עֲ֠שֶׂרֶת בְּנֵ֨י הָמָ֧ן בֶּֽן־הַמְּדָ֛תָא צֹרֵ֥ר הַיְּהוּדִ֖ים הָרָ֑גוּ וּבַ֨בִּזָּ֔ה לֹ֥א שָׁלְח֖וּ אֶת־יָדָֽם",
"text": "*ʿăśeret bənê hāmān ben*-*hammədātāʾ* [ten sons-of Haman son-of-Hammedatha] *ṣōrēr hayyəhûdîm* [enemy-of the-Jews] *hārāgû* [they-killed], and-in-the-*bizzāh* [plunder] not *šāləḥû* [they-stretched-out] *ʾet*-*yādām* [their-hand]",
"grammar": {
"*ʿăśeret*": "cardinal number construct - ten (of)",
"*bənê*": "masculine plural construct - sons of",
"*hāmān*": "proper noun - Haman",
"*ben*": "masculine singular construct - son of",
"*hammədātāʾ*": "definite article + proper noun - Hammedatha",
"*ṣōrēr*": "Qal participle masculine singular construct - enemy of/adversary of",
"*hayyəhûdîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the Jews",
"*hārāgû*": "Qal perfect 3rd common plural - they killed",
"*bizzāh*": "feminine singular noun - plunder/spoil",
"*šāləḥû*": "Qal perfect 3rd common plural - they stretched out/sent",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*yādām*": "feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their hand"
},
"variants": {
"*ṣōrēr*": "enemy of/adversary of/one who harasses",
"*bizzāh*": "plunder/spoil/booty",
"*šāləḥû ʾet-yādām*": "they stretched out their hand/they laid hands on/they did not touch"
}
}