Esther 6:11

Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
took	וַיִּקַּ֤ח vai.yi.Kach	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Haman	הָמָן֙ ha.Man	H2001	Haman · proper noun, a man's name
apparel	הַלְּב֣וּשׁ ha.le.Vush	H3830	a garment (literally or figuratively) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
horse	הַסּ֔וּס ha.Sus	H5483	a horse (as leaping) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
arrayed	וַיַּלְבֵּ֖שׁ vai.yal.Besh	H3847	properly · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Mordecai	מָרְדֳּכָ֑י ma.re.do.Khai	H4782	Mordecai · proper noun, a man's name
horseback	וַיַּרְכִּיבֵ֙הוּ֙ vai.yar.ki.Ve.hu	H7392	to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
street	בִּרְח֣וֹב bir.Chov	H7339	a width · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
city	הָעִ֔יר ha.'Ir	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
proclaimed	וַיִּקְרָ֣א vai.yik.Ra'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
before	לְפָנָ֔יו le.fa.Nav	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
done	יֵעָשֶׂ֣ה ye.'a.Seh	H6213	to do or make · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
man	לָאִ֔ישׁ la.'Ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
king	הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
delighteth	חָפֵ֥ץ cha.Fetz	H2654	properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
honour	בִּיקָרֽוֹ bi.ka.Ro	H3366	value · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Esther 9:3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of M…
Luke 1:52 He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
Ezra 6:13 Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so the…
Esther 8:15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment o…
Isaiah 60:14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the sol…
Revelation 3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and w…

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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 6:11

Then Haman took, &c.--This sudden reverse, however painful to Haman as an individual, is particularly characteristic of the Persian manners.

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 6:11

Then took Haman the apparel, and the horse,.... The one out of the wardrobe, the other out of the stable, and the crown also no doubt, though no mention is made of it, since the king made no objection to it, yea, commanded that nothing fail of what had been spoken; but this was included in the pomp and state of the led horse: and brought him on horseback through the street of the city; the most grand and public part of it, thus arrayed, and in this state: and proclaimed before him, thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour; See Gill on Esther 6:9.

The Church Fathers

After all, the preachers of the sacred Gospel and the leaders of the Church, who glisten with their practice of all the virtues and the beauty of wisdom and—because they are the limbs of the supreme king—are nobly honored with the diadem of royal rank, are ordered to mount the king's horse, i.e. to take charge of and govern the people of the faithful in whose hearts the king of Heaven himself presides continuously. The Lord himself is told about these horses by the prophet Habakkuk: "Going up you shall mount your horses, and your horsemanship is salvation" (Habakkuk 3). It is to Mordecai that Haman, the spiritual enemy of the people of God, offers—if unwillingly—the appropriate obeisance, since the persecutors of the holy Church are often forced with the assent of Heaven to preach with accurate testimony the praises of the Church, even though they do so in a spirit of disdain; because once the truth has been revealed, the guilty cannot conceal what is obvious by hiding it away.
— Rabanus Maurus, Commentary on Esther

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Dictionary and topics

Apparel — In Old Testament times the distinction between male and female attire was not very marked. The statute forbidding men to wear female apparel (Deut. 22:5) referred especially to ornaments and…
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 6:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 6:4-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 6:11

Adam Clarke on Esther 6:10

John Gill on Esther 6:11

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Esther 6:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 6:4-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 6:11

Adam Clarke on Esther 6:10

John Gill on Esther 6:11

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Esther 6:1-11

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Esther 6:10-12

Rashi on Esther 6:9