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OET (OET-LV) And_took the_king DOM signet_ring_his from_under his/its_hand and_gave_it to_Haman the_son of_Hammedatha the_Agagite the_harasser the_Jews.
OET (OET-RV) This seemed sensible to the king so he removed his signet ring from his finger and he gave it[fn] to Haman (the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the adversary of the Jews).
3:10 Having the king’s signet ring enabled Haman to stamp the king’s seal (like a signature) onto the newly drafted laws.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וַיָּ֧סַר הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ אֶת־טַבַּעְתּ֖וֹ מֵעַ֣ל יָד֑וֹ וַֽיִּתְּנָ֗הּ לְהָמָ֧ן
and,took the=king DOM signet_ring,his from=under his/its=hand and,gave,it to,Haman
The implication is that Ahasuerus thought that Haman’s suggestion was a good idea and he agreed to it. You could say that explicitly. Alternate translation: “the king agreed that this was a good idea, so”
Note 2 topic: translate-symaction
וַיָּ֧סַר הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ אֶת־טַבַּעְתּ֖וֹ מֵעַ֣ל יָד֑וֹ וַֽיִּתְּנָ֗הּ לְהָמָ֧ן
and,took the=king DOM signet_ring,his from=under his/its=hand and,gave,it to,Haman
Giving the ring to Haman showed that Haman could act on the king’s own authority. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this explicitly. Alternate translation: “the king gave Haman the power to act on his authority to carry out the plan. To show that, he gave Haman the ring he wore that had his official seal on it”
Note 3 topic: translate-unknown
טַבַּעְתּ֖וֹ
signet_ring,his
This was a special ring that could be used to imprint the king’s official seal on a law or decree. This ring had the king’s name or mark on it. When he put a wax seal on important papers, he would press the mark onto the seal. If a paper had this mark on its seal, people would know that what was written on the paper was written with the king’s authority and had to be obeyed. You could describe this as “the ring he wore that had his official seal on it.”
בֶּֽן־הַמְּדָ֛תָא הָאֲגָגִ֖י
son Hammedatha the,Agagite
This information about Haman’s identity is repeated to stress that the king giving him the signet ring was an official legal act that transferred power to him. (In the same way, legal documents today often use a person’s full name and other identifying information.) If you repeat this information in your own translation, your readers should see this significance.
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / distinguish
צֹרֵ֥ר הַיְּהוּדִֽים
enemy the,Jews
This phrase gives clarifying information about Haman. It means that he had become “the enemy of the Jews.”
3:1-15 Haman’s hatred for Mordecai develops into a plot to kill all the Jewish people.
OET (OET-LV) And_took the_king DOM signet_ring_his from_under his/its_hand and_gave_it to_Haman the_son of_Hammedatha the_Agagite the_harasser the_Jews.
OET (OET-RV) This seemed sensible to the king so he removed his signet ring from his finger and he gave it[fn] to Haman (the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the adversary of the Jews).
3:10 Having the king’s signet ring enabled Haman to stamp the king’s seal (like a signature) onto the newly drafted laws.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.