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OET (OET-LV) And_wrote in/on_name_of the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh and_sealed in/on/at/with_signet_ring_of the_king and_sent letters in/on/at/with_hand_of the_couriers in/on/at/with_mounted who_rode_of the_fast_horses the_royal the_sons_of the_stud.
OET (OET-RV) The letters were written in King Ahasuerus’ name, and each one was sealed with the king’s signet ring. Then the letters were distributed by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.
וַיִּכְתֹּ֗ב & וַיַּחְתֹּ֖ם
and,wrote & and,sealed
He refers to Mordecai. If it would be helpful in your language, you can use his name here.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
בְּשֵׁם֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹ֔שׁ
in/on=name_of the=king ʼAḩashvērōsh
Here, name is a metaphor meaning authority. Alternate translation: “Mordecai wrote with the authority of King Ahasuerus”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וַיַּחְתֹּ֖ם בְּטַבַּ֣עַת הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ
and,sealed in/on/at/with,signet_ring_of the=king
This means that Mordecai sealed the letters with this ring. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say that explicitly. Alternate translation: “and he sealed the letters with the ring that had the king’s official seal on it”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
בְּיַד֩ הָרָצִ֨ים בַּסּוּסִ֜ים
in/on/at/with,hand_of the,couriers in/on/at/with,mounted
As in [3:13](../03/13.md), hand could mean two different things. (1) It could literally mean “hand,” meaning that the runners carried the letters in their hands. (2) It could also be a metaphor for power, control, or authority, meaning that runners were the ones who delivered the letters to all the provinces throughout the empire. Alternate translation: “couriers on horseback delivered the letters”
רֹכְבֵ֤י הָרֶ֨כֶשׁ֙ הָֽאֲחַשְׁתְּרָנִ֔ים בְּנֵ֖י הָֽרַמָּכִֽים
riding_of the,fast_horses the,royal sons_of the,stud
Alternate translation: “They rose fast horses that were used in the king’s service. These horses had been bred in the king’s stables.”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
בְּנֵ֖י הָֽרַמָּכִֽים
sons_of the,stud
Here, sons is a metonym meaning the offspring of royal livestock. Alternate translation: “the offspring of the king’s horses”
OET (OET-LV) And_wrote in/on_name_of the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh and_sealed in/on/at/with_signet_ring_of the_king and_sent letters in/on/at/with_hand_of the_couriers in/on/at/with_mounted who_rode_of the_fast_horses the_royal the_sons_of the_stud.
OET (OET-RV) The letters were written in King Ahasuerus’ name, and each one was sealed with the king’s signet ring. Then the letters were distributed by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.