Esther 6:13
King James Version
28 Jul 2026
“And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.”
הָמָן
Haman, a Persian vizier
קָרָה
it had happened to/ him
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קָרָה
to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)
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חָכָם
wise men/ his
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חָכָם
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
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מׇרְדְּכַי
Mordecai
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מׇרְדְּכַי
Mordecai, an Israelite
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חָלַל
you have begun
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חָלַל
Pierced, wounded, profaned. Chalal. To be fatally pierced through. This is the word used for Jesus being pierced on the cross. He was pierced because of what we did, not because of anything He did.
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יָכֹל
you will prevail
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יָכֹל
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
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נָפַל
certainly to fall
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נָפַל
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
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