Esther 9:25
but when this became known to the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked plan, which he had planned against the Jews, should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.This verse in the real world
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- תָּלָהtâlâhto suspend (especially to gibbet)
- מַחֲשָׁבָהmachăshâbâha contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whet
- יְהוּדִיYᵉhûwdîya Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
- חָשַׁבchâshabproperly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricat
- סֵפֶרçêpherproperly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
- רֹאשׁrôʼshthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of
- רַעraʻbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- שׁוּבshûwbto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 7:16, Est 7:5–8:14, Psa 141:10, Psa 140:9, Est 9:13–14, Mat 21:44, Psa 109:17–18