There is a famous 'code' in Megillat Esther -- towards the end of the story, King Ahashveirosh allows the Jews to avenge themselves of their enemies on the 13th day of Adar. In Shushan, the capital, the Jews kill 500 men and hang Haman's ten sons on a gallows. Queen Esther then approaches the King with an additional request: '...allow the Jews who are in Shushan to do tomorrow as they did today -- and let the ten sons of Haman be hanged on the gallows' [Esther 9:13]. It's curious that she would request the hanging of Haman's already slain sons. Nevertheless, the King complies.
The Hebrew word for 'tomorrow is machar' -- occasionally refers to the distant future. Further, the Sages tell us that whenever the word 'king' appears in the Megillah it alludes to the King of kings as well ?
The Hebrew word for 'tomorrow is machar' -- occasionally refers to the distant future. Further, the Sages tell us that whenever the word 'king' appears in the Megillah it alludes to the King of kings as well ?
Thus, the verse could be understood as a request by Esther to Elohim to again hang the ten sons of Haman at some point in the distant future.
Now, when the Megillah lists the ten sons of Haman during their hanging [Esther 9:7-9] there are a number of unusually-sized letters. [There is a tradition to write certain letters in the Torah larger or smaller than the standard size].
According to the most accepted tradition, there is a large 'vav' [numerical value = 6] and a small 'tav'[400], 'shin' [300] and 'zayin' [7]. The following suggestion has been made: The large vav refers to the sixth millennium [of the Hebrew calendar]; the small letters refer to year 707 of that millennium. The meaning, then, is that Elohim agreed to hang Haman's ten sons again in the year 5707 = 1946-7.
When listing the ten sons of Haman who were hanged [Esther 9:6-10], three letters, namely Taf, Shin, and Zayin, are written smaller than the rest [most printed texts reflect this; if yours doesn’t, look in another]. The commentaries offer no explanation for this other than that it is a prophecy. The letters 'Taf-Shin-Zayin' represent the Hebrew year 5707, corresponding to the secular year 1946-47.
On October 16, 1946 [21 Tishrei, 5707] ten convicted Nazi war criminals were hanged in Nuremberg.
According to the most accepted tradition, there is a large 'vav' [numerical value = 6] and a small 'tav'[400], 'shin' [300] and 'zayin' [7]. The following suggestion has been made: The large vav refers to the sixth millennium [of the Hebrew calendar]; the small letters refer to year 707 of that millennium. The meaning, then, is that Elohim agreed to hang Haman's ten sons again in the year 5707 = 1946-7.
When listing the ten sons of Haman who were hanged [Esther 9:6-10], three letters, namely Taf, Shin, and Zayin, are written smaller than the rest [most printed texts reflect this; if yours doesn’t, look in another]. The commentaries offer no explanation for this other than that it is a prophecy. The letters 'Taf-Shin-Zayin' represent the Hebrew year 5707, corresponding to the secular year 1946-47.
On October 16, 1946 [21 Tishrei, 5707] ten convicted Nazi war criminals were hanged in Nuremberg.
[An eleventh, Hermann Goering, a transvestite, committed suicide in his cell. And Haman also had a daughter who committed suicide ?..]. As if the parallel were not obvious enough without further corroboration; Nazi Julius Streicher’s last words were: 'Purimfest 1946'. [n case you question the accuracy of Streicher’s last words, they are are well-documented; they appeared in Newsweek, October 28, 1946].
It is fairly safe to assume that [a] Streicher did not know about the three small letters in the Megilla, [b] he did not know that these letters corresponded to the year in which he was being hanged, and [c] even had he known, he would have had no motivation to reinforce the validity of Jewish texts, traditions, or prophecies. One could not ask for a more independent confirmation of the all encompassing knowledge to be found in the Sifrei Tanach.
Rabbi Weissmandl, an holocaust survivor, made a number of findings concerning Megillat Esther using skip distances of 12,111 letters - the exact number of letters in Megillat Esther. If one starts with the first regular mem [as opposed to the 'final mem' ] in Bereishis 4:14, where the name Esther [vocalized differently] appears for the only time in the Torah, and count at intervals of 12,111 letters, one finds spelled out the phrase 'Megillat Esther'.
It is fairly safe to assume that [a] Streicher did not know about the three small letters in the Megilla, [b] he did not know that these letters corresponded to the year in which he was being hanged, and [c] even had he known, he would have had no motivation to reinforce the validity of Jewish texts, traditions, or prophecies. One could not ask for a more independent confirmation of the all encompassing knowledge to be found in the Sifrei Tanach.
Rabbi Weissmandl, an holocaust survivor, made a number of findings concerning Megillat Esther using skip distances of 12,111 letters - the exact number of letters in Megillat Esther. If one starts with the first regular mem [as opposed to the 'final mem' ] in Bereishis 4:14, where the name Esther [vocalized differently] appears for the only time in the Torah, and count at intervals of 12,111 letters, one finds spelled out the phrase 'Megillat Esther'.
Coincidence ?
While the Name of YHWH [Yahweh] is mysteriously absent from the short version of Esther as it appears in the Masoretic Text, the Name of YHWH does appear encoded in the Hebrew text at four transitional points of the story -- showing us that Yahweh is guiding the events of the book [a point made more plain in the long version of the Book of Ester]
The Name of YHWH appears encoded in the Hebrew text of Esther through what is called Notarikon.
A Notarikon is an acronym; anagram or acrostic. Taking the first or last letters of the words of a phrase and joining them to make a new word -- or; conversely, expanding a word into a phrase.
The first is found in Esther 1:20.
And when the king's decree which he shall make -- shall be published throughout all his kingdom -- great though it be: all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small.
[Esther 1:20]
It was this decree that ultimately brought Esther before the throne of the King, thus saving the Jewish people. Now if we look at the phrase “all the wives will give” in the Hebrew we find that the first letter of each word spells out YHWH backwards because YHWH is over ruling and reversing the wisdom of man. Whereas it was man’s intention that this decree causes 'women to do the will of men' -- YHWH would ultimately use it to have the King do the will of Esther.
Next we come to Esther 5:4.
And Ester said, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day -- unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
[Esther 5:4]
Now if we look at the phrase “let the king and Haman come this day” in the Hebrew we find that first letter of each word spells YHWH going forward because YHWH’s Hand [YESHUA] was upon this feast that He might defeat Haman.
Next we come to Esther 5:13.
Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordekhai the Jew -- sitting at the king's gate.
[Esther 5:13]
If we look at the phrase “Yet all this avails me nothing” in the Hebrew we see that the last letter of each word spells YHWH backwards. The final letters are used because this is the beginning of the end of Haman’s plot. The Name is backwards because YHWH is turning back Haman’s plot.
Next we come to Esther 7:7.
And the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine -- and went into the palace garden: but Haman remained to make request for his life to Ester the queen -- for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
[Esther 7:7]
If we look at the phrase “that there was evil determined against him” in the Hebrew we will see that the last letter of each word spells YHWH forward. The final letters because Haman’s plot had come to an end, and forwards because YHWH was moving the plans of Ester and Mordechai forward.
Then spoke the king Achashverosh and said unto Ester the queen -- who is he, and where is he, that dares presume in his heart to do so?
[Esther 7:5]
If we look at the Hebrew “is he, and where is he” we see that the Masoretic Text makes the final letters of each word larger, spelling the Notarikon “EHYHE” which is the same backwards and forwards “I Am”.
YHWH's Shem / Name in Esther's Book
While the Name of YHWH [Yahweh] is mysteriously absent from the short version of Esther as it appears in the Masoretic Text, the Name of YHWH does appear encoded in the Hebrew text at four transitional points of the story -- showing us that Yahweh is guiding the events of the book [a point made more plain in the long version of the Book of Ester]
The Name of YHWH appears encoded in the Hebrew text of Esther through what is called Notarikon.
A Notarikon is an acronym; anagram or acrostic. Taking the first or last letters of the words of a phrase and joining them to make a new word -- or; conversely, expanding a word into a phrase.
The first is found in Esther 1:20.
And when the king's decree which he shall make -- shall be published throughout all his kingdom -- great though it be: all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small.
[Esther 1:20]
It was this decree that ultimately brought Esther before the throne of the King, thus saving the Jewish people. Now if we look at the phrase “all the wives will give” in the Hebrew we find that the first letter of each word spells out YHWH backwards because YHWH is over ruling and reversing the wisdom of man. Whereas it was man’s intention that this decree causes 'women to do the will of men' -- YHWH would ultimately use it to have the King do the will of Esther.
Next we come to Esther 5:4.
And Ester said, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day -- unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
[Esther 5:4]
Now if we look at the phrase “let the king and Haman come this day” in the Hebrew we find that first letter of each word spells YHWH going forward because YHWH’s Hand [YESHUA] was upon this feast that He might defeat Haman.
Next we come to Esther 5:13.
Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordekhai the Jew -- sitting at the king's gate.
[Esther 5:13]
If we look at the phrase “Yet all this avails me nothing” in the Hebrew we see that the last letter of each word spells YHWH backwards. The final letters are used because this is the beginning of the end of Haman’s plot. The Name is backwards because YHWH is turning back Haman’s plot.
Next we come to Esther 7:7.
And the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine -- and went into the palace garden: but Haman remained to make request for his life to Ester the queen -- for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
[Esther 7:7]
If we look at the phrase “that there was evil determined against him” in the Hebrew we will see that the last letter of each word spells YHWH forward. The final letters because Haman’s plot had come to an end, and forwards because YHWH was moving the plans of Ester and Mordechai forward.
Then spoke the king Achashverosh and said unto Ester the queen -- who is he, and where is he, that dares presume in his heart to do so?
[Esther 7:5]
If we look at the Hebrew “is he, and where is he” we see that the Masoretic Text makes the final letters of each word larger, spelling the Notarikon “EHYHE” which is the same backwards and forwards “I Am”.
[Ex. 2:23-25; 3:14-15]. And YHWH have the authority and power to reverse the decrees of a King.
Thus we see that while YHWH is never mentioned in the short version of Esther, He is ever present working behind the scenes in the original Hebrew.
Thus we see that while YHWH is never mentioned in the short version of Esther, He is ever present working behind the scenes in the original Hebrew.
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