Esther 6:10

Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king’s gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
king	הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
said	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Haman	לְהָמָ֗ן le.ha.Man	H2001	Haman · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
haste	מַ֠הֵר Ma.her	H4116	properly · verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
take	קַ֣ח kach	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
apparel	הַלְּב֤וּשׁ ha.le.Vush	H3830	a garment (literally or figuratively) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
horse	הַסּוּס֙ ha.Sus	H5483	a horse (as leaping) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
said	דִּבַּ֔רְתָּ di.Bar.ta	H1696	perhaps properly · verb, piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
do	וַֽעֲשֵׂה va.'a.seh-	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
Mordecai	לְמָרְדֳּכַ֣י le.ma.re.do.Khai	H4782	Mordecai · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
Jew	הַיְּהוּדִ֔י hai.ye.hu.Di	H3064	a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew) · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine singular absolute
sitteth	הַיּוֹשֵׁ֖ב hai.yo.Shev	H3427	properly · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
king’s	הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
gate	בְּשַׁ֣עַר be.Sha.'ar	H8179	an opening · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
nothing	דָּבָ֔ר da.Var	H1697	a word · noun, common masculine singular absolute
fail	תַּפֵּ֣ל ta.Pel	H5307	to fall · verb, hiphil jussive, 2nd person masculine singular
spoken	דִּבַּֽרְתָּ di.Bar.ta	H1696	perhaps properly · verb, piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular

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

Daniel 4:37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk i…
2 Kings 10:10 Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LO…
Revelation 18:7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen,…
Luke 14:11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 6:4-11

It is now morning, and people begin to stir. I. Haman is so impatient to get Mordecai hanged that he comes early to court, to be ready at the king's levee, before any other business is brought before him, to get a warrant for his execution (Est 6:4), which he makes sure that he shall have at the first word. The king would gratify him in a greater thing than that; and he could tell the king that he was so confident of the justice of his request, and the king's favour to him in it, that he had got the gallows ready: one word from the king would complete his satisfaction. II. The king is so impatient to have Mordecai honoured that he sends to know who is in the court that is fit to be employed…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 6:9

delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes . . . array the man--On grand and public occasions, the royal steed is led by the highest subject through the principal streets of the city, a ceremony which may occupy several hours.

Adam Clarke on Esther 6:10

Make haste, and take the apparel - and do even so to Mordecai - O mortifying reverse of human fortune! How could Haman bear this? The Targumist might speak according to nature when he said that "Haman besought the king to kill him rather than degrade him so." How astonishing is the conduct of Divine providence in all this business! From it we plainly see that there is neither counsel nor wisdom against the Lord; and that he who digs a pit for his neighbor, is sure to fall into it himself.

John Gill on Esther 6:10

Then the king said to Haman, make haste,.... And without delay go into the royal treasury, or wardrobe, as the Targum adds: "and take the apparel"; the royal robe, the purple one, or one of the precious purple robes; and then, as the same Targum, go to the king's stable, and take thence the king's "horse", that stands in the chief place in the stable, whose name is "Shiphregaz"; but how the Targumist came by the name of it, I know not; however it was not unusual for kings to give a name to their favourite horse, as Alexander the great did to his called Bucephalus and even for all kings of Persia, as Darius Hystaspis (b): as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at…

Dictionary and topics

Civil Service · APPOINTMENT IN, ON ACCOUNT OF MERIT — APPOINTMENT IN, ON ACCOUNT OF MERIT
Horse, The · Kings and princes rode on — Kings and princes rode on
Mordecai · Informs Ahasuerus of a conspiracy against his life and is rewar — Informs Ahasuerus of a conspiracy against his life and is rewar

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 6:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 6:4-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 6:9

Adam Clarke on Esther 6:10

John Gill on Esther 6:10

Dictionary and topics

Esther 6:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 6:4-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 6:9

Adam Clarke on Esther 6:10

John Gill on Esther 6:10

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Esther 6:1-11

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Esther 6:10-12

Rashi on Esther 6:9