Esther 8:11
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Esther 8:11
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And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:
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Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
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Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
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Verse Text
Wherein the kingH4428 grantedH5414 the JewsH3064 which were in every cityH5892 to gather themselves togetherH6950, and to standH5975 for their lifeH5315, to destroyH8045, to slayH2026, and to cause to perishH6, all the powerH2428 of the peopleH5971 and provinceH4082 that would assaultH6696 them, both little onesH2945 and womenH802, and to take the spoilH7998 of them for a preyH962,
אֲשֶׁר נָתַן הַמֶּלֶךְ לַיְּהוּדִים ׀ אֲשֶׁר בְּכָל־עִיר־וָעִיר לְהִקָּהֵל וְלַעֲמֹד עַל־נַפְשָׁם לְהַשְׁמִיד וְלַהֲרֹג וּלְאַבֵּד אֶת־כָּל־חֵיל עַם וּמְדִינָה הַצָּרִים אֹתָם טַף וְנָשִׁים וּשְׁלָלָם לָבֹוז׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
אֲשֶׁר֩ |
'a.Sher | H834 | HTr | that |
נָתַ֨ן |
na.Tan | H5414 | HVqp3ms | he had permitted |
הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְ |
ha./Me.lekh | H4428 | HTd/Ncmsa | the/ king |
לַ/יְּהוּדִ֣ים |
la/i.ye.hu.Dim | H3064 | HRd/Ngmpa | to the/ Jews |
אֲשֶׁ֣ר |
'a.Sher | H834 | HTr | who |
בְּ/כָל |
be./khol | H3605 | HR/Ncmsc | (were) in/ every |
עִיר |
'ir- | H5892 | HNcfsa | city |
וָ/עִ֗יר |
va./'Ir | H5892 | HC/Ncfsa | and/ city |
לְ/הִקָּהֵל֮ |
le./hi.ka.Hel | H6950 | HR/VNc | to/ assemble |
וְ/לַ/עֲמֹ֣ד |
ve./la./'a.Mod | H5975 | HC/R/Vqc | and/ to/ make a stand |
עַל |
'al- | H5921 | HR | on |
נַפְשָׁ/ם֒ |
naf.Sha/m | H5315 | HNcbsc/Sp3mp | life/ their |
לְ/הַשְׁמִיד֩ |
le./hash.Mid | H8045 | HR/Vhc | to/ annihilate |
וְ/לַ/הֲרֹ֨ג |
ve./la./ha.Rog | H2026 | HC/R/Vqc | and/ to/ kill |
וּ/לְ/אַבֵּ֜ד |
u./le./'a.Bed | H6 | HC/R/Vpc | and/ to/ destroy |
אֶת |
'et- | H853 | HTo | (obj.) |
כָּל |
kol- | H3605 | HNcmsc | every |
חֵ֨יל |
cheil | H2428 | HNcmsc | army of |
עַ֧ם |
'am | H5971 | HNcmsa | people |
וּ/מְדִינָ֛ה |
u./me.di.Nah | H4082 | HC/Ncfsa | and/ province |
הַ/צָּרִ֥ים |
ha./tza.Rim | H6696 | HTd/Vqrmpa | which/ attacks |
אֹתָ֖/ם |
'o.Ta/m | H853 | HTo/Sp3mp | (obj.)/ them |
טַ֣ף |
taf | H2945 | HNcmsa | little one(s) |
וְ/נָשִׁ֑ים |
ve./na.Shim | H802 | HC/Ncfpa | and/ women |
וּ/שְׁלָלָ֖/ם |
u./she.la.La/m | H7998 | HC/Ncmsc/Sp3mp | and/ spoil/ their |
לָ/בֽוֹז |
la./Voz | H962 | HR/Vqc | to/ take as plunder |
- H6 — אָבַד (ʼâbad, aw-bad'): a primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy); break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.
- H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ (ʼîysh) H376 or אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh) H582; irregular plural, נָשִׁים (nâshîym);(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh) H582); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
- H962 — בָּזַז (bâzaz, baw-zaz'): a primitive root; to plunder; catch, gather, (take) for a prey, rob(-ber), spoil, take (away, spoil), [idiom] utterly.
- H2026 — הָרַג (hârag, haw-rag'): a primitive root; to smite with deadly intent; destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), [idiom] surely.
- H2428 — חַיִל (chayil, khah'-yil): from חוּל (chûwl) H2342; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength; able, activity, ([phrase]) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, ([phrase]) valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).
- H2945 — טַף (ṭaph, taf): from טָפַף (ṭâphaph) H2952 (perhaps referring to the tripping gait of children); a family (mostly used collectively in the singular); (little) children (ones), families.
- H3064 — יְהוּדִי (Yᵉhûwdîy, yeh-hoo-dee'): patronymically from יְהוּדָה (Yᵉhûwdâh) H3063; a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah); Jew.
- H4082 — מְדִינָה (mᵉdîynâh, med-ee-naw'): from דִּין (dîyn) H1777; properly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region; ([idiom] every) province.
- H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ (mâlak) H4427; a king; king, royal.
- H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ (nâphash) H5314; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
- H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
- H5892 — עִיר (ʻîyr, eer): or (in the plural) עָר (ʻâr); or עָיַר (ʻâyar); (Judges 10:4), from עוּר (ʻûwr) H5782; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
- H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם (ʻâmam) H6004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
- H5975 — עָמַד (ʻâmad, aw-mad'): a primitive root; to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive); abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, [phrase] serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-) stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
- H6696 — צוּר (tsûwr, tsoor): a primitive root; to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile); adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind (up), cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up in bags.
- H6950 — קָהַל (qâhal, 'kaw-hal'): a primitive root; to convoke; assemble (selves) (together), gather (selves) (together).
- H7998 — שָׁלָל (shâlâl, shaw-lawl'): from שָׁלַל (shâlal) H7997; booty; prey, spoil.
- H8045 — שָׁמַד (shâmad, shaw-mad'): a primitive root; to desolate; destory(-uction), bring to nought, overthrow, perish, pluck down, [idiom] utterly.
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
- H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת (ʼôwth) H226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
- H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל (kôwl); from כָּלַל (kâlal) H3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
- H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל (ʻal) H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
Verse Cross-References
- and to take the spoil — Esther 3:13, Esther 9:10, Esther 9:15-16, Isaiah 10:6
- to destroy — Psalms 37:14-15, Psalms 68:3, Psalms 137:8, Psalms 146:6-9, Ezekiel 39:10
- to gather — Esther 9:2-16
Reciprocal references (6): Genesis 49:28, Esther 7:4, Esther 9:13, Proverbs 25:5, Jeremiah 25:10, Jeremiah 48:4
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