Study it in the app“And the Jews who were in Susa assembled also on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and they killed in Susa three hundred men; but on the plunder they did not stretch out their hand.”
And the Jewsוַ הַיְּהוּדִיםwho wereאֲשֶׁרin Susaבְּשׁוּשָׁןassembledיִּקָּהֲלוּalsoגַּםon the fourteenthבְּ אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂרdayיוֹםof the monthלְחֹדֶשׁof Adar,אֲדָרand they killedוַיַּהַרְגוּin Susaבְשׁוּשָׁןthreeשְׁלֹשׁhundredמֵאוֹתmen;אִישׁbut on the plunderוּבַבִּזָּהthey did notלֹאstretch outשָׁלְחוּtheir hand.יָדָם
Jew, 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” appearsSusa
See it on the mapWhere else “shushan” appearsassemble
Assemble people, call them together; gather.
Where else “yikahalu” appearsfour
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appears-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsmonth
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appearsAdar
Adar: the twelfth month of the calendar, between February and March. The name comes from Babylon.
Where else “adar” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “yahargu” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosh” 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” appearsplunder
Plunder: what is taken from the defeated in war or in a raid. It is of the family of "plunder" (the verb).
Where else “biza” appearsstretch out
Literally "send the hand": move the arm toward something to take or strike it.
Where else “shalchu” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yada” 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).
14And the king said that it should be done so; and a law was given in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.
15 · This verse (above)
16And the rest of the Jews who were in the king’s provinces assembled and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and killed among those who hated them seventy-five thousand; but on the plunder they did not stretch out their hand.
