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.)

man

1. man, male (in contrast to woman, female)

2. husband

3. human being, person (in contrast to God)

4. servant

5. mankind

6. champion

7. great man

whosoever

each (adjective)

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

Esther = "star"

1. the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther - daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin, made queen by king Ahasuerus to replace divorced queen, Vashti.

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

palace, castle

temple

son, grandson, child, member of a group

1. son, male child

2. grandson

3. children (pl. - male and female)

4. youth, young men (pl.)

5. young (of animals)

6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

9. a member of a guild, order, class

request, entreaty, petition

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

to kill, slay, murder, destroy, murderer, slayer, out of hand

1. (Qal)

   1. to kill, slay

   2. to destroy, ruin

2. (Niphal) to be killed

3. (Pual) to be killed, be slain

five

1. five (cardinal number)

2. a multiple of five (with another number)

3. fifth (ordinal number)

Jew

hundred

1. as simple number

2. as part of larger number

3. as a fraction - one one-hundredth (1/100)

province, district

1. district

2. province

what, how, of what kind

1. (interrogative)

   1. what?

   2. of what kind

   3. what? (rhetorical)

   4. whatsoever, whatever, what

2. (adverb)

   1. how, how now

   2. why

   3. how! (exclamation)

3. (with preposition)

   1. wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?

   2. because of what?

   3. the like of what?

      1. how much?, how many?, how often?

      2. for how long?

   4. for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?

   5. until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore?

      indefinite pronoun

anything, aught, what may

king

queen

to give, put, set

1. (Qal)

   1. to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend

   2. to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate

   3. to make, constitute

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned

   2. to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted

3. (Hophal)

   1. to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up

   2. to be put upon

a going round, continuance

still, yet, again, besides

1. still, yet (of continuance or persistence)

2. still, yet, more (of addition or repetition)

3. again

4. still, moreover, besides

to do, fashion, accomplish, make

1. (Qal)

   1. to do, work, make, produce

      1. to do

      2. to work

      3. to deal (with)

      4. to act, act with effect, effect

   2. to make

      1. to make

      2. to produce

      3. to prepare

      4. to make (an offering)

      5. to attend to, put in order

      6. to observe, celebrate

      7. to acquire (property)

      8. to appoint, ordain, institute

      9. to bring about

      10. to use

      11. to spend, pass

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be done

   2. to be made

   3. to be produced

   4. to be offered

   5. to be observed

   6. to be used

3. (Pual) to be made

(Piel) to press, squeeze

ten

1. ten

2. with other numbers

request, thing asked for, demand

1. request, petition

2. thing asked for

rest, residue, remnant, remainder

Shushan or Susa = "lily"

1. the winter residence of the Persian kings; located on the river Ulai or Choaspes