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On thatבַּ הַהוּאdayיּוֹםthe numberמִסְפַּרof those killedהַהֲרוּגִיםin Susa,בְּשׁוּשַׁןthe fortress,הַבִּירָהcameבָּאbeforeלִפְנֵיthe king.הַמֶּלֶךְ
Esther 9:11
Study it in the app“On that day the number of those killed in Susa, the fortress, came before the king.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 9:11, word by word
- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- the numberמִסְפַּרmispar
number
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appears- of those killedהֲרוּגִיםharugim
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “harugim” appears- in Susaשׁוּשַׁןshushan
Susa
See it on the mapWhere else “shushan” appears- the fortressבִּירָהbira
palace, 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” appears- cameבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears
Places in this verse
Susa
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).
The context
10the ten sons of Haman, son of Hammedatha, the adversary of the Jews, they killed; but on the plunder they did not stretch out their hand.
11 · This verse (above)
12And the king said to Esther the queen, “In Susa, the fortress, the Jews have killed and made perish five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman; in the rest of the king’s provinces what have they done? And what is your request? It will be given to you. And what is your petition further? It will be done.”