Esther 8:11
In those letters, the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together and to defend their lives—to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to plunder their possessions,This verse in the real world
In what words
- צוּרtsûwrto cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hos
- טַףṭapha family (mostly used collectively in the singular)
- מְדִינָהmᵉdîynâhproperly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge)
- קָהַלqâhalto convoke
- שָׁלָלshâlâlbooty
- יְהוּדִיYᵉhûwdîya Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
- שָׁמַדshâmadto desolate
- הָרַגhâragto smite with deadly intent
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 37:14–15, Est 3:13, Psa 146:6–9, Ezk 39:10, Est 9:2–16, Psa 137:8, Psa 68:3, Isa 10:6