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hamba raja ....... raja .......... raja(TB)/hamba baginda ....... baginda ........... baginda(TL) <05650 04428> [the king's servants.]

Dr. Shaw, speaking of the cities in the East, says, "If we quit the streets, and enter into any of the principal houses, we shall first pass through a porch, or gate-way, with benches on each side, where the master of the family receives visits, and despatches business; few persons, not even the nearest relations, having admission any farther, except upon extraordinary occasions." These servants were probably officers who here waited the king's call; and it is likely that Mordecai was one of them.

berlutut ............... berlutut(TB)/bertelutlah ................ bertelut(TL) <03766> [bowed.]

berlutut ... sujud menyembahlah kepada ........... berlutut .... sujud ... menyembah(TB)/bertelutlah ................ bertelut(TL) <03766 07812> [bowed not.]

{YichrÆ’ welo yishtachaweh,} "bowed not down, nor prostrated himself," or worshipped him. Had this meant only civil reverence the king would not have needed to command it; nor would Mordecai have refused it; there was, therefore, some kind of divine honour intended, such as was paid to the Persian kings, and which even the Greeks refused, as express adoration.

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Catatan Frasa: MORDEKHAI TIDAK BERLUTUT.