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# a gallows
a structure used for killing a person by tying one end of a a rope around the top of the structure and the other end of the rope around the person's neck and hanging him from it. See how you translated this in [Esther 2:23](../02/23.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-unknown]])
# fifty cubits high
"50 cubits high." You may convert this to a modern measure. Alternate translation: "twenty-three meters high" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-bdistance]])
# he had the gallows constructed
"he told people to construct the gallows"
# This pleased Haman
"Haman liked this idea"