Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #229693

OSHB Est 3:9 יִכָּתֵב (yikkātēⱱ) Strongs=3789 Lemma=‘כָּתַב’
contextual word gloss=‘let_it_be_written’ word gloss=‘decreed’
Morphology=VNi3ms PoS=niphal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular
Year=-453

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Only use of identical word form ‘יִכָּתֵב’ (Morphology=VNi3ms PoS=niphal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘יִכָּתֵב’ (Morphology=VNi3ms PoS=niphal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) is always and only glossed as ‘let_it_be_written’.

EST 3:9 contextual word gloss=‘let_it_be_written’ word gloss=‘decreed’ OSHB EST 3:9 word 5

OET-LV: 9 If is_on the_king good let _it _be _written to_destroy_them and_ten _of thousand(s) talent[s]_of silver I _will _weigh _out on the _hands _of the _doers _of the _work to_bring into the _treasuries _of the _king. (EST_3:9)

OET-RV: 9 Your majesty, if you approve of this plan, then write a decree saying that all of the Jews must be destroyed. When they’re dead, we can take all of their possessions, and from that I will give 300 tons of silver to your administrators for them to put into your royal treasuries.” (EST 3:9)