Esther 3:6 BSB — MannaFest

Esther 3:6

And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.

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ASV

But he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

KJV

And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

To destroy all the Jews - In the East massacres of a people, a race, a class, have at all times been among the incidents of history, and would naturally present themselves to the mind of a statesman. The Magophonia, or the great massacre of the Magi at the accession of Darius Hystaspis, was an event not then fifty years old, and was commemorated annually. A massacre of the Scythians had occurred about a century previously.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Scorn - He thought that vengeance was unsuitable to his quality. Destroy - Which he attempted, from that implacable hatred which, as an Amalekite, he had against them; from his rage against Mordecai; and from Mordecai's reason of this contempt, because he was a Jew, which as he truly judged, extended itself to all the Jews, and would equally engage them all in the same neglect.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּ֣בֶז	vai.Yi.vez	and he despised	H959 →
בְּעֵינָ֗יו	be.'ei.Nav	in view his	H5869 →
לִשְׁלֹ֤ח	lish.Loch	to stretch out	H7971 →
יָד֙	yad	a hand	H3027 →
בְּמָרְדֳּכַ֣י	be.ma.re.do.Khai	on Mordecai	H4782 →
לְבַדּ֔וֹ	le.va.Do	to only him	H905 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	if	H3588 →
הִגִּ֥ידוּ	hi.Gi.du	people had told	H5046 →
ל֖וֹ	lo	to <the> him
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עַ֣ם	'am	[the] people of	H5971 →
מָרְדֳּכָ֑י	ma.re.do.Khai	Mordecai	H4782 →
וַיְבַקֵּ֣שׁ	vay.va.Kesh	and he sought	H1245 →
הָמָ֗ן	ha.Man	Haman	H2001 →
לְהַשְׁמִ֧יד	le.hash.Mid	to annihilate	H8045 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הַיְּהוּדִ֛ים	hai.ye.hu.Dim	the Jews	H3064 →
אֲשֶׁ֛ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
בְּכָל־	be.khol	[were] in all	H3605 →
מַלְכ֥וּת	mal.Khut	[the] kingdom of	H4438 →
אֲחַשְׁוֵר֖וֹשׁ	'a.chash.ve.Ro.osh	Ahasuerus	H325 →
עַ֥ם	'am	[the] people of	H5971 →
מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃	ma.re.do.Khai	Mordecai	H4782 →

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