Esther 9:2

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The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.

In other translations

The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.

Hebrew words

נִקְהֲלוּnikhaluthey assembledH6950הַיְּהוּדִיםhaiyehudimthe JewsH3064בְּעָרֵיהֶםbe'areihemin cities theirH5892בְּכָל־bekholin allH3605מְדִינוֹתmedinot[the] provinces ofH4082הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428אֳחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ'ochashverooshAhasuerusH325לִשְׁלֹחַlishloachto stretch outH7971יָדyada handH3027בִּמְבַקְשֵׁיbimvaksheion those seekingH1245רָעָתָםra'atam<of> harm theirH7451וְאִישׁve'ishand anyoneH376לֹא־lo'-notH3808עָמַד'amadhe stoodH5975לִפְנֵיהֶםlifneihem<to> before themH6440כִּי־ki-forH3588נָפַלnafalit had fallenH5307פַּחְדָּםpachdamdread of themH6343עַל־'al-onH5921כָּל־kol-allH3605הָעַמִּים׃ha'amimthe peoplesH5971

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.

People and places

People: Ahasuerus

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