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Esther 3:13

And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.

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ASV

And letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to slay, 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.

KJV

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.

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31 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְנִשְׁל֨וֹחַve.nish.Lo.achand they were sentH7971
סְפָרִ֜יםse.fa.RimdocumentsH5612
בְּיַ֣דbe.Yadby [the] hand ofH3027
הָרָצִים֮ha.ra.Tzimthe runnersH7323
אֶל־'el-toH413
כָּל־kol-allH3605
מְדִינ֣וֹתme.di.Not[the] provinces ofH4082
הַמֶּלֶךְ֒ha.me.leKhthe kingH4428
לְהַשְׁמִ֡ידle.hash.Midto annihilateH8045
לַהֲרֹ֣גla.ha.Rogto killH2026
וּלְאַבֵּ֣דu.le.'a.Bedand to destroyH6
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל־kol-allH3605
הַ֠יְּהוּדִיםHai.ye.hu.dimthe JewsH3064
מִנַּ֨עַרmi.Na.'arfrom young manH5288
וְעַד־ve.'ad-and untoH5704
זָקֵ֜ןza.Kenold [man]H2205
טַ֤ףtaflittle one[s]H2945
וְנָשִׁים֙ve.na.Shimand womenH802
בְּי֣וֹםbe.Yomon a dayH3117
אֶחָ֔ד'e.ChadoneH259
בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֥הbish.lo.Shahon [day] thir-H7969
עָשָׂ֛ר'a.SarteenH6240
לְחֹ֥דֶשׁle.Cho.deshof monthH2320
שְׁנֵים־she.neim-two [plus]H8147
עָשָׂ֖ר'a.SartenH6240
הוּא־hu'-thatH1931
חֹ֣דֶשׁCho.desh[is] [the] month ofH2320
אֲדָ֑ר'a.DarAdarH143
וּשְׁלָלָ֖םu.she.la.Lamand spoil theirH7998
לָבֽוֹז׃la.Vozto take as plunderH962

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Esther Before the King — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Esther Before the King — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain