Esther 9:32

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ומאמר וּמַאֲמַר

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

מאמר

maʼămar

Definition

something (authoritatively) said, i.e. an edict

Root

from H559 (אמר);

Exhaustive

from אמר; something (authoritatively) said, i.e. an edict; commandment, decree.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3982

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֱמֹר

noun masculine • Root אמר • Consonantal / Low • Page 157

Mountain (not used in this form).

Matched after stripping common prefixes

אֲמַר

verb • Root אמר • Consonantal / Low • Page 156

Aramaic (Chaldee): 1. To say; to communicate a thing orally or in writing. Used in various forms including impersonal participle.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

אִמֵּר

noun proper masculine • Consonantal / Low • Page 157

High; proper name of a man (Immer); proper name of a place.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

אִמַּר

noun masculine • Consonantal / Low • Page 157

Lamb, young sheep.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

אֵמֶר

noun masculine • Consonantal / Low • Page 157

Word, discourse, utterance; command.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

אֵמֶר

noun masculine • Consonantal / Low • Page 157

Word, discourse; song of victory, hymn.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

אָמַר

verb • Root אמר • Consonantal / Low • Page 155

1. (not used) to stand prominently upwards, to project upwards, hence to be elevated. 2. to say, to speak, to command; to press out sounds from within.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

אָמַר

verb • Root אמר • Consonantal / Low • Page 755

to say, speak

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מַאֲמָר

m. verbal / dec. ii. b. • Root אמר • Page 351

a word, command; found only in later Hebrew. (Est. 1:15, 2:20, 9:32).

Conjunction, Noun common both singular construct

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H3982:

No stats available

אסתר אֶסְתֵּר

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אסתר

ʼEçtêr

Definition

Ester, the Jewish heroine

Root

of Persian derivation;

Exhaustive

of Persian derivation; Ester, the Jewish heroine; Esther.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H635

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֶסְתֵּר

noun proper • Lemma_Lookup • Page 171

Persian proper noun of the Jewish wife of Ahasuerus, female hero of the book of Esther; signifies 'star' (Venus-star).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֶסְתֵּר

f. proper name • Page 64

A Jewess, heroine of the book which bears her name. At first called Hadassah (הֲדַסָּה). Meanings suggested: green myrtle or star.

Noun proper name feminine

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0635:

No stats available

קים קִיַּ֕ם

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

קום

qûwm

Definition

to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative); abide, accomplish, [idiom] be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, [idiom] be dim, endure, [idiom] enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, [idiom] but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-) rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-) stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, -rising).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6965

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

קוּם

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1267

To be, to stand in a place, to stand fast, subsist, live, exist, rule (over a kingdom), endure, keep hold, remain, stand up, rise (from falling, kneeling, sitting, or generally), appear (as a witness or hostilely), succeed, prepare, or start up. Also metaphorically to be brought about (a plan, prediction, etc.) or to be firm/decided.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

קוּם

verb • Page 583

fut. יָקוּם. 1. to stand or get up, to rise, arise. Gen. 22: 3. Job 1: 20. With redundant dative קוּמִי לָךְ rise up, Cant. 2: 10. 2. to stand, in different relations; to last, endure. Job 15: 29. Amos 7: 2, 5. to continue, construed with לְ to a person, Lev. 25: 30. 3. to prosper, construed with בְּ. Job 22: 28. Is. 8: 10. 4. to come to pass, to be fulfilled, spoken of a prediction. Jer. 44: 28. 5. to be legal, valid; spoken e. g. of testimony, Deut. 19: 15; of a vow, Num. 30: 5 ff. 6. to stand by, assist, Ps. 94: 16. 7. to stand before, resist. Josh. 7: 13. 8. קָמוּ עֵינַיִם the eyes were fixed or set, 1 K. 14: 4. 9. pass. of Pi.

קוּם

verb • Page 584

1. to rise up. (Dan. 3:24). 2. to stand. (Dan. 3:3; 7:17).

Verb Piel perfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ἀνέστη ἀνάστηθι ἀναστὰσ ἀνέστησαν ἀνάστα

LXX Usage Statistics

H6965b:

ἀνέστη 97× (13.4%)

ἀνάστηθι 38× (6.0%)

ἀναστὰσ 35× (5.2%)

ἀνέστησαν 25× (3.4%)

ἀνάστα 17× (2.7%)

ἀνάστητε 17× (2.7%)

ἔστησεν 16× (2.2%)

'' 15× (2.0%)

ἀναστήσω 15× (2.1%)

ἀναστήσονται 10× (1.6%)

דברי דִּבְרֵי

my alignment/alignments

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

דבר

dâbâr

Definition

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

Root

from H1696 (דבר);

Exhaustive

from דבר; a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause; act, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dearth, decree, deed, [idiom] disease, due, duty, effect, [phrase] eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-) ness, [phrase] glory, [phrase] harm, hurt, [phrase] iniquity, [phrase] judgment, language, [phrase] lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, [idiom] ought, [idiom] parts, [phrase] pertaining, [phrase] please, portion, [phrase] power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, [idiom] (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, [phrase] sign, [phrase] so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, [phrase] song, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, task, [phrase] that, [idiom] there done, thing (concerning), thought, [phrase] thus, tidings, what(-soever), [phrase] wherewith, which, word, work.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1697

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

דָּבָר

noun masculine • Root דבר • Strongs / High • Page 351

A word, a saying, a speech, a matter, a thing. Derived from דָּבַר I (to speak).

דָּבָר

noun • Root דבר • Strongs / High • Page 352

A word; speech, discourse, saying, oracle; command, precept, law, regulation; an inquiry, account, answer; utterance of God, revelation, oracle; decree, plan, proposal; report, news; a thing, matter, object of discourse; occurrence, action, history, affairs; relation, reference, way; cause, suit at law, ground.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

דָּבַר

verb • Page 154

To speak; used in various idioms: 3. to speak with one's self or meditate (Gen. 24:45). 4. to speak or promise good concerning any one (Num. 10:29). 5. to speak kindly with any one (2 K. 25:28). 6. to speak kindly or peaceably (Ps. 28:3). 7. to pass sentence against (2 K. 25:6). Sense 2: to destroy (2 Chr. 22:10), derived from 'to drive away'. Includes Niph. (to speak together, Mal. 3:16), Hiph. (to subdue, Ps. 18:48), and Hithpa. (2 Sam. 14:13).

דֶּבֶר

m. plur. דְּבָרִים • Root דבר • Page 155

Pestilence. (Ex. 9:3, Lev. 26:25, Deut. 28:21, Hos. 13:14). Ideas of death and pestilence are often expressed by the same word.

דֹּבֶר

noun masculine • Root דבר • Page 155

A fold, pasture. (Mic. 2:12, Is. 5:17). Comparable to Syriac and Arabic terms for a field.

דָּבַר

verb • Root דבר • Page 153

1. Probably as its primary signification, to lead, to drive. Hence the derivatives דָּבָר, דִּבְרָה, מִדְבָּר. 2. To put in order, to arrange, connect; and hence to connect words, to speak. In Kal found in the participle דֹּבֵר and the infinitive דַּבֵּר (Ps. 51:6). Much more common in Pi. דִּבֶּר (fut. יְדַבֵּר) meaning to speak, loquor (different from אָמַר to say). Covers various grammatical constructions including speaking to (preceded by אֶל, לְ, or עִם), speaking of (preceded by אֶת or עַל), and speaking against (preceded by בְּ or אֶל). Also used to mean 'to promise' (Deut. 19:8).

דָּבָר

noun masculine • Root דבר • Page 154

1. word, speech (Ex. 4:10); denotes a command (Est. 1:19), promise (1 K. 2:4), sentiment/doctrine (Ecc. 1:1), oracle/revelation (Jer. 1:4), or historical words/chronicles (1 K. 11:41). 2. matter, thing (Ecc. 7:8); equivalent to Aramaic מִלָּא and Arabic אמר.

Noun common masculine plural construct

LXX: ῥῆμα λόγουσ λόγοσ λόγον λόγων

LXX Usage Statistics

H1697:

ῥῆμα 224× (14.7%)

λόγουσ 198× (13.0%)

λόγοσ 184× (13.3%)

λόγον 153× (10.6%)

λόγων 120× (8.3%)

ῥήματα 80× (5.1%)

λόγοι 63× (4.3%)

'' 51× (3.3%)

λόγοισ 30× (1.9%)

--- 30× (2.3%)

הפרים הַפֻּרים

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

definite article, the, used for all numbers and genders; originally a pronoun demonstrative, this. interrogative particle in direct and indirect questions; in disjunctive questions: whether--or.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

פור

Pûwr

Definition

a lot (as by means of a broken piece)

Root

also (plural) פורים; or פרים; from H6331 (פור);

Exhaustive

also (plural) פורים; or פרים; from פור; a lot (as by means of a broken piece); Pur, Purim.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6332

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

פּוּר

verb • Root פר • Strongs / High • Page 1161

(I.) intr. to be reduced to ruins, to be fallen in pieces, of the earth; fig. to perish, of the Babylonian empire.

פּוּר

verb • Root פר • Strongs / High • Page 1161

(II.) (not used) tr. to pierce or dig through, to hollow out, a tub, a hole.

פּוּר

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1161

(pl. פּוּרִים) m. the name of a Jewish festival (Purim) celebrating the deliverance from Haman's murderous designs. It is a Persian word explained by lot (גּוֹרָל).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

פּוּר

m. dec. i. • Page 539

a lot; a Persian word explained in Est. 3:7. Plural יְמֵי הַפּוּרִים (Est. 9:31) refers to the feast of Purim, celebrated by Jews to commemorate the destruction intended for them by Haman.

Particle definite article, Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX: φρουραι κλήρουσ ψήφισμα

LXX Usage Statistics

H6332:

φρουραι 3× (30.2%)

κλήρουσ 2× (20.7%)

ψήφισμα 2× (19.0%)

האלה הָאֵלֶּה

the Mighty One/Goddess

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

definite article, the, used for all numbers and genders; originally a pronoun demonstrative, this. interrogative particle in direct and indirect questions; in disjunctive questions: whether--or.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

אלה

ʼâlâh

Definition

an imprecation

Root

from H422 (אלה);

Exhaustive

from אלה; an imprecation; curse, cursing, execration, oath, swearing.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H423

אלה

ʼêlâh

Definition

an oak or other strong tree

Root

feminine of H352 (איל);

Exhaustive

lemma אלה first vowel, corrected to אלה; feminine of איל; an oak or other strong tree; elm, oak, teil-tree.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H424

אלה

ʼêl-leh

Definition

these or those

Root

prolonged from H411 (אל);

Exhaustive

prolonged from אל; these or those; an-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H428

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אָלָה

verb • Root אל • Strongs_Numbers • Page 132

I. 1. To be strong, powerful, stout (intr.); 2. To strengthen, to swear, confirm by an oath (tr.); 3. To curse (not used); 4. To be fat.

אָלָה

noun feminine • Strongs_Numbers • Page 132

1. An oath (allied in sense is שְׁבֻעָה); 2. A covenant confirmed by an oath; 3. Curse, imprecation, connected with exclamations of swearing.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֵלֶּה

pronoun • Page 51

these, employed as the plural of זֶה (zeh) and זאת (zot). Ref: Judg. 6:11, 19; 1 Sam. 17:2, 19; 2 Sam. 18:9, 14; Ezek. 31:14.

אֵלֶּה

chald. pron. plur. • Page 51

Chaldee equivalent of the Hebrew אֵלֶּה (these). Ref: Jer. 10:11.

אָלָה

f. verbal / dec. x • Root אלה • Page 50

1. oath; 2. particularly a covenant confirmed by an oath (Gen. 26:28); 3. imprecation, curse (Num. 5:21).

אָלָה

verb • Page 50

1. to swear (1 K. 8:31); 2. to curse (Judg. 17:2). Hiph. to cause to swear (1 K. 8:31).

אָלָה

verb • Page 50

to lament (Joel 1:8). Equivalent to Syriac usage.

אֵלָה

f. verbal / dec. x • Root אל • Page 50

turpentine-tree, pistacia terebinthus. A common tree in Palestine growing to considerable height with evergreen leaves and clustering fruit (Gen. 35:4).

Particle definite article, Particle demonstrative

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0423:

No stats available

H0424:

No stats available

H0428:

No stats available

ונכתב וְנִכְתָּב

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

כתב

kâthab

Definition

to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe); describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3789

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כָּתַב

verb • Root כתב • Strongs / High • Page 748

To write down, inscribe, record; to enroll in a register; in a judicial sense, to decree a punitive process; to prescribe; to subscribe.

Conjunction, Verb Niphal participle active masculine singular absolute

LXX: γεγραμμένα ἔγραψεν γέγραπται γεγραμμένοι γράψον

LXX Usage Statistics

H3789:

γεγραμμένα 46× (18.4%)

ἔγραψεν 31× (11.5%)

γέγραπται 19× (7.4%)

γεγραμμένοι 13× (5.4%)

γράψον 10× (3.9%)

γεγραμμένον 6× (2.2%)

γεγραμμένασ 6× (2.3%)

'' 6× (2.1%)

αὐτὰ 5× (1.5%)

ἔγραψασ 4× (1.6%)

בספרפ בַּסֵּפֶר׃פ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ב

bə

Definition

in, by

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(beth) — in / within / by means of

Core value: interiority, enclosure, participation

ב does not primarily mean “in time” (“when”) or even “in space.” It marks being inside a domain, whether that domain is:
- spatial (house, land),
- conceptual (wisdom, covenant),
- modal (strength, fear),
- instrumental (by means of).
Aonically, ב marks immersion.
not “when X happened” but “within the state or field of X.”
This is why ב־יום does not need to mean “on the day (chronological)” but “within the day-realm / condition”.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

ספר

çêpher

Definition

properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book

Root

or (feminine) ספרה; (Psalm 56:8 (H9 (אבדה))), from H5608 (ספר);

Exhaustive

or (feminine) ספרה; (Psalm 56:8 (אבדה)), from ספר; properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book; bill, book, evidence, [idiom] learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5612

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

סֵפֶר

noun masculine • Root ספר • Strongs / High • Page 1033

A writing, a letter, prophetic writing (scriptura), the art of writing, or learning. Specifically, a bill of sale (סֵפֶר מִקְנָה), letter of covenant (סֵפֶר בְּרִית), or bill of divorce (סֵפֶר כְּרִיתוּת). Commonly, a book.

סֵפֶר

noun • Strongs / High • Page 1034

Book, writing (especially of the law, chronicles, or kings); document, letter, list (of the living/book of life); sacred books (βιβλία).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

סֵפֶר

noun masculine • Root ספר • Page 481

1. Writing, scriptura (Is. 29:11, 12). 2. A document or writing, such as a bill of sale or divorce (Jer. 32:11ff; Deut. 24:1, 3). 3. A book (Ex. 17:14; Josh. 1:8). Includes terms like סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה (book of the law), סֵפֶר חַיִּים (book of life), and סְפָרִים (holy scriptures).

Preposition -Within Art, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: βιβλίῳ βιβλίον βιβλίου γράμματα ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H5612a:

βιβλίῳ 70× (37.8%)

βιβλίον 54× (29.0%)

βιβλίου 25× (13.9%)

γράμματα 5× (2.8%)

'' 4× (2.0%)

βίβλου 4× (1.8%)

βιβλία 3× (1.7%)

--- 2× (1.2%)

βίβλοσ 2× (1.0%)

βιβλίοισ 2× (0.8%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
None

LITV Translation:
And the decree of confirmed these matters of Purim. And it was written in the book.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And Esther established it by a command forever, and it was written for a memorial.