Esther 3:9
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NASB ©HebrewTransliterationStrong'sDefinitionOrigin
"Ifאִם־im-518ifa prim. conjunction
it is pleasingטֹ֔ובto·vv,2895to be pleasing or gooda prim. root
to the king,הַמֶּ֣לֶךְham·me·lech4428kingfrom an unused word
let it be decreedיִכָּתֵ֖בyik·ka·tev3789to writea prim. root
that they be destroyed,לְאַבְּדָ֑םle·'ab·be·dam;6to perisha prim. root
and I will payאֶשְׁקֹול֙esh·ko·vl8254to weigha prim. root
tenוַעֲשֶׂ֨רֶתva·'a·se·ret6235tenfrom an unused word
thousandאֲלָפִ֜יםa·la·fim505a thousanda prim. root
talentsכִּכַּר־kik·kar-3603a round, a round district, a round loaf, a round weight, a talent (a measure of weight or money)from karar
of silverכֶּ֗סֶףke·sef3701silver, moneyfrom kasaph
into the handsיְדֵי֙ye·dei3027handa prim. root
of those who carryעֹשֵׂ֣יo·sei6213ado, makea prim. root
on the [king's] business,הַמְּלָאכָ֔הham·me·la·chah,4399occupation, workfrom the same as malak
to putלְהָבִ֖יאle·ha·vi935to come in, come, go in, goa prim. root
into the king's treasuries."גִּנְזֵ֥יgin·zei1595treasury, perhaps chestsfrom an unused word
KJV Lexicon
If it please
towb  (tobe)
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense;--be (do) better, cheer, be (do, seem) good, (make) goodly, please, (be, do, go, play) well.
the king
melek  (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
let it be written
kathab  (kaw-thab')
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe) -- describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).
that they may be destroyed
'abad  (aw-bad')
to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
and I will pay
shaqal  (shaw-kal')
to suspend or poise (especially in trade) -- pay, receive(-r), spend, throughly, weigh.
ten
`eser  (eh'ser)
ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits) -- ten, (fif-, seven-)teen.
thousand
'eleph  (eh'-lef)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand -- thousand.
talents
kikkar  (kik-kawr')
loaf, morsel, piece, plain, talent.
of silver
keceph  (keh'-sef)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money -- money, price, silver(-ling).
to the hands
yad  (yawd)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
of those that have the charge
`asah  (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
of the business
mla'kah  (mel-aw-kaw')
deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
to bring
bow'  (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
it into the king's
melek  (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
treasuries
genez  (gheh'-nez)
treasure; by implication, a coffer -- chest, treasury.
New American Standard (©1995)
"If it is pleasing to the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who carry on the king's business, to put into the king's treasuries."

King James Bible
If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.

American King James Version
If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.

American Standard Version
If it please the king, let it be written that they be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those that have the charge of the king's business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.

Darby Bible Translation
If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those that have charge of the affairs, to bring it into the king's treasuries.

English Revised Version
If it please the king, let it be written that they be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those that have the charge of the king's business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.

Webster's Bible Translation
If it shall please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.

World English Bible
If it pleases the king, let it be written that they be destroyed; and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who are in charge of the king's business, to bring it into the king's treasuries."

Young's Literal Translation
if to the king it be good, let it be written to destroy them, and ten thousand talents of silver I weigh into the hands of those doing the work, to bring it in unto the treasuries of the king.'

אסתר 3:9 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
אִם־עַל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ טֹ֔וב יִכָּתֵ֖ב לְאַבְּדָ֑ם וַעֲשֶׂ֨רֶת אֲלָפִ֜ים כִּכַּר־כֶּ֗סֶף אֶשְׁקֹול֙ עַל־יְדֵי֙ עֹשֵׂ֣י הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה לְהָבִ֖יא אֶל־גִּנְזֵ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

אסתר 3:9 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
אם־על־המלך טוב יכתב לאבדם ועשרת אלפים ככר־כסף אשקול על־ידי עשי המלאכה להביא אל־גנזי המלך׃

אסתר 3:9 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
אם־על־המלך טוב יכתב לאבדם ועשרת אלפים ככר־כסף אשקול על־ידי עשי המלאכה להביא אל־גנזי המלך׃

אסתר 3:9 Hebrew Bible
אם על המלך טוב יכתב לאבדם ועשרת אלפים ככר כסף אשקול על ידי עשי המלאכה להביא אל גנזי המלך׃

Latin: Biblia Sacra Vulgata
si tibi placet decerne ut pereat et decem milia talentorum adpendam arcariis gazae tuae

Business Carry Charge Decree Destroy Destroyed Hands Issued King's Pay Pleases Royal Silver Talents Ten Thousand Treasury Written

Business Carry Charge Decree Decreed Destroy Destroyed Destruction Hands Issued King's Ordering Pay Please Pleases Pleasing Pleasure Responsible Royal Silver Statement Store-House Talents Ten Thousand Treasuries Treasury Writing Written

Business Carry Charge Decree Decreed Destroy Destroyed Destruction Hands Issued King's Ordering Pay Please Pleases Pleasing Pleasure Responsible Royal Silver Statement Store-House Talents Ten Thousand Treasuries Treasury Writing Written

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