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Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is , the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them; (KJV)
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כִּי֩kifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Esther 9:24 word 1
הָמָ֨ןha.ManHaman
Lemma: הָמָן (ha.man) · Strong's: H2001
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Haman
Used 54 times. Also: Esther 3:1, Esther 3:2, Esther 3:4, Esther 3:5, Esther 3:6, Esther 3:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2001; TAHOT Esther 9:24 word 2
בֶּֽן\־ben-[the] son of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Esther 9:24 word 3
הַמְּדָ֜תָאha.me.Da.ta'Hammedatha
Lemma: הַמְּדָתָא (me.da.ta) · Strong's: H4099
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Hammedatha
Used 5 times. Also: Esther 3:1, Esther 3:10, Esther 8:5, Esther 9:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4099; TAHOT Esther 9:24 word 4
הָֽאֲגָגִ֗יha.'a.ga.Githe Agagite
Lemma: אֲגָגִי (a.ga.gi) · Strong's: H0091
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNgmsa)
Meaning: Agagite
Used 5 times. Also: Esther 3:1, Esther 3:10, Esther 8:3, Esther 8:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0091; TAHOT Esther 9:24 word 5
צֹרֵר֙tzo.Rer[the] opposer of
Lemma: צָרַר (tsa.rar) · Strong's: H6887D
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVqrmsc)
Meaning: to vex
Used 26 times. Also: Exodus 23:22, Numbers 10:9, Numbers 25:17, Numbers 25:18, Numbers 33:55, Esther 3:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6887D; TAHOT Esther 9:24 word 6
כָּל\־kol-all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Esther 9:24 word 7
הַיְּהוּדִ֔יםhai.ye.hu.Dimthe Jews
Lemma: יְהוּדִי (ye.hu.di) · Strong's: H3064
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNgmpa)
Meaning: Jew
Used 69 times. Also: 2 Kings 16:6, 2 Kings 25:25, Nehemiah 1:2, Nehemiah 2:16, Nehemiah 4:1, Nehemiah 4:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3064; TAHOT Esther 9:24 word 8
חָשַׁ֥בcha.Shavhe had planned
Lemma: חָשַׁב (cha.shav) · Strong's: H2803I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to devise: devise
Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 50:20, 1 Samuel 18:25, 2 Samuel 14:13, Nehemiah 6:2, Nehemiah 6:6, Psalms 10:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2803I; TAHOT Esther 9:24 word 9
עַל\־'al-on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Esther 9:24 word 10
הַיְּהוּדִ֖יםhai.ye.hu.Dimthe Jews
Lemma: יְהוּדִי (ye.hu.di) · Strong's: H3064
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNgmpa)
Meaning: Jew
Used 69 times. Also: 2 Kings 16:6, 2 Kings 25:25, Nehemiah 1:2, Nehemiah 2:16, Nehemiah 4:1, Nehemiah 4:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3064; TAHOT Esther 9:24 word 11
לְאַבְּדָ֑םle.'a.be.Damto destroy them
Lemma: אָבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H0006
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVpcc)
Meaning: to perish
Used 183 times. Also: Exodus 10:7, Leviticus 23:30, Leviticus 26:38, Numbers 16:33, Numbers 17:12, Numbers 21:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0006; TAHOT Esther 9:24 word 12
וְהִפִּ֥ילve.hi.Piland he had cast
Lemma: נָפַל (na.phal) · Strong's: H5307I
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhq3ms)
Meaning: to fall: allot
Used 26 times. Also: Numbers 34:2, Joshua 13:6, Joshua 23:4, Judges 18:1, 1 Samuel 14:42, 1 Chronicles 24:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5307I; TAHOT Esther 9:24 word 13
פּוּר֙purPur
Lemma: פּוּר (pur) · Strong's: H6332
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: Purim
Used 8 times. Also: Esther 3:7, Esther 9:26, Esther 9:28, Esther 9:29, Esther 9:31, Esther 9:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6332; TAHOT Esther 9:24 word 14
ה֣וּאhu'that
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Esther 9:24 word 15
הַגּוֹרָ֔לha.go.Ral[is] the lot
Lemma: גּוֹרָל (go.ral) · Strong's: H1486
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: allotted
Used 77 times. Also: Leviticus 16:8, Leviticus 16:9, Leviticus 16:10, Numbers 26:55, Numbers 26:56, Numbers 33:54 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1486; TAHOT Esther 9:24 word 16
לְהֻמָּ֖םle.hu.Mamto trouble them
Lemma: הָמַם (ha.mam) · Strong's: H2000
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to confuse
Used 12 times. Also: Exodus 14:24, Exodus 23:27, Deuteronomy 2:15, Deuteronomy 7:23, Joshua 10:10, Judges 4:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2000; TAHOT Esther 9:24 word 17
וּֽלְאַבְּדָֽם\׃U.le.'a.be.Damand to destroy them
Lemma: אָבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H0006
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVpcc)
Meaning: to perish
Used 183 times. Also: Exodus 10:7, Leviticus 23:30, Leviticus 26:38, Numbers 16:33, Numbers 17:12, Numbers 21:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0006; TAHOT Esther 9:24 word 18
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| Haman | → | הָמָן H2001 Haman |
| son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| of Hammedatha | → | הַמְּדָתָא H4099 Hammedatha |
| the Agagite | → | אֲגָגִי H0091 Agagite |
| the enemy | → | צָרַר H6887D to vex |
| of all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| the Jews | → | יְהוּדִי H3064 Jew |
| had plotted | → | חָשַׁב H2803I to devise: devise |
| against | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| the Jews | → | יְהוּדִי H3064 Jew |
| to destroy them | → | אָבַד H0006 to perish |
| and had cast | → | נָפַל H5307I to fall: allot |
| the Pur | → | פּוּר H6332 Purim |
| (that is | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| the lot | → | גּוֹרָל H1486 allotted |
| to crush | → | הָמַם H2000 to confuse |
| and destroy them | → | אָבַד H0006 to perish |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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