OET interlinear EST 9:12

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

הָרְגוּ֩ & וְ⁠אַבֵּ֜ד

killed & (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said the=king to,Esther the,queen in,Susa the,citadel killed the,Jews and,they_have_destroyed five hundreds (a)_man and=DOM ten_of sons_of Haman in,the_rest_of provinces_of the=king what? they_had_acquired and,what? petition_of,[is]_your and,it_will_be_given to/for=you(fs) and,what? request_of,[is]_your again/more and,it_will_be_done )

These terms mean the same thing and are used together for emphasis. Alternate translation: [killed]

Note 2 topic: translate-numbers

חֲמֵ֧שׁ מֵא֣וֹת אִ֗ישׁ

five hundreds (a)_man

Alternate translation: [five hundred men]

וְ⁠אֵת֙

and=DOM

Alternate translation: [including]

Note 3 topic: translate-numbers

עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת בְּנֵֽי

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said the=king to,Esther the,queen in,Susa the,citadel killed the,Jews and,they_have_destroyed five hundreds (a)_man and=DOM ten_of sons_of Haman in,the_rest_of provinces_of the=king what? they_had_acquired and,what? petition_of,[is]_your and,it_will_be_given to/for=you(fs) and,what? request_of,[is]_your again/more and,it_will_be_done )

Alternate translation: [10 sons]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

בִּ⁠שְׁאָ֛ר מְדִינ֥וֹת הַ⁠מֶּ֖לֶךְ מֶ֣ה עָשׂ֑וּ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said the=king to,Esther the,queen in,Susa the,citadel killed the,Jews and,they_have_destroyed five hundreds (a)_man and=DOM ten_of sons_of Haman in,the_rest_of provinces_of the=king what? they_had_acquired and,what? petition_of,[is]_your and,it_will_be_given to/for=you(fs) and,what? request_of,[is]_your again/more and,it_will_be_done )

The king is making a statement, but he uses a question form to show that he is very convinced that the Jews must have also killed many people in the other provinces. Alternate translation: [what they must have done in the rest of the king’s provinces] or [they must have killed many more in the rest of the king’s provinces]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

וּ⁠מַה־שְּׁאֵֽלָתֵ⁠ךְ֙ וְ⁠יִנָּ֣תֵֽן לָ֔⁠ךְ וּ⁠מַה־בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֥⁠ךְ ע֖וֹד וְ⁠תֵעָֽשׂ

and,what? and,what? (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said the=king to,Esther the,queen in,Susa the,citadel killed the,Jews and,they_have_destroyed five hundreds (a)_man and=DOM ten_of sons_of Haman in,the_rest_of provinces_of the=king what? they_had_acquired and,what? petition_of,[is]_your and,it_will_be_given to/for=you(fs) and,what? request_of,[is]_your again/more and,it_will_be_done )

These two statements mean basically the same thing. Ahasuerus says the same thing twice to show that he is truly disposed to give Esther what she wants. If it would be confusing, you do not need to repeat both phrases in your translation. Alternate translation: [is there anything more that you want? Tell me, and I will do it for you]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וְ⁠יִנָּ֣תֵֽן לָ֔⁠ךְ & וְ⁠תֵעָֽשׂ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said the=king to,Esther the,queen in,Susa the,citadel killed the,Jews and,they_have_destroyed five hundreds (a)_man and=DOM ten_of sons_of Haman in,the_rest_of provinces_of the=king what? they_had_acquired and,what? petition_of,[is]_your and,it_will_be_given to/for=you(fs) and,what? request_of,[is]_your again/more and,it_will_be_done )

You can capture these parallel passive statements with one statement using an active form. You can also say who will do the action. Alternate translation: [I will do it for you]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

שְּׁאֵֽלָתֵ⁠ךְ֙ & בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֥⁠ךְ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said the=king to,Esther the,queen in,Susa the,citadel killed the,Jews and,they_have_destroyed five hundreds (a)_man and=DOM ten_of sons_of Haman in,the_rest_of provinces_of the=king what? they_had_acquired and,what? petition_of,[is]_your and,it_will_be_given to/for=you(fs) and,what? request_of,[is]_your again/more and,it_will_be_done )

The two abstract nouns petition and request can be expressed with a single phrase using the verb “want.” Alternate translation: [anything more that you want]