Esther 7:4

ARE. have been. SOLD. Implying that. bargain had been made. DESTROYED... SLAIN... PERISH. Note the Figure of speech _Synonymia_ (App-6), to emphasize the urgency of her petition. Compare Esther 3:13. PERISH. See note on Esther 3:13. COUNTERVAIL. make good, or compensate.... [ Continue Reading ]

Esther 7:5

ANSWERED AND SAID. Note the idiom. threatened and said. See note on Deuteronomy 1:41. WHO IS HE, AND WHERE IS HE... ? This is the fifth Acrostic, which gives (not Jehovah but) the Divine Name "I AM" of Exodus 3:14. See App-60. HE. Note the emphatic repetition of this pronoun.... [ Continue Reading ]

Esther 7:7

LIFE. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. THAT THERE WAS EVIL DETERMINED AGAINST HIM. This is the fourth, and last, of the four acrostics exhibiting the name Jehovah in this book. See App-60. THE KING. Note the Figure of speech _Epanadiplosis_, the verse beginning and ending with the same word, marki... [ Continue Reading ]

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