“They also killed Parshandosa, and Dalphon, and Asposa...” (Esther 9:7).
When the Megillah lists the ten sons of Haman, by each one the pasuk says ואת. Why does the Megillah need to say ואת every time?
I saw a peshat that the gematriya of the word ארור – “cursed”, is 407. Similarly, the gematriya of the word ואת is 407, therefore it’s written ואת by all of the Haman’s ten sons to show that each one was ארור – “cursed”.
Whilst we are talking about the numerous ואת’s, I would like to mention another he’orah I heard. The aforementioned pasuk is one of the pasukim that everyone reads aloud. Many people when they read the pasuk focus on the names, and they say the ואת, off by heart. Especially, as they are trying to say the ten names in one breath. It’s important to make sure that one actually reads the word ואת from the Megillah, and doesn’t say it by heart. This same warning applies to the baal koreh.
