Esther 6:4 BSB — MannaFest

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20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
מִ֣י	mi	who?	H4310 →
בֶחָצֵ֑ר	ve.cha.Tzer	[is] in the court	H2691 →
וְהָמָ֣ן	ve.ha.Man	and Haman	H2001 →
בָּ֗א	Ba'	he had come	H935 →
לַחֲצַ֤ר	la.cha.Tzar	to [the] court of	H2691 →
בֵּית־	beit-	[the] house of	H1004 →
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
הַחִ֣יצוֹנָ֔ה	ha.Chi.tzo.Nah	<the> outer	H2435 →
לֵאמֹ֣ר	le.Mor	to speak	H559 →
לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	la.Me.lekh	to the king	H4428 →
לִתְלוֹת֙	lit.lOt	to hang	H8518 →
אֶֽת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מָרְדֳּכַ֔י	ma.re.do.Khai	Mordecai	H4782 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הָעֵ֖ץ	ha.'Etz	the gallows	H6086 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
הֵכִ֥ין	he.Khin	he had prepared	H3559 →
לֽוֹ׃	lo	for him

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
Psalms 2:4
The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
leads to
- Psalms 37:13
  but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.
- Psalms 59:8
  But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.
- Proverbs 1:26
  in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
- Isaiah 40:22
  He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
- Psalms 11:4
  The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
Through
Job 5:13
He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
leads to
- Psalms 9:15–16
  The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
- 1 Corinthians 3:19
  For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
- Psalms 7:15–16
  He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.

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 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.Esther 4:11“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”Psalms 2:4The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.Esther 5:1On the third day, Esther put on her royal attire and stood in the inner court of the palace across from the king’s quarters. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal courtroom, facing the entrance.Job 5:13He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.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 3:8–11Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.Psalms 33:19to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.Proverbs 3:27–28Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.Psalms 36:4Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.

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