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in those days,בַּיָּמִים הָהֵםwhen King Ahasuerusכְּ הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁsatשֶׁבֶתon the throneעַל כִּסֵּאof his kingdomמַלְכוּתוֹthat wasאֲשֶׁרin Susa,בְּשׁוּשַׁןthe fortress,הַבִּירָה
Esther 1:2
Study it in the app“in those days, when King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom that was in Susa, the fortress,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 1:2, word by word
- in those daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- when King Ahasuerusמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- when King Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁachashverosh
Ahasuerus
Ahasuerus: the Hebrew name of a king of Persia. In Ezra 4:6 and in the book of Esther; Strong identifies him there with Xerxes.
Where else “achashverosh” appears- satשֶׁבֶתshevet
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “shevet” appears- on the throneכִּסֵּאkise
throne
Literally "the seat": the king's chair, or YHWH's, from which he rules.
Where else “kise” appears- of his kingdomמַלְכוּתmalchut
kingdom
A kingdom: the people and territory a king rules, or the one YHWH rules.
Where else “malchut” appears- in Susaשׁוּשַׁןshushan
Susa
See it on the mapWhere else “shushan” appears- the fortressבִּירָהbira
palace, citadel
Palace, fortress, citadel: a large, strong building. In Chronicles it is said of the house of God in Jerusalem; in Nehemiah and Esther, of a city's citadel.
Where else “bira” appears
Places in this verse
Susa
Today: Susa (Shush), southwestern Iran
The winter capital of the Persian kings, in what is now southwest Iran.
Nehemiah served the king at Susa (Neh 1:1), and Esther became queen there and saved her people (Esth 1:2; 4:16).
The context
1It happened in the days of Ahasuerus, that Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Cush, over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces,
2 · This verse (above)
3in the third year of his reign, he made a banquet for all his officials and his servants: the army of Persia and Media, the nobles and the officials of the provinces being before him,