Esther 3:8
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.”
פָּזַר
To scatter, to spread abroad. Zarah. One who scatters freely yet gains more. God's economy is opposite to the world's. Generosity produces increase not decrease.
שָׁוָה
is appropriate
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שָׁוָה
Set, put, be equal shavah; to set before; to make level. I have set the LORD always before me deliberately keeping Him in my direct line of sight at all times.
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עָשָׂה
are doing
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עָשָׂה
To do, to make, to accomplish. Asah. God looked at everything He had made and called it very good. Your life is also His asah. He is still working on it.
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עַם
is a people
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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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מְדִינָה
the provinces of
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מְדִינָה
properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region
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שָׁנָה
are differing
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שָׁנָה
to fold, i.e. duplicate (literally or figuratively); by implication, to transmute (transitive or intransitive)
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יֵשׁ
there/ it
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יֵשׁ
there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
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מַלְכוּת
kingdom/ your
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מַלְכוּת
a rule; concretely, a dominion
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דָּת
the laws of
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דָּת
a royal edict or statute
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הָמָן
Haman
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הָמָן
Haman, a Persian vizier
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