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| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְנִשְׁל֨וֹחַ | ve.nish.Lo.ach | and they were sent | H7971 → |
| סְפָרִ֜ים | se.fa.Rim | documents | H5612 → |
| בְּיַ֣ד | be.Yad | by [the] hand of | H3027 → |
| הָרָצִים֮ | ha.ra.Tzim | the runners | H7323 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → |
| מְדִינ֣וֹת | me.di.Not | [the] provinces of | H4082 → |
| הַמֶּלֶךְ֒ | ha.me.leKh | the king | H4428 → |
| לְהַשְׁמִ֡יד | le.hash.Mid | to annihilate | H8045 → |
| לַהֲרֹ֣ג | la.ha.Rog | to kill | H2026 → |
| וּלְאַבֵּ֣ד | u.le.'a.Bed | and to destroy | H6 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → |
| הַ֠יְּהוּדִים | Hai.ye.hu.dim | the Jews | H3064 → |
| מִנַּ֨עַר | mi.Na.'ar | from young man | H5288 → |
| וְעַד־ | ve.'ad- | and unto | H5704 → |
| זָקֵ֜ן | za.Ken | old [man] | H2205 → |
| טַ֤ף | taf | little one[s] | H2945 → |
| וְנָשִׁים֙ | ve.na.Shim | and women | H802 → |
| בְּי֣וֹם | be.Yom | on a day | H3117 → |
| אֶחָ֔ד | 'e.Chad | one | H259 → |
| בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֥ה | bish.lo.Shah | on [day] thir- | H7969 → |
| עָשָׂ֛ר | 'a.Sar | teen | H6240 → |
| לְחֹ֥דֶשׁ | le.Cho.desh | of month | H2320 → |
| שְׁנֵים־ | she.neim- | two [plus] | H8147 → |
| עָשָׂ֖ר | 'a.Sar | ten | H6240 → |
| הוּא־ | hu'- | that | H1931 → |
| חֹ֣דֶשׁ | Cho.desh | [is] [the] month of | H2320 → |
| אֲדָ֑ר | 'a.Dar | Adar | H143 → |
| וּשְׁלָלָ֖ם | u.she.la.Lam | and spoil their | H7998 → |
| לָבֽוֹז׃ | la.Voz | to take as plunder | H962 → |
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