וַיִּ֣בֶז בְּעֵינָ֗יו לִשְׁלֹ֤ח יָד֙ בְּמָרְדֳּכַ֣י לְבַדּ֔וֹ כִּֽי־הִגִּ֥ידוּ ל֖וֹ אֶת־עַ֣ם מָרְדֳּכָ֑י וַיְבַקֵּ֣שׁ הָמָ֗ן לְהַשְׁמִ֧יד אֶת־כָּל־הַיְּהוּדִ֛ים אֲשֶׁ֛ר בְּכָל־מַלְכ֥וּת אֲחַשְׁוֵר֖וֹשׁ עַ֥ם מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃
Ngunit minaliit niya na si Mordecai lamang ang kanyang pagbuhatan ng kamay, sapagkat ipinaalam na sa kanya kung sino ang bayan ni Mordecai; kaya hinangad ni Haman na lipulin ang lahat ng mga Judio na nasa buong kaharian ni Ahasuero, ang bayan ni Mordecai.
Megillah
“But it seemed contemptible in his eyes to lay hands on Mordecai alone” (Esther 3:6). At first he [wanted to lay hands] “on Mordecai alone,” then at “the people of Mordecai” — and who are these? The Rabbis; and finally at “all the Jews.”