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Esther 9:16

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For the Jews that [were] in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.	But the other Jews that [were] in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,	On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

But the other^H7605 Jews^H3064 that were in the king's^H4428 provinces^H4082 gathered themselves together^H6950, and stood^H5975 for their lives^H5315, and had rest^H5118 from their enemies^H341, and slew^H2026 of their foes^H8130 seventy^H7657 and five^H2568 thousand^H505, but they laid^H7971 not their hands^H3027 on the prey^H961,

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Original Hebrew

וּשְׁאָר הַיְּהוּדִים אֲשֶׁר בִּמְדִינֹות הַמֶּלֶךְ נִקְהֲלוּ ׀ וְעָמֹד עַל־נַפְשָׁם וְנֹוחַ מֵאֹיְבֵיהֶם וְהָרֹג בְּשֹׂנְאֵיהֶם חֲמִשָּׁה וְשִׁבְעִים אָלֶף וּבַבִּזָּה לֹא שָׁלְחוּ אֶת־יָדָם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וּ/שְׁאָ֣ר	u./she.'Ar	H7605	HC/Ncmsc	and/ (the) remainder of
הַ/יְּהוּדִ֡ים	hai./ye.hu.Dim	H3064	HTd/Ngmpa	the/ Jews
אֲשֶׁר֩	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	who
בִּ/מְדִינ֨וֹת	bi/m.di.Not	H4082	HR/Ncfpc	(were) in/ (the) provinces of
הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְ	ha./Me.lekh	H4428	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ king
נִקְהֲל֣וּ	nik.ha.Lu	H6950	HVNp3cp	they assembled
וְ/עָמֹ֣ד	ve./'a.Mod	H5975	HC/Vqa	and/ they made a stand
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
נַפְשָׁ֗/ם	naf.Sha/m	H5315	HNcbsc/Sp3mp	life/ their
וְ/נ֨וֹחַ֙	ve./No.ach	H5118	HC/Vqa	and/ they had rest
מֵ/אֹ֣יְבֵי/הֶ֔ם	me./'O.ye.vei./Hem	H341	HR/Vqrmpc/Sp3mp	from/ enemies/ their
וְ/הָרֹג֙	ve./ha.Rog	H2026	HC/Vqa	and/ they killed
בְּ/שֹׂ֣נְאֵי/הֶ֔ם	be./So.ne.'ei./Hem	H8130	HR/Vqrmpc/Sp3mp	among/ (those who) hated/ them
חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה	cha.mi.Shah	H2568	HAcmsa	five
וְ/שִׁבְעִ֖ים	ve./shiv.'Im	H7657	HC/Acbpa	and/ seventy
אָ֑לֶף	'A.lef	H505	HAcbsa	thousand
וּ/בַ֨/בִּזָּ֔ה	u./Va/b.bi.Zah	H961	HC/Rd/Ncfsa	and/ on the/ plunder
לֹ֥א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
שָֽׁלְח֖וּ	sha.le.Chu	H7971	HVqp3cp	they stretched out
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
יָדָֽ/ם	ya.Da/m	H3027	HNcbsc/Sp3mp	hand/ their

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

Strong's References

• H341 — אֹיֵב (ʼôyêb, o-yabe'): or (fully) אוֹיֵב; active participle of אָיַב; hating; an adversary; enemy, foe.
• H505 — אֶלֶף (ʼeleph, eh'-lef): prop, the same as אֶלֶף; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand; thousand.
• H961 — בִּזָּה (bizzâh, biz-zaw'): feminine of בַּז; booty; prey, spoil.
• 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.
• H2568 — חָמֵשׁ (châmêsh, khaw-maysh'): masculine חֲמִשָּׁה; a primitive numeral; five; fif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).
• 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.
• 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.
• H5118 — נוּחַ (nûwach, noo'-akh): or נוֹחַ; from נוּחַ; quiet; rest(-ed, -ing place).
• 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.
• 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.
• H6950 — קָהַל (qâhal, 'kaw-hal'): a primitive root; to convoke; assemble (selves) (together), gather (selves) (together).
• H7605 — שְׁאָר (shᵉʼâr, sheh-awr'): from שָׁאַר; a remainder; [idiom] other, remnant, residue, rest.
• H7657 — שִׁבְעִים (shibʻîym, shib-eem'): multiple of שֶׁבַע; seventy; seventy, threescore and ten ([phrase] -teen).
• 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).
• H8130 — שָׂנֵא (sânêʼ, saw-nay'): a primitive root; to hate (personally); enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, [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).
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
• 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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