Esther 7:4
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.”
חָרַשׁ
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)
שָׁוָה
is equal
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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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מָכַר
we had been sold
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מָכַר
to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
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