Esther 2:23 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְבֻקַּ֤שׁ	vay.vu.Kash	and it was sought	H1245 →
הַדָּבָר֙	ha.da.Var	the matter	H1697 →
וַיִּמָּצֵ֔א	vai.yi.ma.Tze'	and it was found	H4672 →
וַיִּתָּל֥וּ	vai.yi.ta.Lu	and they were hanged	H8518 →
שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם	she.nei.Hem	[the] two of them	H8147 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
עֵ֑ץ	'Etz	a gallows	H6086 →
וַיִּכָּתֵ֗ב	vai.yi.ka.Tev	and it was written	H3789 →
בְּסֵ֛פֶר	be.Se.fer	in [the] book of	H5612 →
דִּבְרֵ֥י	div.Rei	[the] matters of	H1697 →
הַיָּמִ֖ים	hai.ya.Mim	the days	H3117 →
לִפְנֵ֥י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ פ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
leads to
- Psalms 7:16
  His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
- Daniel 6:24
  At the command of the king, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they and their children and wives. And before they had reached the bottom…
- Ezekiel 5:13
  And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD,…
- Judges 15:7
  And Samson told them, “Because you have done this, I will not rest until I have taken vengeance upon you.”
Through
Esther 10:2
And all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of…
leads to
- Esther 8:15
  Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted…
- Esther 9:4
  For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.
Through
Genesis 40:22
But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.
leads to
- Genesis 40:19
  Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”
Through
Genesis 40:19
Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”
leads to
- Genesis 40:22
  But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Esther 6:1That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.Esther 10:2And all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?Genesis 40:22But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.Genesis 40:19Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.Deuteronomy 21:22–23If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,Esther 5:14His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.Joshua 8:29He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.Malachi 3:16At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.Joshua 10:26After this, Joshua struck down and killed the kings, and he hung their bodies on five trees and left them there until evening.

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