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Esther 5:14

His 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.

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ASV

Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

KJV

Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַתֹּ֣אמֶרva.To.merand she saidH559 →
לוֹ֩loto him
זֶ֨רֶשׁZe.reshZereshH2238 →
אִשְׁתּ֜וֹ'ish.Towife hisH802 →
וְכָל־ve.kholand allH3605 →
אֹֽהֲבָ֗יו'o.ha.Vavfriends hisH157 →
יַֽעֲשׂוּ־ya.'a.su-let people makeH6213 →
עֵץ֮'etza gallowsH6086 →
גָּבֹ֣הַּga.Vo.ahhighH1364 →
חֲמִשִּׁ֣יםcha.mi.ShimfiftyH2572 →
אַמָּה֒'a.Mahcubit[s]H520 →
וּבַבֹּ֣קֶר׀u.va.Bo.kerand in the morningH1242 →
אֱמֹ֣ר'e.MorspeakH559 →
לַמֶּ֗לֶךְla.Me.lekhto the kingH4428 →
וְיִתְל֤וּve.yit.Luso people may hangH8518 →
אֶֽת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
מָרְדֳּכַי֙ma.re.do.KhaiMordecaiH4782 →
עָלָ֔יו'a.Lavon itH5921 →
וּבֹֽא־u.vo'-and goH935 →
עִם־'im-withH5973 →
הַמֶּ֥לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַמִּשְׁתֶּ֖הha.mish.Tehthe feastH4960 →
שָׂמֵ֑חַsa.Me.achjoyfulH8056 →
וַיִּיטַ֧בvai.yi.Tavand it was goodH3190 →
הַדָּבָ֛רha.da.Varthe wordH1697 →
לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440 →
הָמָ֖ןha.ManHamanH2001 →
וַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he madeH6213 →
הָעֵֽץ׃ פha.'Etzthe gallowsH6086 →

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Esther 6:4“Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.Esther 7:9Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.1 Kings 21:7But his wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”Esther 7:9–10Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.Psalms 37:32Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,Psalms 37:14The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.Psalms 7:13–16He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.Acts 23:14–15They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.Mark 6:19–24So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,Romans 3:15“Their feet are swift to shed blood;Romans 1:32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.2 Chronicles 22:3–4Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.Amos 6:4–6You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.Proverbs 1:18But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.Proverbs 4:16For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.2 Samuel 13:3–5Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,

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