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Esther 3:13

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← Esther 3:12	Esther 3:13 (KJV)	Esther 3:14 →
Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that [were] over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and [to] every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.	And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, [even] upon the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and [to take] the spoil of them for a prey.	The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And the letters^H5612 were sent^H7971 by^H3027 posts^H7323 into all the king's^H4428 provinces^H4082, to destroy^H8045, to kill^H2026, and to cause to perish^H6, all Jews^H3064, both young^H5288 and old^H2205, little children^H2945 and women^H802, in one^H259 day^H3117, even upon the thirteenth^{H7969 H6240} day of the twelfth^{H8147 H6240} month^H2320, which is the month^H2320 Adar^H143, and to take the spoil^H7998 of them for a prey^H962.

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Original Hebrew

וְנִשְׁלֹוחַ סְפָרִים בְּיַד הָרָצִים אֶל־כָּל־מְדִינֹות הַמֶּלֶךְ לְהַשְׁמִיד לַהֲרֹג וּלְאַבֵּד אֶת־כָּל־הַיְּהוּדִים מִנַּעַר וְעַד־זָקֵן טַף וְנָשִׁים בְּיֹום אֶחָד בִּשְׁלֹושָׁה עָשָׂר לְחֹדֶשׁ שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂר הוּא־חֹדֶשׁ אֲדָר וּשְׁלָלָם לָבֹוז׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/נִשְׁל֨וֹחַ	ve./nish.Lo.ach	H7971	HC/VNa	and/ they were sent
סְפָרִ֜ים	se.fa.Rim	H5612	HNcmpa	documents
בְּ/יַ֣ד	be./Yad	H3027	HR/Ncbsc	by/ (the) hand of
הָ/רָצִים֮	ha./ra.Tzim	H7323	HTd/Vqrmpa	the/ runners
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
מְדִינ֣וֹת	me.di.Not	H4082	HNcfpc	(the) provinces of
הַ/מֶּלֶךְ֒	ha./me.leKh	H4428	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ king
לְ/הַשְׁמִ֡יד	le./hash.Mid	H8045	HR/Vhc	to/ annihilate
לַ/הֲרֹ֣ג	la./ha.Rog	H2026	HR/Vqc	to/ kill
וּ/לְ/אַבֵּ֣ד	u./le./'a.Bed	H6	HC/R/Vpc	and/ to/ destroy
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
הַ֠/יְּהוּדִים	Hai./ye.hu.dim	H3064	HTd/Ngmpa	the/ Jews
מִ/נַּ֨עַר	mi./Na.'ar	H5288	HR/Ncmsa	from/ young man
וְ/עַד	ve./'ad-	H5704	HC/R	and/ unto
זָקֵ֜ן	za.Ken	H2205	HAamsa	old (man)
טַ֤ף	taf	H2945	HNcmsa	little one(s)
וְ/נָשִׁים֙	ve./na.Shim	H802	HC/Ncfpa	and/ women
בְּ/י֣וֹם	be./Yom	H3117	HR/Ncmsa	on/ a day
אֶחָ֔ד	'e.Chad	H259	HAcmsa	one
בִּ/שְׁלוֹשָׁ֥ה	bi/sh.lo.Shah	H7969	HR/Acmsa	on/ (day) thir-
עָשָׂ֛ר	'a.Sar	H6240	HAcmsa	teen
לְ/חֹ֥דֶשׁ	le./Cho.desh	H2320	HR/Ncmsa	of/ month
שְׁנֵים	she.neim-	H8147	HAcmda	two (plus)
עָשָׂ֖ר	'a.Sar	H6240	HAcmsa	ten
הוּא	hu'-	H1931	HPp3ms	that
חֹ֣דֶשׁ	Cho.desh	H2320	HNcmsc	(is) (the) month of
אֲדָ֑ר	'a.Dar	H143	HNp	Adar
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

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• 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.
• H143 — אֲדָר (ʼĂdâr, ad-awr'): probably of foreign derivation; perhaps meaning fire; Adar, the 12th Hebrew month; Adar.
• H259 — אֶחָד (ʼechâd, ekh-awd'): a numeral from אָחַד; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first; a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
• H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); 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.
• H2205 — זָקֵן (zâqên, zaw-kane'): from זָקֵן; old; aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.
• H2320 — חֹדֶשׁ (chôdesh, kho'-desh): from חָדַשׁ; the new moon; by implication, a month; month(-ly), new moon.
• H2945 — טַף (ṭaph, taf): from טָפַף (perhaps referring to the tripping gait of children); a family (mostly used collectively in the singular); (little) children (ones), families.
• H3027 — יָד (yâd, yawd): a primitive word; in distinction from כַּף, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows); a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),; ([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, [idiom] enough, [phrase] fellowship, force, [idiom] from, hand(-staves, -y work), [idiom] he, himself, [idiom] in, labour, [phrase] large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, [idiom] mine, ministry, near, [idiom] of, [idiom] order, ordinance, [idiom] our, parts, pain, power, [idiom] presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, [phrase] swear, terror, [idiom] thee, [idiom] by them, [idiom] themselves, [idiom] thine own, [idiom] thou, through, [idiom] throwing, [phrase] thumb, times, [idiom] to, [idiom] under, [idiom] us, [idiom] wait on, (way-) side, where, [phrase] wide, [idiom] with (him, me, you), work, [phrase] yield, [idiom] yourselves.
• H3064 — יְהוּדִי (Yᵉhûwdîy, yeh-hoo-dee'): patronymically from יְהוּדָה; a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah); Jew.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H4082 — מְדִינָה (mᵉdîynâh, med-ee-naw'): from דִּין; 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; a king; king, royal.
• H5288 — נַעַר (naʻar, nah'-ar): from נָעַר; (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age); babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).
• H5612 — סֵפֶר (çêpher, say'-fer): or (feminine) סִפְרָה; (Psalm 56:8 (אֲבֵדָה)), from סָפַר; properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book; bill, book, evidence, [idiom] learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.
• H6240 — עָשָׂר (ʻâsâr, aw-sawr'): for עֶשֶׂר; ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth; (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), [phrase] eleven(-th), [phrase] sixscore thousand, [phrase] twelve(-th).
• H7323 — רוּץ (rûwts, roots): a primitive root; to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush); break down, divide speedily, footman, guard, bring hastily, (make) run (away, through), post.
• H7969 — שָׁלוֹשׁ (shâlôwsh, shaw-loshe'): or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice; [phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare שָׁלִישׁ.
• H7971 — שָׁלַח (shâlach, shaw-lakh'): a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
• H7998 — שָׁלָל (shâlâl, shaw-lawl'): from שָׁלַל; booty; prey, spoil.
• H8045 — שָׁמַד (shâmad, shaw-mad'): a primitive root; to desolate; destory(-uction), bring to nought, overthrow, perish, pluck down, [idiom] utterly.
• H8147 — שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim): dual of שֵׁנִי; feminine שְׁתַּיִם; two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת 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).
• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; 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).
• H5704 — עַד (ʻad, ad): properly, the same as עַד (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with); against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• both young — 1 Samuel 15:3, 1 Samuel 22:19
• by posts — 2 Chronicles 30:6, Esther 8:10, Esther 8:14, Job 9:25, Jeremiah 51:31, Romans 3:15
• in one day — Esther 8:12-14, James 2:13
• the spoil — Esther 8:11, Esther 9:10, Isaiah 10:6

Reciprocal references (11): 2 Chronicles 30:10, Ezra 6:15, Esther 7:4, Esther 8:5, Esther 8:9, Esther 9:22, Psalms 124:3, Jeremiah 25:10, Lamentations 2:21, Daniel 3:3, Acts 12:4

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: ISRAEL-THE JEWS, POSTS
• Torrey’s: FEAST OF PURIM, OR LOTS, THE
• Nave’s: BABYLON, MAIL, MALICE, POST, REVENGE

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