Esther 8:5
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king’s provinces:”
טוֹב
Taste and see. David does not say understand or agree — he says taste. Towb is goodness you experience, not just believe in. God's goodness is not a theological position. It is something you encounter when you draw near to Him.
חֵן
favor
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חֵן
Grace, favour. Chen. Finding favour in someone's eyes. Unmerited goodwill. Noah found chen with God, not because of his perfection but because of God's sovereign grace.
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מַחֲשָׁבָה
the plan of
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מַחֲשָׁבָה
Thoughts, plans, purposes. Machashabah. The deliberate intentions of God. I know the plans I have for you. These are not random events but purposes designed with love.
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מָצָא
I have found
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מָצָא
To find, to discover, to encounter. Matsa. God is findable. He is not playing hide and seek. He actively reveals Himself to genuine seekers.
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בֵּן
the son of
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בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
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עַל
is on
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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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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כָּתַב
he wrote
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כָּתַב
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
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מְדָתָא
Hammedatha
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מְדָתָא
Medatha, the father of Haman
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הָמָן
Haman
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הָמָן
Haman, a Persian vizier
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