Esther 5:11

And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Haman	הָמָ֛ן ha.Man	H2001	Haman · proper noun, a man's name
told	וַיְסַפֵּ֨ר vay.sa.Per	H5608	properly · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
glory	כְּב֥וֹד ke.Vod	H3519	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct
riches	עָשְׁר֖וֹ a.she.Ro	H6239	wealth · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
multitude	וְרֹ֣ב ve.Ro	H7230	abundance (in any respect) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
children	בָּנָ֑יו ba.Nav	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
king	הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
promoted	גִּדְּל֤וֹ gi.de.Lo	H1431	to be (causatively make) large (in various senses · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
advanced	נִשְּׂא֔וֹ ni.se.'O	H5375	to lift · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
princes	הַשָּׂרִ֖ים ha.sa.Rim	H8269	a head person (of any rank or class) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
servants	וְעַבְדֵ֥י ve.'av.Dei	H5650	a servant · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct
king	הַמֶּֽלֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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).

Cross-references

Esther 9:7-10 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
Esther 3:1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the prin…
Genesis 31:1 And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s hath he…
Luke 12:19-20 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
1 Timothy 6:17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us ri…
Esther 1:4 When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.
Esther 9:12-13 And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman…
Job 27:14-15 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 5:9–end

This account here given of Haman is a comment upon that of Solomon, Pro 21:24. Proud and haughty scorner is his name that deals in proud wrath. Never did any man more answer that name than Haman, in whom pride and wrath had so much the ascendant. See him, I. Puffed up with the honour of being invited to Esther's feast. He was joyful and glad of heart at it, Est 5:9. Observe with what a high gust he speaks of it (Est 5:12), how he values himself upon it, and how near he thinks it brings him to the perfection of felicity, that Esther the queen did let no man come with the king to the banquet but his mighty self, and he thought it was because she was exceedingly charmed with his conversation th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 5:8

let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare--The king ate alone, and his guests in an adjoining hall; but they were admitted to sit with him at wine. Haman being the only invited guest with the king and queen, it was natural that he should have been elated with the honor. Next: Esther Chapter 6

Adam Clarke on Esther 5:11

The multitude of his children - The Asiatic sovereigns delight in the number of their children; and this is one cause why they take so many wives and concubines.

John Gill on Esther 5:11

And Haman told them of the glory of his riches,.... Of the multitude of them; which he did partly in a way of ostentation, and partly, if he could, to make his mind easy under the mortification he received from Mordecai; and, it may be, chiefly to aggravate his rudeness and ill behaviour towards him, a man of so much wealth: and the multitude of his children; he had ten, as we learn from Esther 9:10, but the former Targum enlarges them, beyond credit, to the number of two hundred and eight, besides his ten sons, and Shimshai the scribe; such were had in great esteem with the Persians who had many children; to such the king used to send gifts annually (k): and all the things wherein the king…

Dictionary and topics

Banquet — A feast provided for the entertainment of a company of guests (Esther 5; 7; 1 Pet. 4:3); such as was provided for our Lord by his friends in Bethany (Matt. 26:6; Mark 14:3; comp. John 12:2). These…
Ambition · .Haman — .Haman
Happiness · .Haman — .Haman
Happiness Of The Wicked, The · Exemplified: Haman — Exemplified: Haman
Riches · Examples of wicked men possessing: Haman — Examples of wicked men possessing: Haman
Zeresh · Wife of Haman — Wife of Haman

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 5:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 5:9–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 5:8

Adam Clarke on Esther 5:11

John Gill on Esther 5:11

Dictionary and topics

Esther 5:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 5:9–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 5:8

Adam Clarke on Esther 5:11

John Gill on Esther 5:11

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Esther 5:9–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Esther 5:9-14

Rashi on Esther 5:10