Study it in the app“And letters were sent by the hand of the couriers to all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to make perish all the Jews, from the young man to the old man, little ones and women, on one day, the thirteenth of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their spoil.”
And lettersוְ סְפָרִיםwere sentנִשְׁלוֹחַby the handבְּיַדof the couriersהָרָצִיםtoאֶלallכָּלthe king’sהַמֶּלֶךְprovinces,מְדִינוֹתto destroy,לְהַשְׁמִידto kill,לַהֲרֹגand to make perishוּלְאַבֵּדallכָּלthe Jews,הַיְּהוּדִיםfrom the young manמִנַּעַרtoוְעַדthe old man,זָקֵןlittle onesטַףand women,וְנָשִׁיםon oneבְּ אֶחָדday,יוֹםthe thirteenthבִּשְׁלוֹשָׁה עָשָׂרof the twelfthלְ שְׁנֵים עָשָׂרmonth,חֹדֶשׁwhichהוּאisthe monthחֹדֶשׁof Adar,אֲדָרand to plunderוּ לָבוֹזtheir spoil.שְׁלָלָם
letter
A writing sent to someone with a message or an order, like a king's letter.
Where else “sefarim” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “nishloach” appearsthrough
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appearsrunner
The swift messenger or guard on foot.
Where else “ratsim” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsprovince, district
Province, district: a territory governed by a ruler or judge.
Where else “medinot” appearsdestroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “hashmid” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “harog” appearsdestroy
To make someone or something disappear completely.
Where else “abed” appearsJew, Judean
Jew: a person of Judah, first of the kingdom of Judah and then, in general, of the people descended from it. Its first appearance is 2 Kings 16:6, where it names the men of Judah who lived in Elath. It is frequent in Jeremiah, Nehemiah and Esther.
Where else “yehudim” appearsboy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appearsold
A person of many years.
Where else “zaken” appearslittle ones
Little ones: the children of a family.
Where else “taf” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appears-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appearsdouble
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shenem” appearsmonth
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appearsAdar
Adar: the twelfth month of the calendar, between February and March. The name comes from Babylon.
Where else “adar” appearsplunder
Plunder, take spoil.
Where else “voz” appearsspoil, plunder
Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.
Where else “shelala” appears12And the king’s scribes were summoned in the first month, on the thirteenth day of it, and it was written according to all that Haman commanded, to the king’s satraps and to the governors who were over each province and to the officials of each people, to each province according to its script and each people according to its language; in the name of King Ahasuerus it was written, and it was sealed with the king’s ring.
13 · This verse (above)
14A copy of the writing, to be given as law in every province, was published to all the peoples, that they should be ready for this day.
