Mordecai sends the decree itself, and a charge: go to the king
Theophilus
Esther 4:7advanced
וַwa-andיַּגֶּדyaggedreportלֹ֣וlôtoמָרְדֳּכַ֔יmārəddŏkayMordecaiאֵ֖תʾēt<object marker>כָּלkālwholeאֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer<relative>קָרָ֑הוּqārāhūmeetוְwə-andאֵ֣תʾēt<object marker>פָּרָשַׁ֣תpārāšatstatementהַha-theכֶּ֗סֶףkesepsilverאֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer<relative>אָמַ֤רʾāmarsayהָמָן֙hāmānHamanלִ֠li-toשְׁקֹולšəqôlweighעַלʿaluponגִּנְזֵ֥יginzēytreasuryהַha-theמֶּ֛לֶךְmelekkingבb-in-theיהודייםyhwdyymJewishלְlə-toאַבְּדָֽםʾabbədāmperish
Read aloud — modern Israeli pronunciation, not reconstructed Biblical. Good for hearing the consonants and the shape of the word; it ignores the cantillation.
KJVAnd Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
Vocabulary — 3 word(s) occurring 50 times or fewer
- קָרָ֑הוּ
- פָּרָשַׁ֣ת
- גִּנְזֵ֥י
Grammar
- יַּגֶּד — hifil — causative: “caused to …”
- אַבְּדָֽם — piel — intensive or factitive
Esther 4:8advanced
וְwə-andאֶתʾet<object marker>פַּתְשֶׁ֣גֶןpatšegencopyכְּתָֽבkətābwritingהַ֠ha-theדָּתdātordersאֲשֶׁרʾăšer<relative>נִתַּ֨ןnittangiveבְּbə-inשׁוּשָׁ֤ןšūšānSusaלְlə-toהַשְׁמִידָם֙hašmîdāmdestroyנָ֣תַןnātangiveלֹ֔וlôtoלְlə-toהַרְאֹ֥ותharʾôtseeאֶתʾet<object marker>אֶסְתֵּ֖רʾesttērEstherוּū-andלְlə-toהַגִּ֣ידhaggîdreportלָ֑הּlāhhtoוּū-andלְlə-toצַוֹּ֣ותṣaūôtcommandעָלֶ֗יהָʿāleyhāuponלָlā-toבֹ֨ואbôʾcomeאֶלʾeltoהַha-theמֶּ֧לֶךְmelekkingלְlə-toהִֽתְחַנֶּןhitḥannenfavourלֹ֛וlôtoוּū-andלְlə-toבַקֵּ֥שׁbaqqēšseekמִmi-fromלְּlə-toפָנָ֖יוpānāywfaceעַלʿaluponעַמָּֽהּʿammāhhpeople
Read aloud — modern Israeli pronunciation, not reconstructed Biblical. Good for hearing the consonants and the shape of the word; it ignores the cantillation.
KJVAlso he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.
Vocabulary — 3 word(s) occurring 50 times or fewer
- פַּתְשֶׁ֣גֶן
- דָּת
- שׁוּשָׁ֤ן
Grammar
- נִתַּ֨ן — nifal — passive or reflexive
- הַשְׁמִידָם֙ — hifil — causative: “caused to …”
- צַוֹּ֣ות — piel — intensive or factitive
- הִֽתְחַנֶּן — hitpael — reflexive or reciprocal
How this was generated
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