Est 7:7 | KD | STEP | The king in his wrath arose from the banquet of wine, and went into the garden of the house (קם is here a pregnant expression, and is also combined with אל־גּנּת); but Haman remained standing to beg for his life to Queen Esther (על בּקּשׁ as in ), “for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king” (כּלה, completed, i.e., determined; comp. , ; , and elsewhere); and hence that he had no mercy to expect from him, unless the queen should intercede for him.

‏ Esther 7:7

The king in his wrath arose from the banquet of wine, and went into the garden of the house (קם is here a pregnant expression, and is also combined with אל־גּנּת); but Haman remained standing to beg for his life to Queen Esther (על בּקּשׁ as in Est 4:8), “for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king” (כּלה, completed, i.e., determined; comp. 1Sa 20:7, 1Sa 20:9; 1Sa 25:17, and elsewhere); and hence that he had no mercy to expect from him, unless the queen should intercede for him.