Esther 3:6
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.”
נָגַד
To tell, to declare, to make known. Nagad. The heavens declare the glory of God. Everything in creation is telling the story of its Creator.
כִּי
if
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כִּי
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
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עַם
the people of
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עַם
People, nation, folk. Am. You are My people and I am your God. This mutual belonging is the heart of the covenant.
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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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מַלְכוּת
the kingdom of
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מַלְכוּת
a rule; concretely, a dominion
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הָמָן
Haman
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הָמָן
Haman, a Persian vizier
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מׇרְדְּכַי
Mordecai
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מׇרְדְּכַי
Mordecai, an Israelite
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