OET interlinear EST 5:14

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠תֹּ֣אמֶר ל⁠וֹ֩ זֶ֨רֶשׁ אִשְׁתּ֜⁠וֹ וְ⁠כָל־אֹֽהֲבָ֗י⁠ו

and=she/it_said to=him/it Zeresh his/its=wife/woman and=all friends,his

The verb is feminine, so it is Zeresh who is speaking here. By mentioning the friends, it is implied that they are in agreement with what she says. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say, “Then Haman’s wife Zeresh suggested, and his friends agreed.”

וְ⁠כָל־אֹֽהֲבָ֗י⁠ו

and=all friends,his

This means the friends whom Haman had invited to his home that day. Alternate translation: “his friends who were there”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

יַֽעֲשׂוּ

made

You can say who would do the action. Alternate translation: “have your servants set up”

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

עֵץ֮

tree/word

See how you translated this in 2:23. Review the note there if that would be helpful. Be sure your translation is consistent in the chapters that follow.

Note 4 topic: translate-bdistance

גָּבֹ֣הַּ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים אַמָּה֒

high fifty cubits

You can convert this to a modern measure if that is the style of translation that you are using. Alternate translation: “seventy-five feet high” or “twenty-five meters high”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אֱמֹ֣ר לַ⁠מֶּ֗לֶךְ וְ⁠יִתְל֤וּ אֶֽת־מָרְדֳּכַי֙ עָלָ֔י⁠ו

ask to/for=the_king and,have_~_hanged DOM Mārəddəkay on/upon/above=him/it

If it would be helpful in your language, you could make explicit what Haman would say to the king. Alternate translation: “speak to the king and tell him that you would like to hang Mordecai on it” or “tell the king that you intend to hang Mordecai on it”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠יִתְל֤וּ אֶֽת־מָרְדֳּכַי֙ עָלָ֔י⁠ו

and,have_~_hanged DOM Mārəddəkay on/upon/above=him/it

If it would be helpful in your language, you could make explicit who does the action. Probably, Haman’s servants would carry out the action. But since it would happen under Haman’s orders and perhaps under his supervision, you could also describe him as the one who does the action if that would be natural in your language. Alternate translation: “and have your servants hang Mordecai on it” or “and hang Mordecai on it”

Note 7 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וּ⁠בֹֽא & אֶל הַ⁠מִּשְׁתֶּ֖ה שָׂמֵ֑חַ

and,go & to/towards the,banquet joyfully

Then indicates more than a time sequence here. Zeresh and the friends are saying what the result would be. Alternate translation: “after he is dead, you will be able to go to the banquet … in a good mood”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וַ⁠יִּיטַ֧ב הַ⁠דָּבָ֛ר לִ⁠פְנֵ֥י הָמָ֖ן

and,pleased the,advice to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before Haman

The word was the suggestion that Zeresh and the friends made. Here, face represents Haman himself by something associated with him, his face, which showed what he was thinking and feeling. Alternate translation: “Haman decided that he liked this idea” or “that suggestion pleased Haman”

וַ⁠יַּ֥עַשׂ הָ⁠עֵֽץ

and=he/it_made the=tree

Haman most likely did not do this personally. He ordered it to be done. Alternate translation: “he gave his servants orders to set up the pole” or “he told his servants to construct the gallows”

Note 9 topic: translate-unknown

הָ⁠עֵֽץ

the=tree

See how you translated this in 2:23. Review the note there if that would be helpful. Be sure your translation is consistent in the chapters that follow.