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interlinearVerse INT GEN EXO LEV NUM DEU JOS JDG RUTH 1SA 2SA 1KI 2KI 1CH 2CH EZRA NEH EST JOB PSA PRO ECC SNG ISA JER LAM EZE DAN HOS JOEL AMOS OBA YNA MIC NAH HAB ZEP HAG ZEC MAL YHN MARK MAT LUKE ACTs ROM 1COR 2COR GAL EPH PHP COL 1TH 2TH 1TIM 2TIM TIT PHM HEB YAC 1PET 2PET 1YHN 2YHN 3YHN YUD REV
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OET (OET-LV) If/because how will_I_be_able and_see in/on/at/with_disaster which it_will_find DOM people_my and_how will_I_be_able and_see in/on/at/with_destruction kindred_my.
OET (OET-RV) I couldn’t bear to see the terrible thing that is about to happen to my people. I certainly couldn’t bear to see all my relatives destroyed!”
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
כִּ֠י
that/for/because/then/when
Here Esther is giving the reason why she is asking King Ahasuerus to revoke the letters. Alternate translation: “the reason I am asking is that”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
אֵיכָכָ֤ה אוּכַל֙ וְֽרָאִ֔יתִי בָּרָעָ֖ה אֲשֶׁר־יִמְצָ֣א אֶת־עַמִּ֑י וְאֵֽיכָכָ֤ה אוּכַל֙ וְֽרָאִ֔יתִי בְּאָבְדַ֖ן מוֹלַדְתִּֽי
how bear and,see in/on/at/with,disaster which/who coming_on DOM people,my and,how bear and,see in/on/at/with,destruction kindred,my
Esther is actually making a statement, but she expresses herself in question form to show how strongly she feels about what she is saying. She does not actually expect the king to tell her how she could bear seeing her people destroyed. Alternate translation: “I cannot bear to see disaster fall on the Jews” or “I cannot endure watching my relatives be killed”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
אֵיכָכָ֤ה אוּכַל֙ וְֽרָאִ֔יתִי בָּרָעָ֖ה אֲשֶׁר־יִמְצָ֣א אֶת־עַמִּ֑י וְאֵֽיכָכָ֤ה אוּכַל֙ וְֽרָאִ֔יתִי בְּאָבְדַ֖ן מוֹלַדְתִּֽי
how bear and,see in/on/at/with,disaster which/who coming_on DOM people,my and,how bear and,see in/on/at/with,destruction kindred,my
These two sentences mean basically the same thing. Esther uses the repetition to emphasize the importance of what she is saying. If it would be helpful in your language, you could combine the phrases. Alternate translation: “I could not bear to see my relatives and my whole people destroyed”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
בָּרָעָ֖ה אֲשֶׁר־יִמְצָ֣א אֶת־עַמִּ֑י
in/on/at/with,disaster which/who coming_on DOM people,my
Even though it was morally very wrong for Haman to want to destroy Mordecai’s whole people, here the abstract noun evil likely means “harm,” as in 7:7. It means the same thing as “destruction” in the next sentence. Alternate translation: “my people being destroyed”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
יִמְצָ֣א
coming_on
As in 1:5, find is an idiom that means something exists in a certain place or time, not that people were looking for it and located it. Esther is speaking of the harm that will exist for the Jews if the effect of Haman’s letters is not undone. Alternate translation: “would be destroyed”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
בְּאָבְדַ֖ן
in/on/at/with,destruction
This abstract noun can be expressed with a verb such as “destroyed.”
מוֹלַדְתִּֽי
kindred,my
Alternate translation: “my relatives”
OET (OET-LV) If/because how will_I_be_able and_see in/on/at/with_disaster which it_will_find DOM people_my and_how will_I_be_able and_see in/on/at/with_destruction kindred_my.
OET (OET-RV) I couldn’t bear to see the terrible thing that is about to happen to my people. I certainly couldn’t bear to see all my relatives destroyed!”
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.