Study it in the app““Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Susa, and fast for me, and do not eat and do not drink for three days, night and day. I also and my young women will fast in the same way; and so I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.””
Esther decides to go in to the king, risking her life: “if I perish, I perish”Courage
“Go,לֵךְgatherכְּנוֹסallכָּלthe Jewsהַיְּהוּדִיםwho are presentהַנִּמְצְאִיםin Susa,בְּשׁוּשָׁןand fastוְצוּמוּfor me,עָלַיand do notוְאַלeatתֹּאכְלוּand do notוְאַלdrinkתִּשְׁתּוּforthreeשְׁלֹשֶׁתdays,יָמִיםnightלַיְלָהand day.וָיוֹםIאֲנִיalsoגַּםand my young womenוְנַעֲרֹתַיwill fastאָצוּםin the same way;כֵּןand soוּבְכֵןI will go inאָבוֹאtoאֶלthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְwhichאֲשֶׁרisnotלֹאaccording to the law;כַדָּתand ifוְכַאֲשֶׁרI perish,אָבַדְתִּיI perish.”אָבָדְתִּי
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appearsgather
To gather: to bring people or things together in one place.
Where else “kenos” 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” appearsbe present
To be present in a place, or to be enough.
Where else “nimtsim” appearsSusa
See it on the mapWhere else “shushan” appearsfast
Fast: go without food for a time, as a sign of grief or to seek God.
Where else “tsumu” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochlu” appearsdrink
Drink.
Where else “tishtu” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appearsnight
Night.
Where else “layla” appearsgirl
An unmarried female of marrying age.
Where else “naarota” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “avo” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearslaw, decree
Law, decree.
Where else “dat” appearsperish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “avadti” 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).
15And Esther told them to reply to Mordecai,
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17And Mordecai went away and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
