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Esther 6:14

While they were still speaking with Haman, the king’s eunuchs arrived and rushed him to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

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ASV

While they were yet talking with him, came the king’s chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.

KJV

And while they were yet talking with him, came the king’s chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
עוֹדָם֙o.Damstill theyH5750 →
מְדַבְּרִ֣יםme.da.be.Rim[were] speakingH1696 →
עִמּ֔וֹi.Mowith himH5973 →
וְסָרִיסֵ֥יve.sa.ri.Seiand [the] eunuchs ofH5631 →
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
הִגִּ֑יעוּhi.Gi.'uthey arrivedH5060 →
וַיַּבְהִ֙לוּ֙vai.yav.Hi.luand they made hasteH926 →
לְהָבִ֣יאle.ha.Vi'to bringH935 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָמָ֔ןha.ManHamanH2001 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַמִּשְׁתֶּ֖הha.mish.Tehthe feastH4960 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
עָשְׂתָ֥ה'a.se.Tahshe had preparedH6213 →
אֶסְתֵּֽר׃'es.TerEstherH635 →

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Esther 5:8If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”Esther 2:2Then the king’s attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king,Esther 5:5“Hurry,” commanded the king, “and bring Haman, so we can do as Esther has requested.” So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared.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.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.Deuteronomy 32:35–36Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”

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The Triumph of Mordecai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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