Then the king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
Ahasuerus
'Achashverowsh (akh-ash-vay-rosh')
of Persian origin; Achashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes, but in this case Xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a Persian king -- Ahasuerus.
said
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
unto Esther
'Ecter (es-tare')
Ester, the Jewish heroine -- Esther.
the queen
malkah (mal-kaw')
a queen -- queen.
and to Mordecai
Mordkay (mor-dek-ah'-ee)
Mordecai, an Israelite -- Mordecai.
the Jew
Yhuwdiy (yeh-hoo-dee')
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah) -- Jew.
Behold I have given
nathan (naw-than')
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Esther
'Ecter (es-tare')
Ester, the Jewish heroine -- Esther.
the house
bayith (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
of Haman
Haman (haw-mawn')
Haman, a Persian vizier -- Haman.
and him they have hanged
talah (taw-law')
to suspend (especially to gibbet) -- hang (up).
upon the gallows
`ets (ates)
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) -- + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
because he laid
shalach (shaw-lakh')
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
his hand
yad (yawd)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
upon the Jews
Yhuwdiy (yeh-hoo-dee')
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah) -- Jew.
