Esther 9:25
And after this Esther entered in to the king, and besought, that the enforcings or endeavours of Haman should be made void by the letters of the king, and that the evil, which he had thought against the Jews, should turn again into his head. Forsooth they hanged on the cross both him and his sons.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