Esther 5:14
Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet.” This pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.This verse in the real world
In what words
- זֶרֶשׁZereshZeresh, Haman's wife
- שָׂמֵחַsâmêachblithe or gleeful
- תָּלָהtâlâhto suspend (especially to gibbet)
- גָּבֹהַּgâbôahhelevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant
- מִשְׁתֶּהmishtehdrink, by implication, drinking (the act); also (by implication) a banquet or (generally)
- הָמָןHâmânHaman, a Persian vizier
- מׇרְדְּכַיMordᵉkayMordecai, an Israelite
- יָטַבyâṭabto be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successf
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Est 6:4, Psa 37:14, Psa 37:32, 1Ki 21:7, Est 7:9–10, Act 23:14–15, Psa 7:13–16, 2Ch 22:3–4