Study it in the app“And he wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by the hand of the couriers on horses, riding the royal steeds, sons of the mares,”
And he wroteוַיִּכְתֹּבin the nameבְּשֵׁםof King Ahasuerusהַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹשׁand sealed itוַיַּחְתֹּםwith the king’sבְּ הַמֶּלֶךְring,טַבַּעַתand sentוַיִּשְׁלַחlettersסְפָרִיםby the handבְּיַדof the couriersהָרָצִיםon horses,בַּסּוּסִיםridingרֹכְבֵיthe royalהָאֲחַשְׁתְּרָנִיםsteeds,הָרֶכֶשׁsonsבְּנֵיof the mares,הָרַמָּכִים
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “yichtov” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsAhasuerus
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” appearsseal, stop up
Seal, close up. Of the body, be blocked so that a discharge does not come out.
Where else “yachtom” appearssignet ring
The seal band the king wore on his finger.
Where else “tabaat” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appearsletter
A writing sent to someone with a message or an order, like a king's letter.
Where else “sefarim” 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” appearshorse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “susim” appearsride
To ride an animal or a chariot.
Where else “rochve” appearsroyal (horses)
A word of Persian origin, of uncertain sense, said of the horses of the king's service: "royal" or, according to others, "mules".
Where else “achashtranim” appearssteeds
Steeds: swift horses, for chariots or for the post. A rare word.
Where else “rechesh” appearsyoung
An animal's offspring, its little one.
Where else “bene” appearsmare
Mare; a word of uncertain sense that appears only once, said of the king's breeding of horses.
Where else “ramachim” appearsThe last words are of Persian origin and of uncertain sense; they describe the swift horses of the king’s service.
9And the king’s scribes were summoned at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day of it; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews and to the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces that are from India to Cush, a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, to each province according to its script and each people according to its language, and to the Jews according to their script and according to their language.
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11in which the king granted the Jews who were in every city permission to assemble and to stand for their lives, to destroy, to kill, and to make perish any army of any people or province that might harass them, little ones and women, and to plunder their spoil,
