perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed

1. (Qal)

   1. perish, die, be exterminated

   2. perish, vanish (fig.)

   3. be lost, strayed

2. (Piel)

   1. to destroy, kill, cause to perish, to give up (as lost), exterminate

   2. to blot out, do away with, cause to vanish, (fig.)

   3. cause to stray, lose

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to destroy, put to death

      1. of divine judgment

   2. object name of kings (fig.)

to say, speak, utter

1. (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend

2. (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called

3. (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly

4. (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

(relative part.)

1. which, who

2. that which

(conj)

1. that (in obj clause)

2. when

3. since

4. as

5. conditional if

sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

treasury, chests?

1. chests (of variegated cloth) (meaning uncertain)

2. treasury

Haman = "magnificent"

1. chief minister of Ahasuerus, enemy of Mordecai and the Jews, who plotted to kill the Jews but, being foiled by Esther, was hanged, with his family, on the gallows he had made for Mordecai

Jew

all, the whole

1. all, the whole of

2. any, each, every, anything

3. totality, everything

silver, money

1. silver

   1. as metal

   2. as ornament

   3. as colour

2. money, shekels, talents

king

Mordecai = "little man" or "worshipper of Mars"

1. cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim

2. a Jew who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

to be conspicuous, tell, make known

1. (Hiphil) to tell, declare

   1. to tell, announce, report

   2. to declare, make known, expound

   3. to inform of

   4. to publish, declare, proclaim

   5. to avow, acknowledge, confess

      1. messenger (participle)

2. (Hophal) to be told, be announced, be reported

upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against

1. upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards

2. above, beyond, over (of excess)

3. above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)

4. upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)

5. over (of suspension or extension)

6. by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)

7. down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to,, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)

8. to (as a dative)

   conjunction

because that, because, notwithstanding, although

exact statement, declaration

to encounter, meet, befall, happen, come to meet

1. (Qal)

   1. to encounter, meet

   2. to befall

2. (Niphal)

   1. to encounter, meet (without pre-arrangement)

   2. to chance to be present

   3. to come to meet

3. (Hiphil) to cause to meet, appoint

to build with beams

1. (Piel) to lay the beams of, furnish with beams

to weigh, weigh out, pay out

1. (Qal)

   1. to weigh

   2. to weigh out (a price)

   3. of grief (fig)

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be weighed

   2. to be weighed out