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title: "Bullinger"
description: "petition . . . request. See note on Esther 5:6 .  kingdom. See note on Esther 5:3 .  my life = my soul. Hebrew.  nephesh. App-13 . Life put before petiti"
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**petition . . . request.** See note on [Esther 5:6](../../../kjv/esther/5/6) .
**kingdom.** See note on [Esther 5:3](../../../kjv/esther/5/3) .

**my life** = my soul. Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 . Life put before petition, and her People put before her request.

**are** = have been.
**sold.** Implying that a bargain had been made.
**destroyed . . . slain . . . perish.** Note the Figure of speech *Synonymia* ( App-6 ), to emphasize the urgency of her petition. Compare [Esther 3:13](../../../kjv/esther/3/13) .
**perish.** See note on [Esther 3:13](../../../kjv/esther/3/13) .
**countervail** = make good, or compensate.

**answered and said.** Note the idiom = threatened and said. See note on [Deuteronomy 1:41](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/41) .
**WHO IS HE, AND WHERE IS HE . . . ?** This is the fifth Acrostic, which gives (not Jehovah but) the Divine Name "I AM" of [Exodus 3:14](../../../kjv/exodus/3/14) . See App-60 .
**HE.** Note the emphatic repetition of this pronoun.

**life** = soul. Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .
**THAT THERE WAS EVIL DETERMINED AGAINST HIM.** This is the fourth, and last, of the four acrostics exhibiting the name Jehovah in this book. See App-60 .
**the king.** Note the Figure of speech *Epanadiplosis* , the verse beginning and ending with the same word, marking and emphasizing its importance.

**bed** = couch.
**Will he force . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.*

**gallows.** See note on [Esther 5:14](../../../kjv/esther/5/14) .

**they hanged Hainan.** See note on "Benjamite" ([Esther 2:5](../../../kjv/esther/2/5) ).

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