Esther

Esther 7:4

⁴For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֤י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
my people	וְעַמִּ֔י	wə·‘am·mî	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H5971 people
and I	אֲנִ֣י	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
have been sold out	נִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙	nim·kar·nū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common plural	H4376 sell
to destruction	לְהַשְׁמִ֖יד	lə·haš·mîḏ	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H8045 be exterminated, destroyed
death	לַהֲר֣וֹג	la·hă·rō·wḡ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H2026 kill, slay
and annihilation	וּלְאַבֵּ֑ד	ū·lə·’ab·bêḏ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H6 perish
If	וְ֠אִלּוּ	wə·’il·lū	Conjunction	H432 if, though
we had merely been sold	נִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙	nim·kar·nū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common plural	H4376 sell
as menservants	לַעֲבָדִ֨ים	la·‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural	H5650 slave, servant
and maidservants	וְלִשְׁפָח֤וֹת	wə·liš·p̄ā·ḥō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - feminine plural	H8198 maid, maid-servant
I would have remained silent	הֶחֱרַ֔שְׁתִּי	he·ḥĕ·raš·tî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular	H2790 cut in, engrave, plough, devise
because	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
no	אֵ֥ין	’ên	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
such distress	הַצָּ֛ר	haṣ·ṣār	Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H6862 narrow, tight
would justify	שֹׁוֶ֖ה	šō·weh	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7737 be even, smooth
burdening	בְּנֵ֥זֶק	bə·nê·zeq	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H5143 injury, damage
the king	הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ס	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king

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Esther 3:9 · Esther 3:13 · Deuteronomy 28:68 · Esther 8:11

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.