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Esther 6:7

And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,

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וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvayomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…הָמָ֖ןhamanHamanהָמָןnoun, proper name — “Haman”H2001Haman, a Persian vizierHaman.אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).הַמֶּ֑לֶךְhamelekhthe kingמֶלֶךְdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.אִ֕ישׁisha certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “a certain”, the ordinary formH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…אֲשֶׁ֥רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…הַמֶּ֖לֶךְhamelekhthe kingמֶלֶךְdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.חָפֵ֥ץchafetsdesireחָפֵץverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “desire”, a completed actionH2654properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire[idiom] any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.בִּיקָרֽוֹbiqarvoin honourיְקָרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in honour”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3366value, i.e. (concretely) wealth; abstractly, costliness, dignityhonour, precious (things), price.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Haman said unto the king: 'For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Haman said unto the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honor,

Young’s Literal Translation

And Haman saith unto the king, 'The man in whose honour the king hath delighted,

World English Bible

Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honor,

Darby Translation

And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delights to honour,

Douay-Rheims

Answered: The man whom the king desireth to honour,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)