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Esther 5 — Sermon Preparation
Esther approaches the king and is welcomed; she invites him and Haman to a banquet, then to a second one, while Haman prepares a gallows for Mordecai. Below is a research summary for Esther 5, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 14
- verses
- 265 / 96
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 4
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
Esther 5 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הָמָן | Hâmân | H2001 | 11 | Haman |
| אֶסְתֵּר | ʼEçtêr | H635 | 11 | Ester |
| מִשְׁתֶּה | mishteh | H4960 | 6 | drink, drinking |
| בַּקָּשָׁה | baqqâshâh | H1246 | 4 | petition |
| מַלְכוּת | malkûwth | H4438 | 5 | rule, dominion |
| מׇרְדְּכַי | Mordᵉkay | H4782 | 4 | Mordecai |
| שְׁאֵלָה | shᵉʼêlâh | H7596 | 3 | a petition, a loan |
How preachers through history handled this text
4 public-domain excerpts on Esther 5, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The last news we had of Haman left him in his cups, ch. iii. 15. Our last news of queen Esther left her in tears, fasting and praying. Now this chapter brings in, I. Esther in her joys, smiled upon by the king and honoured with his company at her banquet of wine, ver. 1-8. II. Haman upon the fret, because he had not Mordecai's cap and knee, and with great indignation setting up a gallows for him, ver. 9-14. Thus those that sow in tears shall reap in joy, but the triumphing of the wicked is short. Esther's Approach to the King. (b. c. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on Esther 5:1–30 (Public Domain)
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