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And in Susa,וּבְשׁוּשַׁןthe fortress,הַבִּירָהthe Jewsהַיְּהוּדִיםkilledהָרְגוּand made perishוְאַבֵּדfiveחֲמֵשׁhundredמֵאוֹתmen,אִישׁ
Esther 9:6
Study it in the app“And in Susa, the fortress, the Jews killed and made perish five hundred men,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 9:6, word by word
- And 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- the Jewsיְּהוּדִיםyehudim
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” appears- killedהָרְגוּhargu
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “hargu” appears- and made perishאַבֵּדabed
destroy
To make someone or something disappear completely.
Where else “abed” appears- fiveחֲמֵשׁchamesh
five
Five.
Where else “chamesh” appears- hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” 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
5And the Jews struck all their enemies with a blow of the sword, and slaughter, and ruin, and they did to those who hated them according to their will.
6 · This verse (above)
7and Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,