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Lexicon :: Strong's H559 - 'āmar

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אָמַר
Transliteration
'āmar
Pronunciation
aw-mar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 118

Strong’s Definitions

אָמַר ʼâmar, aw-mar'; a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude):—answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, × desire, determine, × expressly, × indeed, × intend, name, × plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), × still, × suppose, talk, tell, term, × that is, × think, use (speech), utter, × verily, × yet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5,308x

The KJV translates Strong's H559 in the following manner: said (4,874x), speak (179x), answer (99x), command (30x), tell (29x), call (7x), promised (6x), miscellaneous (84x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5,308x
The KJV translates Strong's H559 in the following manner: said (4,874x), speak (179x), answer (99x), command (30x), tell (29x), call (7x), promised (6x), miscellaneous (84x).

  1. to say, speak, utter

    1. (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend

    2. (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called

    3. (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly

    4. (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָמַר ʼâmar, aw-mar'; a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude):—answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, × desire, determine, × expressly, × indeed, × intend, name, × plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), × still, × suppose, talk, tell, term, × that is, × think, use (speech), utter, × verily, × yet.
STRONGS H559: Abbreviations
אָמַר 5287 verb utter, say (MI, Phoenician אמר, Aramaic אֲמַר, Ethiopic አመረ፡ I. 2 shew, declare, Arabic أَمَرَ command; perhaps √ אמר originally = be or make prominent, hence Hithp. below, אָמִיר; Sabean אמר lofty, epithet of king JHMordtmZMG 1876, 37; compare DlProberbs 28 who thinks original meaning hell, sichtbar sein, whence Assyrian amâru, see, & shew, declare, say) —
Qal Perfect א׳ Genesis 3:1 +, etc.; Imperfect יאֹמַר Genesis 31:8 +; וַיּאֹ֫מֶר Genesis 1:3 +; וַיּאֹמַ֑ר Genesis 14:19 +; in Job always וַיּאֹ֑מַר Job 3:2 +; 3rd person feminine singular תּאֹמַר Genesis 21:12 +; תּאֹמֵר֑ Proverbs 1:21; 1st person singular אֹמַר Genesis 22:2 +; אוֺמְרָה Psalm 42:10; וָאֹמַר Genesis 20:13 +; וָאוֺמַר Nehemiah 2:7, 17, 20; 3rd person masculine plural יאֹמְדוּ Exodus 4:1 + etc.; suffix יֹמְרוּךָ Psalm 139:20; 2nd person masculine plural תֹּמְדוּ 2 Samuel 19:14)compare Köi. p. 385); Imperative (אֱמָר־) אֱמֹר Genesis 45:17 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute אָמוֺר Exodus 21:5 +; construct אֱמֹר Ezekiel 25:8 +; (הַ)אֲמֹר Job 34:18 but read הָאֹמֵר Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Di, or better הֶאָמֹר Infinitive absolute with ה interrogative compare Ew: § 328 d; suffix אָמְרִי Joshua 6:10 +; אֲמָרְכֶם Jeremiah 23:38; אֱמָרְכֶם Malachi 1:7 +; לֵאמֹר Genesis 1:22 +, etc.; Participle active אֹמֵר Genesis 32:10 +, etc.; passive הֶאָמוּר Micah 2:7, but this grammatically indefensible, read הֶאָמוֺר, Infinitive absolute with ה interrogative, see DrExpositor, April, 1887, 263.
1. Say (subject God Genesis 3:1 — Genesis 32:5 [Genesis 32:4, serpent Genesis 3:1, ass Numbers 22:28, horse יאֹמַר הֶאָח Job 39:25 etc.; inanimate things, personified Job 28:14 compare Job 28:22 etc.; so in allegory or fable Judges 9:8; 2 Kings 14:9 etc.; especially in narration, וַיּאֹמֶר etc., Genesis 4:6 + very often): mostly followed by thing said, either substantive Jeremiah 14:17 (with clause app.) Deuteronomy 27:16f.; Judges 12:6; pronoun Genesis 44:16; 2 Kings 20:14 +; or (usually) clause Genesis 1:3; Genesis 3:1; Genesis 37:20 + often (oratio recta [direct speech]); with adverb thus, so Genesis 32:5 [Genesis 32:4; Numbers 20:14; 1 Kings 20:3, 5 + often; especially כֹּה אָמַר י׳ Exodus 5:1; Exodus 7:17; Exodus 8:1; Exodus 8:20; 1 Chronicles 17:4 + often; the person addressed usually introduced by אֶל Genesis 3:1; Genesis 15:7; Genesis 22:7; Leviticus 21:1; 2 Samuel 3:7; 1 Kings 12:5, 23, or לְ Genesis 3:13; Genesis 4:15; 1 Samuel 20:2; 2 Samuel 2:21; 1 Kings 14:2 + often; rarer combinations are, בְּאָזְנֵי א׳ Isaiah 49:20 (compare Isaiah 5:9 & see דבר); לִפְנֵי א׳ Ezekiel 28:9; לְעֵינֵי א׳ Deuteronomy 31:7; Joshua 10:12; Jeremiah 28:11; בְּ א׳ Joel 2:17; Psalm 126:2, where בְּ local; in all cases usually followed by direct object of words said, Exodus 19:25 being very singular; Genesis 4:8 the object-clause has probably fallen out, compare Vrss Di; = mention, name, designate Genesis 22:2, 3; Genesis 43:27, 29; Exodus 32:13; Numbers 14:40; 1 Samuel 10:16; 1 Samuel 16:3; 2 Samuel 6:22; Nehemiah 6:19; compare Psalm 139:20 יֹמְרוּךָ לִמְזִמָּה speak of thee for falsehood (but many, as Hup Pe Dy Che, read יַמְרוּךָ); = tell, declare, proclaim, (followed by direct object only) Psalm 40:11; Ezekiel 13:7; in reply to question = answer Exodus 12:27; Joshua 4:7; 1 Kings 9:9; Jeremiah 5:19; Jeremiah 22:9. The object spoken of may be referred to by אֶל 2 Kings 19:32; Jeremiah 22:18; Jeremiah 27:19, or לְ Genesis 20:13 אִמְרִי לִֹי say of me, etc. Deuteronomy 33:9; Judges 9:54; Isaiah 5:20; Psalm 3:3; Psalm 71:10, very rarely by a simple accusative Isaiah 3:10 (where read probably for אִמְרוּ, אַשְׁרֵי), except after אֲשֶׁר where the words used follow (compare אֲשֶׁר 4d) Genesis 3:17; Numbers 10:29; Numbers 14:31; Deuteronomy 28:68; Judges 7:4; 1 Samuel 9:17, 23b 1 Kings 8:29; Lamentations 4:20; compare Numbers 21:16; 2 Kings 17:12; 2 Kings 21:4, & (two extreme cases) Isaiah 8:12; Lamentations 2:15 (see DrSm i. 24, 5); ֶֽֽֽהאָמוּר Micah 2:7 read infinitive absolute with ה interrogative הֶאָמוֺר (see above) shall one say ? shall it be said ? After another verb of saying, introducing thing said: Deuteronomy 21:7; Deuteronomy 25:9; Deuteronomy 27:15; Songs 2:10 +, even after אמר Genesis 22:7; Leviticus 21:1; Jeremiah 34:2; Esther 7:5 +; especially infinitive לֵאמֹר, after דבר Genesis 8:15, צוה Genesis 2:16, ענה Genesis 44:16, ברך Genesis 1:22, נשׁבע Genesis 24:7, נדר Genesis 28:20, etc.; after אמר 2 Samuel 3:18; 1 Kings 12:23; Ruth 4:4; 1 Chronicles 21:18 +; after שׁלח 2 Chronicles 35:21, שׁוּב Genesis 32:7 [Genesis 32:6; compare also Genesis 28:6; Exodus 5:13; Exodus 9:5; Exodus 13:8; Exodus 17:4; Numbers 11:20; Deuteronomy 1:28; Deuteronomy 13:7; Judges 8:15; 1 Samuel 23:2; 1 Kings 13:3; Jeremiah 32:3; Jeremiah 37:9 +; also when subject of לֵאמֹר differs from that of pre-ceding clause Genesis 31:1; Genesis 38:13, 24 etc.; after שׁמע Isaiah 37:9 = 2 Kings 19:9.
2. Say in the heart (= think) בלבב א׳ Deuteronomy 8:17 compare 1 Kings 12:26; Psalm 10:6; Psalm 10:11; Psalm 10:13; Psalm 14:1; Psalm 35:25; Isaiah 14:13; Isaiah 47:8, 10; Isaiah 49:21; Ecclesiastes 2:1, 15; Ecclesiastes 3:17, 18; לִלְבָבָם א׳ Hosea 7:2; אֶל־לִבּוֺ א׳ Genesis 8:21 said unto his heart (to himself), subject י׳, compare 1 Samuel 27:1; אָֽמְרָה נַפֲשִׁי Lamentations 3:24; thence א׳ alone Genesis 20:11; Genesis 26:9; Numbers 24:11; Ruth 4:4; 1 Samuel 20:26; 2 Samuel 5:6; 2 Samuel 12:22; 2 Kings 5:11; followed by clause with כִּי Judges 15:2; in particular = desire מַה־תּאֹמַר נַפְשְׁךָ 1 Samuel 20:4 compare Esther 2:13; followed by infinitive = purpose, Exodus 2:14 thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian ? Joshua 22:33; 1 Samuel 30:6; 1 Kings 5:9 [1 Kings 5:5]; 2 Chronicles 28:10, 13; expect 2 Samuel 21:16 he expected to slay David 2 Chronicles 13:8; 32:1.
3. Promise (followed by infinitive) 1 Chronicles 27:23; 2 Chronicles 21:7; Esther 4:7; (id. + ל of person) 2 Kings 8:19; Nehemiah 9:15; (followed by accusative of direct object + ל of person + infinitive of purpose) Nehemiah 9:23.
4. Command (especially late) followed by אֶל־ of person addressed, Numbers 15:38; 1 Chronicles 21:18; followed by ל Joshua 11:9; 2 Samuel 16:11; 2 Kings 4:24; Job 9:7; Psalm 106:34 (see below אֲשֶׁר 8e); followed by infinitive 1 Samuel 24:11; 1 Chronicles 21:17; 2 Chronicles 1:18; 2 Chronicles 29:27, 30; 31:11; 35:21; Esther 1:17; Esther 4:13, 15; Esther 6:1; Esther 9:14; followed by infinitive + ל of pers, 2 Chron 14:3; 2 Chronicles 29:21; 31:4; Esther 1:10; followed by accusative direct object 2 Chronicles 29:24 the king commanded the burnt-offering and the sin-offering, compare 1 Kings 5:20 [1 Kings 5:6]; Esther 2:15; followed by clause with אשׁר = that Nehemiah 13:19; id. + ל of person Nehemiah 13:22; followed by clause with כִּי Job 36:10; absolute 1 Samuel 16:16 (read however probably יאמרו for יאמר, compare Dr); also Psalm 105:31; Psalm 105:34; Psalm 107:25; 1 Chronicles 14:12; 2 Chronicles 24:8; Nehemiah 13:9, 19 (all followed by verb consecutive); command by letter עִם־הַסֵּפֶר א׳ Esther 9:25 (followed by imperfect); appoint, assign לוֺ לֶחֶם א׳ 1 Kings 11:18 = threaten followed by infinitive Deuteronomy 9:25; Psalm 106:23.
† Niph. Perfect נֶאֱמַר Daniel 8:26; Imperfect יֵאָמֵר Genesis 22:14 +; יֵאָ֫מֶר לוֺ Isaiah 4:3; יֵאָמַ֑ר Genesis 10:9 +; וַיֵּאָמַ֑ר Joshua 2:2; be said, told Genesis 10:9; Genesis 22:14; Psalm 87:5; Jeremiah 4:11; Jeremiah 16:14 (all absolute, indefinite subject, of current saying); so said in a book Numbers 21:14; be related, told, of vision Daniel 8:26; said, told to (followed by ל indirect object) Joshua 2:2; Hosea 2:1 (twice in verse); Zephaniah 3:16; either so, or told concerning Numbers 23:23; Ezekiel 13:12 (אֶל־); יֵאָמֵר לָכֶם = ye shall be called (it shall be said to you) Isaiah 61:6 (|| תִּקָּרְאוּ), compare Isaiah 4:3; Isaiah 19:18; Isaiah 32:5 (|| יִקָּרֵא ל) Isaiah 62:4 (twice in verse); hence be called, of Tophet לֹא־יֵאָמֵר עוֺד הַתֹּפֶת Jeremiah 7:32; subject שֵׁם Genesis 32:29; Job 34:31 כִּי אֶל־אֵל הֶאָמַר, Rabb (compare AV) treat הֵאָמַר as Niph. Infinitive for לְהֵאָמֵר, but against grammar; the form as it stands is Qal Perfect, אֶל־אֵל being prefixed to the interrogative for emphasis (compare Jeremiah 22:15; Jeremiah 23:26; Nehemiah 13:27), see Dr§ 9 Di and others; Hoffm., however, reads הֵאָמֵר infinitive absolute = imperative 'so must one speak (it be spoken) to God.'
† Hiph. Perfect avow, avouch Deuteronomy 26:17 הֶאֱמַרְתָּ הַיּוֺם לִהְיוֺת לְךָ לֵאלֹהִים אֶת־י׳; Deuteronomy 26:18 וי׳ הֶאֱמִירְךָ היום להיות לוֺ לְעַם (literally cause to declare, i.e. through agency of Moses; on this & other interpretations see Di).
† Hithp. Imperfect יִתְאַמְּרוּ Psalm 94:4 subject אָ֑וֶן כָּל־פֹּצֲלֵי act proudly, boast (|| יַבִּיעוּ יְדַבְּרוּ עָתָק probably also 2nd person masculine plural תִּתְיַמָּ֑רוּ Isaiah 61:6 (in good sense, followed by בְּ of thing gloried in) Syriac Version Vulgate Targum & compare Greek Version of the LXX; GesComm. so De Che Köi. 457 f. (from [ימר] exchange Thes Hi Kn Ew Di; but see ימר, מור).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H560.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:3; 1:3; 1:22; 1:22; 2:16; 3:1; 3:1; 3:1; 3:1; 3:1; 3:13; 3:17; 4:6; 4:8; 4:15; 8:15; 8:21; 10:9; 10:9; 14:19; 15:7; 20:11; 20:13; 20:13; 21:12; 22:2; 22:2; 22:3; 22:7; 22:7; 22:14; 22:14; 24:7; 26:9; 28:6; 28:20; 31:1; 31:8; 32:4; 32:4; 32:6; 32:10; 32:29; 37:20; 38:13; 38:24; 43:27; 43:29; 44:16; 44:16; 45:17

Exodus

2:14; 4:1; 5:1; 5:13; 7:17; 8:1; 8:20; 9:5; 12:27; 13:8; 17:4; 19:25; 21:5; 32:13

Leviticus

21:1; 21:1

Numbers

10:29; 11:20; 14:31; 14:40; 15:38; 20:14; 21:14; 21:16; 22:28; 23:23; 24:11

Deuteronomy

1:28; 8:17; 9:25; 13:7; 21:7; 25:9; 26:17; 26:18; 27:15; 27:16; 28:68; 31:7; 33:9

Joshua

2:2; 2:2; 4:7; 6:10; 10:12; 11:9; 22:33

Judges

7:4; 8:15; 9:8; 9:54; 12:6; 15:2

Ruth

4:4; 4:4

1 Samuel

9:17; 9:23; 10:16; 16:3; 16:16; 20:2; 20:4; 20:26; 23:2; 24:11; 27:1; 30:6

2 Samuel

2:21; 3:7; 3:18; 5:6; 6:22; 12:22; 16:11; 19:14; 21:16

1 Kings

5:5; 5:6; 8:29; 9:9; 11:18; 12:5; 12:23; 12:23; 12:26; 13:3; 14:2; 20:3; 20:5

2 Kings

4:24; 5:11; 8:19; 14:9; 17:12; 19:9; 19:32; 20:14; 21:4

1 Chronicles

14:12; 17:4; 21:17; 21:18; 21:18; 27:23

2 Chronicles

13:8; 14:3; 21:7; 24:8; 28:10; 28:13; 29:21; 29:24; 29:27; 29:30; 31:4; 31:11; 32:1; 35:21; 35:21

Nehemiah

2:7; 2:17; 2:20; 6:19; 9:15; 9:23; 13:9; 13:19; 13:19; 13:22; 13:27

Esther

1:10; 1:17; 2:13; 2:15; 4:7; 4:13; 4:15; 6:1; 7:5; 9:14; 9:25

Job

3:2; 9:7; 28:14; 28:22; 34:18; 34:31; 36:10; 39:25

Psalms

3:3; 10:6; 10:11; 10:13; 14:1; 35:25; 40:11; 42:10; 71:10; 87:5; 94:4; 105:31; 105:34; 106:23; 106:34; 107:25; 126:2; 139:20; 139:20

Proverbs

1:21

Ecclesiastes

2:1; 2:15; 3:17; 3:18

Song of Songs

2:10

Isaiah

3:10; 4:3; 4:3; 5:9; 5:20; 8:12; 14:13; 19:18; 32:5; 37:9; 47:8; 47:10; 49:20; 49:21; 61:6; 61:6; 62:4

Jeremiah

4:11; 5:19; 7:32; 14:17; 16:14; 22:9; 22:15; 22:18; 23:26; 23:38; 27:19; 28:11; 32:3; 34:2; 37:9

Lamentations

2:15; 3:24; 4:20

Ezekiel

13:7; 13:12; 25:8; 28:9

Daniel

8:26; 8:26

Hosea

2:1; 7:2

Joel

2:17

Micah

2:7; 2:7

Zephaniah

3:16

Malachi

1:7

H559

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Strong's Number H559 matches the Hebrew אָמַר ('āmar),
which occurs 52 times in 44 verses in 'Est' in the WLC Hebrew.

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On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he said H559 for Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who attended to the presence of King Ahasuerus,

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Then the king said H559 to the wise men who knew the times—for it was the custom of the king thus to speak before all who knew law and justice

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:16 - Then in the presence of the king and the princes, Memucan said H559, “Queen Vashti has committed iniquity against not only the king but also against all the princes and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:17 - “For the word about the queen will get out to all the women causing them to despise their husbands in their eyes by saying H559, ‘King Ahasuerus said H559 for Queen Vashti to be brought in to his presence, but she did not come.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:18 - “This day the ladies of Persia and Media who have heard of the word about the queen will speak H559 in the same way to all the king’s princes, and there will be plenty of spite and indignation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:2 - Then the young men of the king, who attended to him, said H559, “Let young virgins, beautiful in appearance, be sought for the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:13 - then the young lady would go in to the king in this way: anything that she said H559 she desired was given to her to come with her from the harem to the king’s house.

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Now when it reached the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her as his daughter, to go in to the king, she did not seek anything except what Hegai, the king’s eunuch who kept charge of the women, said H559. And Esther advanced in favor in the eyes of all who saw her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:22 - But the matter became known to Mordecai, and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther said H559 it to the king in Mordecai’s name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:3 - So the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate said H559 to Mordecai, “Why do you trespass against the king’s command?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:4 - Now it happened when they had spoken H559 daily to him and he would not listen to them, that they told Haman to see whether Mordecai’s words would stand; for he had told them that he was a Jew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - Then Haman said H559 to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and separated among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of all other people, and they do not do the king’s laws, so it is not worth it for the king to let them remain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:11 - And the king said H559 to Haman, “The silver is [fn]yours, and the people also, to do with them according to what is good in your eyes.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:7 - And Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and the exact amount of silver that Haman had promised H559 to pay to the king’s treasuries to cause the Jews to perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:10 - Then Esther spoke H559 to Hathach and commanded him to reply to Mordecai:

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Then Mordecai said H559 for them to respond to Esther, “Do not imagine that you in the king’s [fn]house can escape any more than all the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:15 - Then Esther said H559 for them to respond to Mordecai,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:3 - Then the king said H559 to her, “What is troubling you, Queen Esther? And what is [fn]your request? Even to half of the kingdom it shall be given to you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:4 - And Esther said H559, “If it seems good to the king, may the king and Haman come this day to the feast that I have prepared for him.”

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Then the king said H559, “Bring Haman quickly that we may do the word of Esther.” So the king and Haman came to the feast which Esther had prepared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:6 - Then, [fn]as they drank their wine at the feast, the king said H559 to Esther, “What is [fn]your petition? For it shall be given to you. And what is [fn]your request? Even to half of the kingdom it shall be done.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:7 - So Esther answered and said H559, “[fn]My petition and [fn]my request is:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:12 - Haman also said H559, “Even Esther the queen let no one but me come with the king to the feast which she had prepared; and tomorrow also I am called to come to her with the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said H559 to him, “Have a [fn]gallows [fn]fifty cubits high made and in the morning say H559 to the king that Mordecai should be hanged on it; then go gladly with the king to the feast.” And the word was good to Haman, so he had the gallows made.

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During that night, sleep had fled from the king, so he said H559 for them to bring the book of memoranda, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:3 - And the king said H559, “What honor or greatness has been done to Mordecai for this?” Then the king’s young men who attended him said H559, “Nothing has been done for him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:4 - So the king said H559, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had entered the outer court of the king’s house in order to speak H559 to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows which he had set up for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:5 - And the king’s young men said H559 to him, “Behold, Haman is standing in the court.” And the king said H559, “Let him come in.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:6 - So Haman came in, and the king said H559 to him, “What is to be done for the man whom the king delights to honor?” And Haman said H559 in his heart, “Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:7 - Then Haman said H559 to the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honor,

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Then the king said H559 to Haman, “Take quickly the robes and the horse as you have said, and do so for Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate; do not fall short in anything of all that you have spoken.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:13 - And Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said H559 to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the seed of the Jews, you will not overcome him, but will surely fall before him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:2 - And the king said H559 to Esther on the second day also [fn]as they drank their wine at the feast, “What is [fn]your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be given you. And what is [fn]your request? Even to half of the kingdom it shall be done.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:3 - Then Queen Esther answered and said H559, “If I have found favor in your eyes, O king, and if it seems good to the king, let my life be given to me as [fn]my petition, and my people as [fn]my request;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:5 - Then King Ahasuerus said H559—he said H559 to Esther the Queen, “Who is this one, and where is this one, who fills his heart to do thus?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:6 - So Esther said H559, “An adversary and an enemy is this evil Haman!” Then Haman became terrified before the king and queen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8 - Now the king returned from the garden of his palace into the [fn]place where they were drinking wine. And Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was. So the king said H559, “Will he even assault the queen with me in the house?” As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9 - Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were before the king, said H559, “Behold indeed, the gallows—which Haman made for Mordecai who spoke good on behalf of the king—are standing at Haman’s house fifty cubits high!” And the king said H559, “Hang him on it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:5 - Then she said H559, “If it seems good to the king, and if I have found favor before him and the matter seems proper to the king and I am good in his eyes, let it be written to turn back the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to cause the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces to perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:7 - So King Ahasuerus said H559 to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given the house of Haman to Esther, and him they have hanged on the [fn]gallows because he had sent forth his hand against the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:12 - So the king said H559 to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and caused to perish 500 men and the 10 sons of Haman at the citadel in Susa. Now in the rest of the king’s provinces, what have they done? So what is [fn]your petition? It shall even be given to you. And what is [fn]your further request? It shall also be done.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:13 - Then Esther said H559, “If it is good to the king, let tomorrow also be given to the Jews who are in Susa to do according to the law for today; and let Haman’s 10 sons be hanged on the gallows.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:14 - So the king said H559 that it should be done so; and a law was given in Susa, and Haman’s 10 sons were hanged.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:25 - But when it came before the king, he said H559 by letter that his evil scheme, which he had [fn]devised against the Jews, should return on his own head and that he and his sons should be hanged on the [fn]gallows.
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