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OET (OET-LV) And_came_in Haman and_he/it_said to_him/it the_king what for_doing in/on/at/with_man whom the_king he_delights in/on/at/with_honor_him and_he/it_said Haman in/on/at/with_self_of_him to_who will_he_delight the_king for_doing honor excess than_me.
OET (OET-RV) When Haman came in, the king asked him, “What should I do for a man that I would really like to honour?”
¶ Haman thought to himself, “Surely it must be me that the king would like to honour more than anyone else?”
וַיָּבוֹא֮ הָמָן֒ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
and,came_in Haman and=he/it_said to=him/it the=king
Alternate translation: “when Haman came in, the king said”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
מַה־לַעֲשׂ֕וֹת בָּאִ֕ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ חָפֵ֣ץ בִּיקָר֑וֹ
what? for=doing in/on/at/with,man which/who the=king wishes in/on/at/with,honor,him
Here the king speaks of himself in the third person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use the first person instead. Alternate translation: “what should I do for the man whom I would really like to honor”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
אֲשֶׁ֥ר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ חָפֵ֣ץ בִּיקָר֑וֹ
which/who the=king wishes in/on/at/with,honor,him
To delight in doing something means to be glad to do it and to really want to do it. Alternate translation: “whom I am glad to honor” or “whom I want to honor”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הָמָן֙ בְּלִבּ֔וֹ
and=he/it_said and=he/it_said Haman in/on/at/with,self_of,him
Here, heart could mean two different things: (1) Heart could represent the action of thinking or feeling. In that case, the phrase would mean “then Haman said in his thoughts.” (2) Heart could also be a metaphor meaning to be inside someone or something. In that case, the phrase would mean “then Haman said inside himself.” Either way, the phrase means that Haman was not saying this out loud, but saying it to himself in his thoughts. Alternate translation: “Haman thought to himself”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
לְמִ֞י יַחְפֹּ֥ץ הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת יְקָ֖ר יוֹתֵ֥ר מִמֶּֽנִּי
to,who wish the=king for=doing honor more than,me
Haman is actually making a statement to himself rather than asking a question and trying to figure out the answer. He uses a question form to emphasize how true he believes the statement to be. If it would be helpful in your language, instead of a question, you could use a statement such as, “Surely there is no one whom the king would take pleasure in honoring more than me!” Alternate translation: “whom would the king like to honor more than me”
6:4-6 Just as the king was pondering what to do to honor Mordecai, Haman arrived to seek Mordecai’s death. With great irony, the narrator recounts the king’s consulting with him about how to reward Mordecai.
OET (OET-LV) And_came_in Haman and_he/it_said to_him/it the_king what for_doing in/on/at/with_man whom the_king he_delights in/on/at/with_honor_him and_he/it_said Haman in/on/at/with_self_of_him to_who will_he_delight the_king for_doing honor excess than_me.
OET (OET-RV) When Haman came in, the king asked him, “What should I do for a man that I would really like to honour?”
¶ Haman thought to himself, “Surely it must be me that the king would like to honour more than anyone else?”
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.