Esther 8:10

And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus’ name, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
wrote	וַיִּכְתֹּ֗ב vai.yikh.To	H3789	to grave · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
king	הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Ahasuerus’	אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹ֔שׁ 'a.chash.ve.Rosh	H325	Achashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes · proper noun, a man's name
name	בְּשֵׁם֙ be.Shem	H8034	an appellation · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
sealed	וַיַּחְתֹּ֖ם vai.yach.Tom	H2856	to close up · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
king’s	הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
ring	בְּטַבַּ֣עַת be.ta.Ba.'at	H2885	properly · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
sent	וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח vai.yish.Lach	H7971	to send away · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
letters	סְפָרִ֡ים se.fa.Rim	H5612	properly · noun, common masculine plural absolute
by	בְּיַד֩ be.Yad	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
posts	הָרָצִ֨ים ha.ra.Tzim	H7323	to run (for whatever reason · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
horseback	בַּסּוּסִ֜ים ba.su.Sim	H5483	a horse (as leaping) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
riders	רֹכְבֵ֤י ro.khe.Vei	H7392	to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle) · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
mules	הָרֶ֙כֶשׁ֙ ha.Re.khesh	H7409	a relay of animals on a post-route (as stored up for th… · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
camels	הָֽאֲחַשְׁתְּרָנִ֔ים ha.'a.chash.te.ra.Nim	H327	a mule · definite article + adjective, masculine plural absolute
young	בְּנֵ֖י be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
dromedaries	הָֽרַמָּכִֽים Ha.ra.ma.Khim	H7424	a brood mare · definite article + noun, common masculine plural 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

Ecclesiastes 8:4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
Isaiah 60:6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and inc…
Isaiah 66:20 And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and up…
Jeremiah 2:23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift d…
Jeremiah 51:21 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;
Daniel 4:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
1 Kings 4:28 Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
1 Kings 21:8 So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 8:3-14

Haman, the chief enemy of the Jews, was hanged, Mordecai and Esther, their chief friends, were sufficiently protected; but many others there were in the king's dominions that hated the Jews and desired their ruin, and to their rage and malice all the rest of that people lay exposed; for the edict against them was still in force, and, in pursuance of it, their enemies would on the day appointed fall upon them, and they would be deemed as rebels against the king and his government if they should offer to resist and take up arms in their own defence. For the preventing of this, I. The queen here makes intercession with much affection and importunity. She came, a second time, uncalled into the k…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 8:10

sent . . . by posts . . . and riders on . . . camels, and young dromedaries--The business being very urgent, the swiftest kind of camel would be employed, and so the word in the original denotes the wind-camel. Young dromedaries also are used to carry expresses, being remarkable for the nimbleness and ease of their movements. Animals of this description could convey the new rescript of Ahasuerus over the length and breadth of the Persian empire in time to relieve the unhappy Jews from the ban under which they lay.

Adam Clarke on Esther 8:10

On mules, camels, and young dromedaries - What these beasts were is difficult to say. The word רכש rechesh, which we translate mules, signifies a swift chariot horse. The strange word אחשתרנים achashteranim is probably a Persian word, but perhaps incurably corrupted. The most likely derivation is that of Bochart, from the Persian akhash, huge, large, rough, and aster, a mule; large mules. The words בני הרמכים beney harammachim, the sons of mares, which we translate dromedaries, are supposed to signify mules, produced between the he ass and the mare, to distinguish them from those produced between the stallion and the ass, But there is really so much confusion about these matters, and so litt…

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Dictionary and topics

B · Unclean: Dromedary — Unclean: Dromedary
Camel · .Posts — .Posts
Camel, The · Used for: Conveying posts and messengers — Used for: Conveying posts and messengers
Dromedary · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Horse, The · Used for: Conveying posts, & c — Used for: Conveying posts, & c
Mail · . — .
Mule, The · Used for: Conveying posts and messengers — Used for: Conveying posts and messengers
Post · Of Ahasuerus — Of Ahasuerus
Proclamation · Imperial — Imperial
Ring · Given as a token — Given as a token
Rings · Of kings: Used for sealing decrees — Of kings: Used for sealing decrees
Travellers · On errands requiring despatch: Went with great speed — On errands requiring despatch: Went with great speed

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 8:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 8:3-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 8:10

Adam Clarke on Esther 8:10

Dictionary and topics

Esther 8:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 8:3-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 8:10

Adam Clarke on Esther 8:10

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Esther 8:10

Keil & Delitzsch on Esther 8:9-14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Esther 8:9

Rashi on Esther 8:10