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.)

Agagite = "I will overtop"

1. said of Haman, Haman the Agagite

if

1. conditional clauses

   1. of possible situations

   2. of impossible situations

2. oath contexts

   1. no, not

3. if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or

4. when, whenever

5. since

6. interrogative particle

7. but rather

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

I (first pers. sing. - usually used for emphasis)

(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

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

speech, word, speaking, thing

1. speech

2. saying, utterance

3. word, words

4. business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)

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

favour, grace, charm

1. favour, grace, elegance

2. favour, acceptance

good, pleasant, agreeable

1. pleasant, agreeable (to the senses)

2. pleasant (to the higher nature)

3. good, excellent (of its kind)

4. good, rich, valuable in estimation

5. good, appropriate, becoming

6. better (comparative)

7. glad, happy, prosperous (of man's sensuous nature)

8. good understanding (of man's intellectual nature)

9. good, kind, benign

10. good, right (ethical)

    masculine noun

a good thing, benefit, welfare

1. welfare, prosperity, happiness

2. good things (collective)

3. good, benefit

4. moral good

   feminine noun

welfare, benefit, good things

1. welfare, prosperity, happiness

2. good things (collective)

3. bounty

Jew

all, the whole

1. all, the whole of

2. any, each, every, anything

3. totality, everything

to succeed, please, be suitable, be proper, be advantageous, be right and proper to

1. (Qal) to please, be proper

2. (Hiphil) to give success

to write, record, enrol

1. (Qal)

   1. to write, inscribe, engrave, write in, write on

   2. to write down, describe in writing

   3. to register, enrol, record

   4. to decree

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be written

   2. to be written down, be recorded, be enrolled

3. (Piel) to continue writing

province, district

1. district

2. province

Hammedatha = "double"

1. father of Haman

thought, device

1. thought

2. device, plan, purpose

3. invention

king

to find, attain to

1. (Qal)

   1. to find

      1. to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought)

      2. to find (what is lost)

      3. to meet, encounter

      4. to find (a condition)

      5. to learn, devise

   2. to find out

      1. to find out

      2. to detect

      3. to guess

   3. to come upon, light upon

      1. to happen upon, meet, fall in with

      2. to hit

      3. to befall

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be found

      1. to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered

      2. to appear, be recognised

      3. to be discovered, be detected

      4. to be gained, be secured

   2. to be, be found

      1. to be found in

      2. to be in the possession of

      3. to be found in (a place), happen to be

      4. to be left (after war)

      5. to be present

      6. to prove to be

      7. to be found sufficient, be enough

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to cause to find, attain

   2. to cause to light upon, come upon, come

   3. to cause to encounter

   4. to present (offering)

book

missive, document, writing, book

1. missive

   1. letter (of instruction), written order, commission, request, written decree

2. legal document, certificate of divorce, deed of purchase, indictment, sign

3. book, scroll

   1. book of prophecies

   2. genealogical register

   3. law-book

   4. book (of poems)

   5. book (of kings)

   6. books of the canon, scripture

   7. record book (of God)

4. book-learning, writing

   1. be able to read (after verb 'to know')

eye

1. eye

   1. of physical eye

   2. as showing mental qualities

   3. of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)

spring, fountain

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

face

1. face, faces

2. presence, person

3. face (of seraphim or cherubim)

4. face (of animals)

5. face, surface (of ground)

6. as adv of loc/temp

   1. before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before

7. with prep

   1. in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

to return, turn back

1. (Qal)

   1. to turn back, return

      1. to turn back

      2. to return, come or go back

      3. to return unto, go back, come back

      4. of dying

      5. of human relations (fig)

      6. of spiritual relations (fig)

         1. to turn back (from God), apostatise

         2. to turn away (of God)

         3. to turn back (to God), repent

         4. turn back (from evil)

      7. of inanimate things

      8. in repetition

2. (Polel)

   1. to bring back

   2. to restore, refresh, repair (fig)

   3. to lead away (enticingly)

   4. to show turning, apostatise

3. (Pual) restored (participle)

4. (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back

   1. to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment

   2. to bring back, refresh, restore

   3. to bring back, report to, answer

   4. to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)

   5. to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse

   6. to turn away (face), turn toward

   7. to turn against

   8. to bring back to mind

   9. to show a turning away

   10. to reverse, revoke

5. (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back

6. (Pulal) brought back