Study it in the app“The couriers went out urged on by the word of the king, and the law was given in Susa, the fortress. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.”
The couriersהָרָצִיםwent outיָצְאוּurged onדְחוּפִיםby the wordבִּדְבַרof the king,הַמֶּלֶךְand the lawוְהַדָּתwas givenנִתְּנָהin Susa,בְּשׁוּשַׁןthe fortress.הַבִּירָהAnd the kingוְהַמֶּלֶךְand Hamanוְהָמָןsat downיָשְׁבוּto drink,לִשְׁתּוֹתbut the cityוְהָעִירof Susaשׁוּשָׁןwas in confusion.נָבוֹכָה
runner
The swift messenger or guard on foot.
Where else “ratsim” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsu” appearshurry, hasten
Hurry, hasten; push someone to go quickly.
Where else “dechufim” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearslaw, decree
Law, decree.
Where else “dat” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “nitna” appearsSusa
See it on the mapWhere else “shushan” appearspalace, 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” appearsHaman
Haman: the man whom King Ahasuerus set above all his officials; he wanted to destroy the Jews and ended hanged on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai.
Where else “haman” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yashvu” appearsdrink
Drink.
Where else “shetot” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearswander in confusion
Wander lost, not knowing which way to go.
Where else “navocha” appearsSusa
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).
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.
15 · This verse (above)
