Study it in the app“The couriers, riding the royal steeds, went out hurried and urged on by the word of the king; and the law was given in Susa, the fortress.”
The couriers,הָרָצִיםridingרֹכְבֵיthe royalהָאֲחַשְׁתְּרָנִיםsteeds,הָרֶכֶשׁwent outיָצְאוּhurriedמְבֹהָלִיםand urged onוּדְחוּפִיםby the wordבִּדְבַרof the king;הַמֶּלֶךְand the lawוְהַדָּתwas givenנִתְּנָהin Susa,בְּשׁוּשַׁןthe fortress.הַבִּירָה
runner
The swift messenger or guard on foot.
Where else “ratsim” 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” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsu” appearshurry
To move with haste, sometimes without thinking.
Where else “mevohalim” 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” 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).
13A copy of the writing, to be given as law in every province, was published to all the peoples, and that the Jews should be ready for this day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
14 · This verse (above)
15And Mordecai went out from before the king in a royal robe of blue and white cloth, and with a great golden crown and a mantle of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted for joy and was glad.
