Study it in the app“The Jews assembled in their cities in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to stretch out their hand against those who sought their harm; and no one stood before them, for the dread of them had fallen on all the peoples.”
The Jewsהַיְּהוּדִיםassembledנִקְהֲלוּin their citiesבְּעָרֵיהֶםin allבְּכָלthe provincesמְדִינוֹתof King Ahasuerusהַמֶּלֶךְ אֳחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁto stretch outלִשְׁלֹחַtheirhandיָדagainstבִּthose who soughtמְבַקְשֵׁיtheir harm;רָעָתָםand no oneוְאִישׁ לֹאstoodעָמַדbefore them,לִפְנֵיהֶםforכִּיthe dread of themפַּחְדָּםhad fallenנָפַלonעַלallכָּלthe peoples.הָעַמִּים
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” appearsassemble
Assemble people, call them together; gather.
Where else “nikhalu” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appearsprovince, district
Province, district: a territory governed by a ruler or judge.
Where else “medinot” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsAhasuerus
Ahasuerus: the Hebrew name of a king of Persia. In Ezra 4:6 and in the book of Esther; Strong identifies him there with Xerxes.
Where else “ochashverosh” appearsstretch out
Literally "send the hand": move the arm toward something to take or strike it.
Where else “sheloach” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appearstry to get
To try to get something.
Where else “mevakshe” appearsharm
Something that hurts, a disaster.
Where else “raata” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsstand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amad” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsdread, terror
Dread, terror, sudden fear. "The Fear of Isaac" is a name for God: the one who is revered with awe.
Where else “pachda” appearsdesert
To fall upon someone, or desert to the enemy.
Where else “nafal” appearspeople
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amim” appears1And in the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day of it, when the word of the king and his law came to be carried out, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to rule over them, it was turned around, so that the Jews themselves ruled over those who hated them.
2 · This verse (above)
3And all the officials of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors, and those who did the king’s work, were supporting the Jews, for the dread of Mordecai had fallen on them.
