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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.”
Esther 7:4
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

כִּ֤י נִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙ אֲנִ֣י וְעַמִּ֔י לְהַשְׁמִ֖יד לַהֲר֣וֹג וּלְאַבֵּ֑ד וְ֠אִלּוּ לַעֲבָדִ֨ים וְלִשְׁפָח֤וֹת נִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙ הֶחֱרַ֔שְׁתִּי כִּ֣י אֵ֥ין הַצָּ֛ר שֹׁוֶ֖ה בְּנֵ֥זֶק הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ ס

  1. כִּ֤יki“for”
    Particle · from כִּי · “for” · Strong's H3588A
  2. נִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙nim.Kar.nu“we have been sold”
    Verb, niphal, perfect, 1st person, common, plural · from מָכַר · “to sell” · Strong's H4376
  3. אֲנִ֣י'a.Ni“I”
    Pronoun, personal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from אֲנִי, אָֽנֹכִ֫י · “I” · Strong's H0589
  4. וְעַמִּ֔יve.'a.Mi“and people my”
    Conjunction + Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 1st person, both genders, singular · from עַם · “people” · Strong's H5971A
  5. לְהַשְׁמִ֖ידle.hash.Mid“to annihilate”
    Preposition + Verb, hiphil, infinitive construct, common · from שָׁמַד · “to destroy” · Strong's H8045
  6. לַהֲר֣וֹגla.ha.Rog“to kill”
    Preposition + Verb, qal, infinitive construct, common · from הָרַג · “to kill” · Strong's H2026
  7. וּלְאַבֵּ֑דu.le.'a.Bed“and to destroy”
    Conjunction + Preposition + Verb, piel, infinitive construct, common · from אָבַד · “to perish” · Strong's H0006
  8. וְ֠אִלּוּVe.'i.lu“and if”
    Conjunction + Particle · from אִלּוּ · “except” · Strong's H0432
  9. לַעֲבָדִ֨יםla.'a.va.Dim“to male slaves”
    Preposition + Noun, masculine, plural, absolute · from עֶ֫בֶד · “servant; slave” · Strong's H5650
  10. וְלִשְׁפָח֤וֹתve.lish.fa.Chot“and to female slaves”
    Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, feminine, plural, absolute · from שִׁפְחָה · “maidservant” · Strong's H8198
  11. נִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙nim.Kar.nu“we had been sold”
    Verb, niphal, perfect, 1st person, common, plural · from מָכַר · “to sell” · Strong's H4376
  12. הֶחֱרַ֔שְׁתִּיhe.che.Rash.ti“I kept quiet”
    Verb, hiphil, perfect, 1st person, common, singular · from חָרֵשׁ · “be quiet” · Strong's H2790B
  13. כִּ֣יki“for”
    Particle · from כִּי · “for” · Strong's H3588A
  14. אֵ֥ין'ein“not”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from אַ֫יִן · “nothing” · Strong's H0369
  15. הַצָּ֛רha.Tzar“the distress”
    Definite article + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from צַר · “distress” · Strong's H6862B
  16. שֹׁוֶ֖הsho.Veh“[is] equal”
    Verb, qal, participle (active), masculine, singular, absolute · from שָׁוָה · “be like” · Strong's H7737A
  17. בְּנֵ֥זֶקbe.Ne.zek“for [the] injury of”
    Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from נֶ֫זֶק · “injury” · Strong's H5143
  18. הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ סha.Me.lekh“the king”
    Definite article + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from מֶ֫לֶךְ · “king” · Strong's H4428G
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)