Mordecai's reply. Who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this
Theophilus
Esther 4:13intermediate
וַwa-andיֹּ֥אמֶרyōʾmersayמָרְדֳּכַ֖יmārəddŏkayMordecaiלְlə-toהָשִׁ֣יבhāšîbreturnאֶלʾeltoאֶסְתֵּ֑רʾesttērEstherאַלʾalnotתְּדַמִּ֣יtədammîbe likeבְbə-inנַפְשֵׁ֔ךְnapšēksoulלְlə-toהִמָּלֵ֥טhimmālēṭescapeבֵּיתbēythouseהַha-theמֶּ֖לֶךְmelekkingמִmi-fromכָּלkālwholeהַha-theיְּהוּדִֽיםyəhūdîmJewish
Read aloud — modern Israeli pronunciation, not reconstructed Biblical. Good for hearing the consonants and the shape of the word; it ignores the cantillation.
KJVThen Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.
Vocabulary — 1 word(s) occurring 50 times or fewer
- תְּדַמִּ֣י
Grammar
- יֹּ֥אמֶר — wayyiqtol — the narrative past that carries Hebrew storyline
- הָשִׁ֣יב — hifil — causative: “caused to …”
- תְּדַמִּ֣י — piel — intensive or factitive
- הִמָּלֵ֥ט — nifal — passive or reflexive
Esther 4:14intermediate
כִּ֣יkîthatאִםʾimifהַחֲרֵ֣שׁhaḥărēšbe deafתַּחֲרִישִׁי֮taḥărîšîbe deafבָּbā-in-theעֵ֣תʿēttimeהַha-theזֹּאת֒zōʾtthisרֶ֣וַחrewaḥspaceוְwə-andהַצָּלָ֞הhaṣṣālāhdeliveranceיַעֲמֹ֤ודyaʿămôdstandלַla-to-theיְּהוּדִים֙yəhūdîmJewishמִmi-fromמָּקֹ֣וםmāqômplaceאַחֵ֔רʾaḥērotherוְwə-andאַ֥תְּʾattyouוּū-andבֵיתbēythouseאָבִ֖יךְʾābîkfatherתֹּאבֵ֑דוּtōʾbēdūperishוּū-andמִ֣יmîwhoיֹודֵ֔עַyôdēʿaknowאִםʾimifלְlə-toעֵ֣תʿēttimeכָּkā-asזֹ֔אתzōʾtthisהִגַּ֖עַתְּhiggaʿatttouchלַla-to-theמַּלְכֽוּתmalkūtkingship
Read aloud — modern Israeli pronunciation, not reconstructed Biblical. Good for hearing the consonants and the shape of the word; it ignores the cantillation.
KJVFor if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Vocabulary — 1 word(s) occurring 50 times or fewer
- הַצָּלָ֞ה
Grammar
- הַחֲרֵ֣שׁ — hifil — causative: “caused to …”
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