Esther

Esther 3:6

⁶And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of^a laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.

Footnotes

a 3:6 Hebrew he disdained in his eyes

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And when	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
he learned the identity	הִגִּ֥ידוּ	hig·gî·ḏū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural	H5046 be conspicuous
of Mordecai’s	מָרְדֳּכָ֑י	mā·rə·do·ḵāy	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4782 Mordecai
people	עַ֣ם	‘am	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5971 people
he scorned the notion of	וַיִּ֣בֶז	way·yi·ḇez	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H959 despise
laying	לִשְׁלֹ֤ח	liš·lōḥ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7971 send
hands	יָד֙	yāḏ	Noun - feminine singular	H3027 hand
on Mordecai	בְּמָרְדֳּכַ֣י	bə·mā·rə·do·ḵay	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4782 Mordecai
alone	לְבַדּ֔וֹ	lə·ḇad·dōw	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H905 separation
Instead	הָמָ֗ן	hā·mān	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2001 Haman
he	הָמָ֗ן	hā·mān	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2001 Haman
sought	וַיְבַקֵּ֣שׁ	way·ḇaq·qêš	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1245 seek
to destroy	לְהַשְׁמִ֧יד	lə·haš·mîḏ	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H8045 be exterminated, destroyed
all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
of Mordecai’s	מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃	mā·rə·do·ḵāy	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4782 Mordecai
people	עַ֥ם	‘am	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5971 people
the Jews	הַיְּהוּדִ֛ים	hay·yə·hū·ḏîm	Article; Noun - proper - masculine plural	H3064 Jewish
throughout	בְּכָל־	bə·ḵāl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the kingdom	מַלְכ֥וּת	mal·ḵūṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H4438 royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom
of Xerxes	אֲחַשְׁוֵר֖וֹשׁ	’ă·ḥaš·wê·rō·wōš	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H325 Ahasuerus

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