Rashi, on Esth 7:5

“And king Assuerus answered and said: Who is this, and of what power, that he should do these things?”

“And King Ahasuerus said, and he said to Queen Esther Wherever it says, “And he said, and he said,” twice, it is to be expounded upon, and the midrashic interpretation of this is: Originally, he would speak to her by messenger, but now that he knew that she was of a royal family, he spoke to her personally.”

Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.