Esther 4:16
“Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Susa, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”This verse in the real world
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- כָּנַסkânaçto collect; hence, to enfold
- צוּםtsûwmto cover over (the mouth), i.e. to fast
- שׁוּשַׁןShûwshanShushan, a place in Persia
- דָּתdâtha royal edict or statute
- כֵּןkênproperly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or c
- נַעֲרָהnaʻărâha girl (from infancy to adolescence)
- יְהוּדִיYᵉhûwdîya Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
- אָבַדʼâbadproperly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
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