Esther 4:10

Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Esther	אֶסְתֵּר֙ 'es.Ter	H635	Ester · proper noun, a woman's name
spake	וַתֹּ֤אמֶר va.To.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
Hatach	לַהֲתָ֔ךְ la.ha.Takh	H2047	Hathak · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
commandment	וַתְּצַוֵּ֖הוּ va.te.tza.Ve.hu	H6680	(intensively) to constitute · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Mordecai	מָרְדֳּכָֽי ma.re.do.Khai	H4782	Mordecai · proper noun, a man's name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 4:5–end

So strictly did the laws of Persia confine the wives, especially the king's wives, that it was not possible for Mordecai to have a conference with Esther about this important affair, but divers messages are here carried between them by Hatach, whom the king had appointed to attend her, and it seems he was one she could confide in. I. She sent to Mordecai to know more particularly and fully what the trouble was which he was now lamenting (Est 4:5) and why it was that he would not put off his sackcloth. To enquire thus after news, that we may know the better how to direct our griefs and joys, our prayers and praises, well becomes all that love Sion. If we must weep with those that weep, we mus…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 4:8

charge her that she should go in unto the king--This language is exceedingly strong. As it can scarcely be supposed that Mordecai was still using authority over Esther as his adopted daughter, he must be considered as imploring rather than commanding her, in the name of her brethren and in the name of her God, to make a direct appeal to the feelings of her royal husband.

Adam Clarke on Esther 4:8

That she should go in unto the king - The Greek adds, "Remember the time of your low estate, and in what manner you have been nourished, and carried in my arms; and that Haman, who is next to the king, has got a decree for our destruction. Pray, therefore, to the Lord, and plead with the king, that we may be delivered from death." But there is not a word of this either in the Hebrew, Syriac, or Vulgate.

John Gill on Esther 4:10

Again Esther spake unto Hatach,.... For there was no other way of corresponding and conversing but by an eunuch; the wives of kings being altogether under their watch and care: and gave him commandment unto Mordecai; to go unto him, and what he should say to him from her, which is as follows.

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Dictionary and topics

Hatach — Verity, one of the eunuchs or chamberlains in the palace of Ahasuerus (Esther 4:5, 6, 9, 10).
Hatach · A chamberlain in the court of Ahasuerus — A chamberlain in the court of Ahasuerus
Readings, Select · ESTHER’ S TRIUMPH — ESTHER’ S TRIUMPH

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Esther 4:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 4:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 4:8

Adam Clarke on Esther 4:8

John Gill on Esther 4:10

Keil & Delitzsch

Dictionary and topics

Esther 4:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 4:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 4:8

Adam Clarke on Esther 4:8

John Gill on Esther 4:10

Keil & Delitzsch

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Esther 4:8

Rashi on Esther 4:7