Esther 4:9
in Esther 4So Hathach went back and relayed Mordecai’s response to Esther.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Hathach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
KJV
And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
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This verse in Esther 4
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the sum of the money
on Esther 4:7-9
Mordecai's case is documentary: the exact sum Haman promised the treasuries, and the copy of the writing of the decree, evidence handed through the intermediary so that Esther pleads from the text itself and not from rumor. The charge lands on its last words, to make request before him FOR HER PEOPLE, the first time in the book her people are named to her as hers. The secret of 2:10 is being called due.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai. Both the case of the Jews, and the cause of it, and what he would have her do at this critical juncture.
God will keep those that are exposed by the tenderness of their consciences. Notice is here taken of a law that none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth; though the arbitrary power of their kings often, as now, set many a mourning, yet none must come near the king in a mourning dress, because he was not willing to hear the complaints of such.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּב֖וֹא | vaiyavo' | and he came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| הֲתָ֑ךְ | hatakh | Hathach | H2047 → | 4 times |
| וַיַּגֵּ֣ד | vaiyaged | and he told | H5046 → | 370 times |
| לְאֶסְתֵּ֔ר | leester | to Esther | H635 → | 55 times |
| אֵ֖ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דִּבְרֵ֥י | divrei | [the] words of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃ | maredokhai | Mordecai | H4782 → | 60 times |
וַיָּב֖וֹאand he came
vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times
הֲתָ֑ךְHathach
hatakhH2047 →4 times
וַיַּגֵּ֣דand he told
vaiyagedH5046 →370 times
לְאֶסְתֵּ֔רto Esther
leesterH635 →55 times
אֵ֖ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
דִּבְרֵ֥י[the] words of
divreiH1697 →1440 times
מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃Mordecai
maredokhaiH4782 →60 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.