Esther 9:13-14
king is ... inclined <02896 04428> [If it please the king.]
Esther had probably been informed by Mordecai, that there were still many enemies of the Jews who sought their destruction, who had escaped the preceding day; and therefore begged that the second day might be added to the former permission; and that the sons of Haman, who had already been slain, might be suspended on gibbets, as a terror to those who sought the destruction of the Jews.
<03117> [according unto.]
hang ... ten sons ... Haman <06235 01121 08518 02001> [let Haman's ten sons be hanged. Heb. let men hang Haman's ten sons.]
Esther 7:5--8:14
presumptuous <04390> [Who is he.]
presumptuous <04390> [that durst, etc. Heb. whose heart hath filled him.]
oppressor <0376> [The adversary. Heb. The man adversary. this wicked.]
terrified <01204> [was afraid.]
presence <06440> [before. or, at the presence of.]
rage <02534> [in his wrath.]
Haman <02001> [Haman.]
realized <07200> [for he saw.]
couch <04296> [the bed.]
<01004> [before me. Heb. with me. they covered Haman's.]
When a criminal was condemned by a Roman judge, he was delivered to the serjeant with these words: {I, lictor, caput obnubito arbori infelici suspendito,} "Go, sergeant, cover his head, and hang him on the accursed tree."
Harbona <02726> [Harbonah.]
[Harbona. one of the chamberlains.]
gallows <06086> [Behold.]
gallows <06086> [gallows. Heb. tree. who had spoken.]
Hang <08518> [Hang him thereon.]
king's <04428> [Then was the king's.]
gave ... estate <05414 01004> [give the house.]
come before <0935 06440> [came before.]
signet ring <02885> [his ring.]
it ..... Esther designated <07760 0635> [Esther set.]
falling <05307> [fell.]
wept ...... mercy <01058 02603> [besought him with tears. Heb. she wept and besought him.]
evil <07451> [mischief.]
extended <03447> [held out.]
[and, if I.]
<02896> [I be pleasing.]
<05612> [letters. Heb. device.]
written .... recorded ............. wrote <03789> [which he wrote. or, who wrote.]
how ............. how <0349> [For how.]
can ... watch ........... can ... watch <07200 03201> [endure to see. Heb. be able that I may see. the evil.]
given <05414> [Behold.]
hanged <08518> [him they have hanged.]
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rescinded 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.
king's <04428> [the king's.]
satraps <0323> [and to the lieutenants.]
India <01912> [India.]
The Hebrew word {Hoddo,} in Syriac, {Hendoo,} and in Arabic, {Hind,} is rendered India by all the versions. India, or Hindostan, is a large country of the south of Asia, extending from north to south about 2,400 miles, and from east to west 1,800, between 8 degrees and 35 degrees N. lat. and 68 degrees and 92 degrees E. long.; being bounded on the west by the Indus, east by the Birman empire and Thibet, north by the Indian Caucasus, and south by the Indian Ocean. It is probable, however, that all the country east of the Indus was anciently called India.
language .............. language <03956> [and according.]
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.
assemble <06950> [to gather.]
destroy <08045> [to destroy.]
confiscate <07998> [and to take the spoil.]
This ........ certain day <03117 0259> [one day.]
thirteenth <07969> [upon the thirteenth.]
known <01540> [published. Heb. revealed. avenge themselves.]
without delay <0926> [being hastened.]
Susa <07800> [Shushan.]
