Esther 7:4
For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”
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ASV
for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king’s damage.
KJV
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.
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18 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֤י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| נִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙ | nim.Kar.nu | we have been sold | H4376 → |
| אֲנִ֣י | 'a.Ni | I | H589 → |
| וְעַמִּ֔י | ve.'a.Mi | and people my | H5971 → |
| לְהַשְׁמִ֖יד | le.hash.Mid | to annihilate | H8045 → |
| לַהֲר֣וֹג | la.ha.Rog | to kill | H2026 → |
| וּלְאַבֵּ֑ד | u.le.'a.Bed | and to destroy | H6 → |
| וְ֠אִלּוּ | Ve.'i.lu | and if | H432 → |
| לַעֲבָדִ֨ים | la.'a.va.Dim | to male slaves | H5650 → |
| וְלִשְׁפָח֤וֹת | ve.lish.fa.Chot | and to female slaves | H8198 → |
| נִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙ | nim.Kar.nu | we had been sold | H4376 → |
| הֶחֱרַ֔שְׁתִּי | he.che.Rash.ti | I kept quiet | H2790 → |
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| אֵ֥ין | 'ein | not | H369 → |
| הַצָּ֛ר | ha.Tzar | the distress | H6862 → |
| שֹׁוֶ֖ה | sho.Veh | [is] equal | H7737 → |
| בְּנֵ֥זֶק | be.Ne.zek | for [the] injury of | H5143 → |
| הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ ס | ha.Me.lekh | the king | H4428 → |
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