Esther 2:21
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.”
יָשַׁב
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
יָד
a hand
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יָד
Hand. Yad. The hand as the symbol of power and action. When God's hand rests on a life nothing is impossible.
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סָרִיס
the eunuchs of
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סָרִיס
a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
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קָצַף
he was angry
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קָצַף
to crack off, i.e. (figuratively) burst out in rage
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שְׁנַיִם
two of
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שְׁנַיִם
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
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