Esther · אֶסְתֵּר

Esther 9:25

וּבְבֹאָ֣הּ לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ אָמַ֣ר עִם הַסֵּ֣פֶר יָשׁ֣וּב מַחֲשַׁבְתּ֣וֹ הָרָעָ֡ה אֲשֶׁר חָשַׁ֣ב עַל הַיְּהוּדִ֡ים עַל רֹאשׁ֑וֹ וְתָל֛וּ אֹת֥וֹ וְאֶת בָּנָ֖יו עַל הָעֵֽץ׃
vbboʾah lipney hamelek ʾamar ʿim haseper yashvb maḥashabtvo haraʿah ʾasher ḥashab ʿal hayhvdiym ʿal roʾshvo vtalv ʾotvo vʾet banayv ʿal haʿeṣ
King James Version (KJV)

But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Modern English

but when it came before the king, he gave orders in writing that his evil plan that he had devised against the Jews should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

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