Study it in the app“And 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.””
And the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְsaidיֹּאמֶרto Estherלְאֶסְתֵּרthe queen,הַמַּלְכָּה“In Susa,בְּשׁוּשַׁןthe fortress,הַבִּירָהthe Jewsהַיְּהוּדִיםhave killedהָרְגוּand made perishוְאַבֵּדfiveחֲמֵשׁhundredמֵאוֹתmenאִישׁandוְthe tenעֲשֶׂרֶתsonsבְּנֵיof Haman;הָמָןin the restבִּשְׁאָרof the king’sהַמֶּלֶךְprovincesמְדִינוֹתwhatמֶהhave they done?עָשׂוּAnd whatוּמַהisyour request?שְּׁאֵלָתֵךְIt will be givenוְיִנָּתֵןto you.לָךְAnd whatוּמַהisyour petitionבַּקָּשָׁתֵךְfurther?עוֹדIt will be done.”וְתֵעָשׂ
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsEsther
Esther: the other name of Hadassah, the Jewish young woman, cousin of Mordecai, who became queen of Persia and delivered her people.
Where else “ester” appearsqueen
Queen: a woman who reigns or the chief wife of a king. It is said of the queen of Sheba and of the queens in the book of Esther.
Where else “malka” 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” 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” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “hargu” appearsdestroy
To make someone or something disappear completely.
Where else “abed” appearsfive
Five.
Where else “chamesh” appearshundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsten
Ten.
Where else “aseret” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appearsHaman
Haman: the man whom King Ahasuerus set above all his officials; he wanted to destroy the Jews and ended hanged on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai.
Where else “haman” appearsrest, remainder
Rest: what is left of something.
Where else “shear” appearsprovince, district
Province, district: a territory governed by a ruler or judge.
Where else “medinot” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appearsrequest
Request: what one asks of another.
Where else “sheelate” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yinaten” appearsrequest
Request: what someone asks of a king or of God.
Where else “bakashate” 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).
11On that day the number of those killed in Susa, the fortress, came before the king.
12 · This verse (above)
13And Esther said, “If it seems good to the king, let it be granted also tomorrow to the Jews who are in Susa to do according to the law of today; and let them hang the ten sons of Haman on the pole.”
