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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:	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,	Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, [namely], upon the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which [is] the month Adar.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Wherein the king^H4428 granted^H5414 the Jews^H3064 which were in every city^H5892 to gather themselves together^H6950, and to stand^H5975 for their life^H5315, to destroy^H8045, to slay^H2026, and to cause to perish^H6, all the power^H2428 of the people^H5971 and province^H4082 that would assault^H6696 them, both little ones^H2945 and women^H802, and to take the spoil^H7998 of them for a prey^H962,

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Original Hebrew

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

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.
• 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.
• H2428 — חַיִל (chayil, khah'-yil): from חוּל; 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 (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; a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah); Jew.
• 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.
• H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ; 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; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from עוּר; 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; 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; 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 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; 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).
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל 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.

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