יָבִ֙יאוּ֙ לְב֣וּשׁ מַלְכ֔וּת אֲשֶׁ֥ר לָֽבַשׁ־בּ֖וֹ הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְס֗וּס אֲשֶׁ֨ר רָכַ֤ב עָלָיו֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר נִתַּ֛ן כֶּ֥תֶר מַלְכ֖וּת בְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃
זאָל מען ברענגען אַ מַלכותדיק קלײד װאָס דער מלך האָט זיך דערין אָנגעקלײדט, און אַ פערד װאָס דער מלך איז אױף אים געריטן, און װאָס אַ מַלכותדיקע קרױן איז אָנגעטאָן געװאָרן אױף זײַן קאָפ.
Chizkuni
אשר נשיא יחטא, “when the secular head of the nation commits an inadvertent sin;” the construction אשר נשיא יחטא, instead of: נשיא אשר יחטא, also occurs in Esther 6,8: ואשר נתן כתר מלכות על ראשו, where we would have expected the sequence of וכתר מלכות אשר נתן בראשו, “and the crown of the Kingdom which had been placed on his head.”
Rashbam
אשר נשיא יחטא, the word אשר in this verse is similar to the word ואשר in the line ואשר ניתן כתר מלכות בראשו, which means וכתר מלכות אשר נתן בראשו, and the crown of the Kingdom which he had placed on his head. (Esther 6,8)
Ramban
‘B’MIRKEVETH’ (IN THE CHARIOT) ‘HAMISHNEH.’ I.e., in the chariot second to his own chariot, which travelled next to his own. Thus the language of Rashi.
Now according to this interpretation, the word hamishneh refers to the noun, [“chariot,” meaning that this was the chariot of second rank]. The same applies in the verses: the priests ‘hamishneh’ (of the second order);67II Kings 23:4. ‘eth mishnei’ (a copy) of this Torah.68Deuteronomy 17:18.
The correct interpretation is that the word mishneh is adjectival,69Meaning that this was the chariot of the mishneh, of he who was second in rank. just as: And I shall be to you ‘l’mishneh’ (as a second one);70I Samuel 23:17. For Mordecai the Jew was ‘mishneh’ (the second) unto king Ahaseurus.71Esther 10:3. Similarly, the expression, keseph mishneh,7243:12. (the money of the mishneh) is adjectival and is to be understood as “the money of the ‘second’ purchase.” Now the grammarians73Reference is to R’dak who mentions this point in his Sefer Hashorashim (Book of Roots), under the root shana. have already brought a proof to this thesis74That the word mishneh here, and in the other three cases mentioned, (see Notes 70-72), all have the meaning ascribed to them by Ramban. since in all these cases the letter nun in the word mishneh is vocalized with a segol, [which does not indicate the construct state as would tzeirei], while mishnei hatorah68Deuteronomy 17:18. and all nouns are vocalized with a tzeirei, as is the rule in the construct state. The sense of the present verse is that the king had a chariot known to be his, even as it is said, And the horse which the king rideth upon,75Esther 6:8. and there was another chariot known to be for his second in rank, and another one for the third in rank.
Now according to this interpretation, the word hamishneh refers to the noun, [“chariot,” meaning that this was the chariot of second rank]. The same applies in the verses: the priests ‘hamishneh’ (of the second order);67II Kings 23:4. ‘eth mishnei’ (a copy) of this Torah.68Deuteronomy 17:18.
The correct interpretation is that the word mishneh is adjectival,69Meaning that this was the chariot of the mishneh, of he who was second in rank. just as: And I shall be to you ‘l’mishneh’ (as a second one);70I Samuel 23:17. For Mordecai the Jew was ‘mishneh’ (the second) unto king Ahaseurus.71Esther 10:3. Similarly, the expression, keseph mishneh,7243:12. (the money of the mishneh) is adjectival and is to be understood as “the money of the ‘second’ purchase.” Now the grammarians73Reference is to R’dak who mentions this point in his Sefer Hashorashim (Book of Roots), under the root shana. have already brought a proof to this thesis74That the word mishneh here, and in the other three cases mentioned, (see Notes 70-72), all have the meaning ascribed to them by Ramban. since in all these cases the letter nun in the word mishneh is vocalized with a segol, [which does not indicate the construct state as would tzeirei], while mishnei hatorah68Deuteronomy 17:18. and all nouns are vocalized with a tzeirei, as is the rule in the construct state. The sense of the present verse is that the king had a chariot known to be his, even as it is said, And the horse which the king rideth upon,75Esther 6:8. and there was another chariot known to be for his second in rank, and another one for the third in rank.