What Does Esther 6:7 Mean in the King James?
And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The honor Haman describes as a king’s gift is also a measure of what he himself considers precious.
THE MEANING
This verse exposes how a private hunger for recognition can dress itself up as general advice. “Honour” carries the sense of preciousness and value: Haman describes the recognition he wants as the king’s gift to an unnamed man.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie that a desire is selfless simply because it is phrased as advice for someone else.
THE ROOT
יְקָרוֹ
yeqārô
GROWS FROM
יקר
To be precious, costly, or of high value.
The word carries the family sense of preciousness beneath “honour.” Haman is describing more than ceremony: he imagines honor as visible proof of a person’s value, and his answer exposes what he himself craves.
ALSO GROWS
yaqar: Precious, costly, or rare.
יָקָר
This branch names value itself, showing the worth implied by the honor Haman describes.
yeqar: Honor, dignity, or splendor.
יְקָר
This branch expresses preciousness as public distinction, joining the idea of being valued with the display of honor.
THE PATTERN
The desire for public honor can reveal the seeker’s own appetite beneath a display of generosity.
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.THE THREAD
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)The word translated “precious” comes from the same יקר root family as Esther’s “honour.” Psalm uses it for something costly and beyond easy procurement, showing that the word beneath Haman’s imagined honor carries the sense of value itself.
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