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Esther

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But when it came to the king's attention, he commanded by letter that his wicked scheme which he had devised against the Jews, should return on his own head and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
But when it came to come in, come, go in, go Verb H935 וּבְבֹאָהּ֮ u·ve·vo·'ah
to the king's king Noun H4428 הַמֶּלֶךְ֒ ham·me·lech
attention, face, faces Noun H6440 לִפְנֵ֣י lif·nei
he commanded to utter, say Verb H559 אָמַ֣ר a·mar
by letter a missive, document, writing, book Noun H5612 הַסֵּ֔פֶר has·se·fer,
that his wicked bad, evil Adjective H7451 הָרָעָ֛ה ha·ra·'ah
scheme thought, device Noun H4284 מַחֲשַׁבְתֹּ֧ו ma·cha·shav·tov
which who, which, that Particle H834 אֲשֶׁר־ a·sher-
he had devised to think, account Verb H2803 חָשַׁ֥ב cha·shav
against upon, above, over Prepostion H5921 עַל־ al-
the Jews, Jewish Noun H3064 הַיְּהוּדִ֖ים haiy·hu·dim
should return to turn back, return Verb H7725 יָשׁ֞וּב ya·shuv
on his own head head Noun H7218 רֹאשֹׁ֑ו ro·shov;
and that he and his sons son Noun H1121 בָּנָ֖יו ba·nav
should be hanged to hang Verb H8518 וְתָל֥וּ ve·ta·lu
on the gallows. tree, trees, wood Noun H6086 הָעֵֽץ׃ ha·'etz.

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Esther

Esther [N] [H] [S] the queen of Ahasuerus, and heroine of the book that bears her name. She was a Jewess named Hadas'sah (the myrtle), but when she entered the royal harem she received the name by which she henceforth became known ( Esther 2:7 ). It is a Syro-Arabian modification of the Persian word satarah, which means a star. She was the daughter of Abihail, a Benjamite. Her family did not avail themselves of the permissio... View Details

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New American Standard Bible 1995 But when it came to the king's attention, he commanded by letter that his wicked scheme which he had devised against the Jews, should return on his own head and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
King James Bible But when it Esther came to before the king's attention, king, he commanded by letter letters that his wicked scheme device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return on upon his own head head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
Hebrew Greek English But when it came to the king's attention, he commanded by letter that his wicked scheme which he had devised against the Jews, should return on his own head and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.