Esther 8:2

8:2

signet ring <02885> [his ring.]

it ..... Esther designated <07760 0635> [Esther set.]

Esther 8:8

8:8

king's name ................ king's ........... king's name ...... king's <04428 08034> [in the king's name.]

rescinded <07725> [may no man reverse.]

No, not the king himself; and this was the reason that the king was forced not to reverse, but to give a contradictory decree; that if the Jews, pursuant to the first decree, were assaulted, they might legitimately, by virtue of the second, defend themselves, slay their enemies, and even take the spoil.

Esther 8:10

8:10

King ........ king's <04428> [in the king.]

couriers <03027 07323> [by posts.]

horses <07409> [mules.]

{Rechesh,} in Syriac, {rechesha,} probably denotes a swift horse.

royal <0327> [camels.]

{Achashteranim,} from the Persian {akhash,} large, and {aster,} a mule, probably, as Bochart supposes, denotes a large mule.

<07424 01121> [young dromedaries.]

{Beney harammachim,} "the sons of mares," as the word {ramakat} denotes in Arabic; probably an expletive of the preceeding word.