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# If it is pleasing to the king
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"If the king would be pleased to do so" or "If doing so would please the king"
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# the king, give
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Haman speaks to the king in third person here to show respect. Alternate translation: "you, the king, give" or "you, give"
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# I will weigh out ... into the hands of those
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Here "hands" stands for the men. To "weigh out" is an idiom that means to pay them. Alternate translation: "I will pay ... to the men" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# ten thousand talents of silver
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"330 metric tons of silver" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-bmoney]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]])
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