אֶסְתֵּר

Esther — Chapter 7

Read Esther Chapter 7 in Biblical Hebrew alongside the King James Version (KJV) — 10 verses. Original Hebrew text with vowel points (nikud) and full English translation.

וַיָּבֹ֤א הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וְהָמָ֔ן לִשְׁתּ֖וֹת עִם הַמַּלְכָּ֥ה אֶסְתֵּֽר׃

KJVSo the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.

So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ לְאֶסְתֵּר֙ גַּ֣ם בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשֵּׁנִ֔י בְּמִשְׁתֵּ֖ה הַיַּ֑יִן מַה שְּׁאֵלָתֵ֤ךְ אֶסְתֵּר֙ הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה וְתִנָּ֣תֵן לָ֔ךְ וּמַ֥ה בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֖ךְ עַד חֲצִ֥י הַמַּלְכ֖וּת וְתֵעָֽשׂ׃

KJVAnd the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.

And on the second day, as they were drinking wine after the feast, the king again said to Esther: What is your wish, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.

וַתַּ֨עַן אֶסְתֵּ֤ר הַמַּלְכָּה֙ וַתֹּ֔אמַר אִם מָצָ֤אתִי חֵן֙ בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְאִם עַל הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ טוֹ֑ב תִּנָּֽתֶן לִי נַפְשִׁ֤י בִשְׁאֵלָתִי֙ וְעַמִּ֖י בְּבַקָּשָׁתִֽי׃

KJVThen Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:

Then Queen Esther answered: If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be granted me for my wish, and my people for my request.

כִּ֣י נִמְכַּ֔רְנוּ אֲנִ֣י וְעַמִּ֔י לְהַשְׁמִ֖יד לַהֲרֹ֣ג וּלְאַבֵּ֑ד וְאִלּ֣וּ לַעֲבָדִ֣ים וְלִשְׁפָח֣וֹת נִמְכַּ֡רְנוּ הֶחֱרַ֣שְׁתִּי כִּ֣י אֵ֣ין הַצָּ֣ר שֹׁוֶ֣ה בְּנֵ֣זֶק הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

KJVFor 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.

For we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have been silent, for our affliction is not to be compared with the loss to the king.

וַיֹּ֫אמֶר הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לְאֶסְתֵּ֙ר֙ הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה מִ֣י ה֗וּא זֶ֛ה וְאֵֽי זֶ֥ה ה֖וּא אֲשֶׁר מְלָא֥וֹ לִבּ֖וֹ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת כֵּֽן׃

KJVThen the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?

Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther: Who is he, and where is he, who has dared to do this?

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֶסְתֵּ֔ר אִ֥ישׁ צַ֖ר וְאוֹיֵ֑ב הָמָ֥ן הָרָ֖ע הַזֶּ֑ה וְהָמָ֣ן נִבְעַ֔ת מִלִּפְנֵ֖י הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ וְהַמַּלְכָּֽה׃

KJVAnd Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

And Esther said: A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman! Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.

וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ קָ֠ם בַּחֲמָת֞וֹ מִמִּשְׁתֵּ֤ה הַיַּ֙יִן֙ אֶל גִּנַּ֣ת הַבִּיתָ֔ן וְהָמָ֣ן עָמַ֔ד לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ עַל נַפְשׁ֖וֹ מֵאֶסְתֵּ֣ר הַמַּלְכָּ֑ה כִּ֣י רָאָ֔ה כִּֽי כָלְתָ֛ה אֵלָ֥יו הָרָעָ֖ה מֵאֵ֥ת הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

KJVAnd the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.

And the king rose from the feast in wrath and went into the palace garden, but Haman stayed to beg for his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that harm was determined against him by the king.

וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ שָׁ֠ב מִגִּנַּ֤ת הַבִּיתָן֙ אֶל בֵּ֣ית מִשְׁתֵּ֣ה הַיַּ֔יִן וְהָמָ֣ן נֹפֵ֔ל עַל הַמִּטָּ֕ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֶסְתֵּ֖ר עָלֶ֑יהָ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ הֲגַ֤ם לִכְבּוֹשׁ֙ אֶת הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה עִמִּ֖י בַּבָּ֑יִת הַדָּבָ֗ר יָצָ֛א מִפִּ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וּפְנֵ֥י הָמָ֖ן חָפֽוּ׃

KJVThen the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

And the king returned from the palace garden to the place where they were drinking wine, as Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was. And the king said: Will he even assault the queen in my presence, in my own house? As the word left the mouth of the king, they covered Haman's face.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר חַרְבוֹנָ֣ה אֶחָ֣ד מִן הַסָּרִיסִ֡ים לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ גַּ֣ם הִנֵּ֣ה הָעֵ֡ץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֣ה הָמָ֡ן לְמָרְדֳּכַ֡י אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּר טוֹב֩ עַל הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ עֹמֵד֙ בְּבֵ֣ית הָמָ֔ן גָּבֹ֖הַּ חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אַמָּֽה וַיֹּ֥אמֶר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ תְּלֻ֥הוּ עָלָֽיו׃

KJVAnd Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.

Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs in attendance on the king, said: Moreover, the gallows that Haman has prepared for Mordecai, whose word saved the king, is standing at Haman's house, fifty cubits high. And the king said: Hang him on that.

וַיִּתְל֤וּ אֶת הָמָן֙ עַל הָעֵ֔ץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֵכִ֖ין לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑י וַחֲמַ֥ת הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ שָׁכָֽכָה׃

KJVSo they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king abated.