OET interlinear EST 9:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּֽי

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when great Mārəddəkay in=house_of the=king and,the_report_of,of_him spread in=all the,provinces that/for/because/then/when the=man Mārəddəkay grew_more_and_more and,becoming_great )

This term introduces the reason why the officials and satraps and governors were becoming afraid of Mordecai.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

גָ֤דוֹל מָרְדֳּכַי֙ בְּ⁠בֵ֣ית הַ⁠מֶּ֔לֶךְ

great (Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when great Mārəddəkay in=house_of the=king and,the_report_of,of_him spread in=all the,provinces that/for/because/then/when the=man Mārəddəkay grew_more_and_more and,becoming_great )

The implication is that this is why all the other officials were afraid of Mordecai. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this explicitly. Alternate translation, add: [They were afraid of him because]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

גָ֤דוֹל מָרְדֳּכַי֙ בְּ⁠בֵ֣ית הַ⁠מֶּ֔לֶךְ

great (Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when great Mārəddəkay in=house_of the=king and,the_report_of,of_him spread in=all the,provinces that/for/because/then/when the=man Mārəddəkay grew_more_and_more and,becoming_great )

The palace of the king is a figurative way of describing the king’s administration by referring to the place where it was headquartered. Alternate translation: [was very important in the king’s government]

גָ֤דוֹל מָרְדֳּכַי֙ בְּ⁠בֵ֣ית הַ⁠מֶּ֔לֶךְ

great (Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when great Mārəddəkay in=house_of the=king and,the_report_of,of_him spread in=all the,provinces that/for/because/then/when the=man Mārəddəkay grew_more_and_more and,becoming_great )

Great here is the same term that, as a verb, describes promotion within the king’s service in 3:1 and 5:11. Alternate translation: [Mordecai was a very important royal official]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

וְ⁠שָׁמְע֖⁠וֹ הוֹלֵ֣ךְ בְּ⁠כָל־הַ⁠מְּדִינ֑וֹת

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when great Mārəddəkay in=house_of the=king and,the_report_of,of_him spread in=all the,provinces that/for/because/then/when the=man Mārəddəkay grew_more_and_more and,becoming_great )

Here the story speaks of the news of Mordecai’s greatness as if it were a living thing that could travel throughout the empire. Alternate translation: [throughout the empire, everyone was hearing the news of his greatness]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

מָרְדֳּכַ֖י הוֹלֵ֥ךְ וְ⁠גָדֽוֹל

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when great Mārəddəkay in=house_of the=king and,the_report_of,of_him spread in=all the,provinces that/for/because/then/when the=man Mārəddəkay grew_more_and_more and,becoming_great )

This expression means that Mordecai continued to become more powerful and influential. Alternate translation: [Mordecai was becoming more famous because the king was giving him more and more power]