Hebrew Interlinear
Esther 3:13 Interlinear
“were sent And the letters by posts provinces into all the king's to destroy to kill and to cause to perish all Jews both young and old little children and women day in one even upon the thirteenth month day of the twelfth month Adar and to take the spoil of them for a prey”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וְנִשְׁל֨וֹחַ | H7971 | were sent | to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) |
| 2 | סְפָרִ֜ים | H5612 | And the letters | properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book |
| 3 | בְּיַ֣ד | H3027 | by | a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v |
| 4 | הָֽרָצִים֮ | H7323 | posts | to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush) |
| 5 | אֶל | H413 | near, with or among; often in general, to | |
| 6 | כָּל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 7 | מְדִינ֣וֹת | H4082 | provinces | properly, a judgeship, i.e., jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region |
| 8 | הַמֶּלֶךְ֒ | H4428 | into all the king's | a king |
| 9 | לְהַשְׁמִ֡יד | H8045 | to destroy | to desolate |
| 10 | לַֽהֲרֹ֣ג | H2026 | to kill | to smite with deadly intent |
| 11 | וּלְאַבֵּ֣ד | H6 | and to cause to perish | properly, to wander away, i.e., lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy) |
| 12 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 13 | כָּל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 14 | הַ֠יְּהוּדִים | H3064 | all Jews | a jehudite (i.e., judaite or jew), or descendant of jehudah (i.e., judah) |
| 15 | מִנַּ֨עַר | H5288 | both young | (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit |
| 16 | וְעַד | H5704 | as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) | |
| 17 | זָקֵ֨ן | H2205 | and old | old |
| 18 | טַ֤ף | H2945 | little children | a family (mostly used collectively in the singular) |
| 19 | וְנָשִׁים֙ | H802 | and women | a woman |
| 20 | בְּי֣וֹם | H3117 | day | a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso |
| 21 | אֶחָ֔ד | H259 | in one | properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first |
| 22 | בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֥ה | H7969 | even upon the thirteenth | three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice |
| 23 | עָשָׂ֛ר | H6240 | ten (only in combination), i.e., -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth | |
| 24 | חֹ֣דֶשׁ | H2320 | month | the new moon; by implication, a month |
| 25 | שְׁנֵים | H8147 | day of the twelfth | two; also (as ordinal) twofold |
| 26 | עָשָׂ֖ר | H6240 | ten (only in combination), i.e., -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth | |
| 27 | הוּא | H1931 | he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo | |
| 28 | חֹ֣דֶשׁ | H2320 | month | the new moon; by implication, a month |
| 29 | אֲדָ֑ר | H143 | Adar | adar, the 12th hebrew month |
| 30 | וּשְׁלָלָ֖ם | H7998 | and to take the spoil | booty |
| 31 | לָבֽוֹז׃ | H962 | of them for a prey | to plunder |
Verse Context
Esther 3:12called scribes Then were the king's month of the first on the thirteenth...
Esther 3:13 (current)were sent And the letters by posts provinces into all the king's to destroy to kill and to cause to perish all Jews both young and old little children and women day in one even upon the thirteenth month day of the twelfth month Adar and to take the spoil of them for a prey
Esther 3:14The copy of the writing to be given for a commandment in every province...