Study it in the app“in 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,”
in whichאֲשֶׁרthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְgrantedנָתַןthe Jewsלַיְּהוּדִיםwho wereאֲשֶׁרin everyבְּכָלcityעִיר וָעִירpermissionto assembleלְהִקָּהֵלand to standוְלַעֲמֹדforעַלtheir lives,נַפְשָׁםto destroy,לְהַשְׁמִידto kill,וְלַהֲרֹגand to make perishוּלְאַבֵּדanyכָּלarmyחֵילof any peopleעַםor provinceוּמְדִינָהthat might harassהַצָּרִיםthem,אֹתָםlittle onesטַףand women,וְנָשִׁיםand to plunderוּ לָבוֹזtheir spoil,שְׁלָלָם
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” 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” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsassemble
Assemble people, call them together; gather.
Where else “hikahel” appearsstand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amod” appearslife
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsha” appearsdestroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “hashmid” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “harog” appearsdestroy
To make someone or something disappear completely.
Where else “abed” appearsarmy
A body of soldiers, a king's armed force.
Where else “chel” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsprovince, district
Province, district: a territory governed by a ruler or judge.
Where else “medina” appearsbe an enemy
To be someone's enemy.
Where else “tsarim” appearslittle ones
Little ones: the children of a family.
Where else “taf” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appearsplunder
Plunder, take spoil.
Where else “voz” appearsspoil, plunder
Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.
Where else “shelala” appearsThe decree repeats the words of Haman’s decree (3:13), now in favor of the Jews and only against those who would attack them.
10And 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,
11 · This verse (above)
12on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.
