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Choaspes">7800</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7800.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 7800 -- Occurrence 13 of 21">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וּבְשׁוּשַׁ֣ן<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/uveshushan_7800.htm" title="u·ve·shu·Shan: Susa -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">ū-ḇə-šū-šan</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">And in Shushan</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b :: Noun - proper - masculine singular">Conj-w, Prep-b | N-proper-ms</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/1002.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 1002: 1) palace, castle <BR> 2) temple">1002</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1002.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 1002 -- Occurrence 13 of 16">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">הַבִּירָ֗ה<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/habbirah_1002.htm" title="hab·bi·Rah,: the citadel -- Occurrence 13 of 16.">hab-bî-rāh,</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">the citadel</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Article :: Noun - feminine singular">Art | N-fs</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/2026.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 2026: 1) to kill, slay, murder, destroy, murderer, slayer, out of hand <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) to kill, slay <BR> 1a2) to destroy, ruin <BR> 1b) (Niphal) to be killed <BR> 1c) (Pual) to be killed, be slain">2026</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2026.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 2026 -- Occurrence 114 of 167">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">הָרְג֤וּ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/haregu_2026.htm" title="ha·re·Gu: killed -- Occurrence 14 of 15.">hā-rə-ḡū</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">killed</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural">V-Qal-Perf-3cp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3064.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3064: 1) Jew">3064</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3064.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3064 -- Occurrence 44 of 76">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">הַיְּהוּדִים֙<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/haiyehudim_3064.htm" title="hai·ye·hu·Dim: the Jews -- Occurrence 28 of 48.">hay-yə-hū-ḏîm</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">the Jews</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Article :: Noun - proper - masculine plural">Art | N-proper-mp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/6.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 6: 1) perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed <BR> 1a) (Qal) <BR> 1a1) perish, die, be exterminated <BR> 1a2) perish, vanish (fig.) <BR> 1a3) be lost, strayed <BR> 1b) (Piel) <BR> 1b1) to destroy, kill, cause to perish, to give up (as lost), exterminate <BR> 1b2) to blot out, do away with, cause to vanish, (fig.) <BR> 1b3) cause to stray, lose <BR> 1c) (Hiphil) <BR> 1c1) to destroy, put to death <BR> 1c1a) of divine judgment <BR> 1c2) object name of kings (fig.)">6</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 6 -- Occurrence 59 of 184">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וְאַבֵּ֔ד<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/veabbed_6.htm" title="ve·'ab·Bed,: and destroyed -- Occurrence 1 of 3.">wə-’ab-bêḏ,</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">and destroyed</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunctive waw :: Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute">Conj-w | V-Piel-InfAbs</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/2568.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 2568: 1) five <BR> 1a) five (cardinal number) <BR> 1b) a multiple of five (with another number) <BR> 1c) fifth (ordinal number)">2568</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2568.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 2568 -- Occurrence 266 of 344">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">חֲמֵ֥שׁ<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/chamesh_2568.htm" title="cha·Mesh: five -- Occurrence 62 of 94.">ḥă-mêš</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">five</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Number - feminine singular construct">Number-fsc</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3967.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3967: 1) hundred <BR> 1a) as simple number <BR> 1b) as part of larger number <BR> 1c) as a fraction-one one-hundredth (1/100)">3967</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3967.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3967 -- Occurrence 523 of 578">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">מֵא֖וֹת<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/meot_3967.htm" title="me·'ot: hundred -- Occurrence 278 of 304.">mê-’ō-wṯ</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">hundred</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Number - feminine plural">Number-fp</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 376: 1) man <BR> 1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female) <BR> 1b) husband <BR> 1c) human being, person (in contrast to God) <BR> 1d) servant <BR> 1e) mankind <BR> 1f) champion <BR> 1g) great man <BR> 2) whosoever <BR> 3) each (adjective)">376</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 376 -- Occurrence 1453 of 2006">[e]</a></span></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">אִֽישׁ׃<br /><span class="translit"><a href="/hebrew/ish_376.htm" title="'Ish.: men -- Occurrence 803 of 1097.">’îš.</a></span></td><td class="eng" valign="top">men</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun - masculine singular">N-ms</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><br /><br /><br /> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div 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href="//apostolic.interlinearbible.org/esther/9.htm">Apostolic</a> / <a href="//interlinearbible.org/esther/9.htm">Interlinear</a>)<br></span></div><div style="direction:rtl"><span class="hebrew"><span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7800.htm" title="u·ve·shu·shan: Susa -- 7800: residence of Pers. kings">וּבְשׁוּשַׁ֣ן</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1002.htm" title="hab·bi·rah: the citadel -- 1002: a castle, palace">הַבִּירָ֗ה</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2026.htm" title="ha·re·gu: killed -- 2026: to kill, slay">הָרְג֤וּ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3064.htm" title="haiy·hu·dim: the Jews -- 3064: Jewish">הַיְּהוּדִים֙</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6.htm" title="ve·'ab·bed,: and destroyed -- 6: to perish">וְאַבֵּ֔ד</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2568.htm" title="cha·mesh: five -- 2568: five">חֲמֵ֥שׁ</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3967.htm" title="me·'o·vt: hundred -- 3967: hundred">מֵאֹ֖ות</a></span>  <span class="hebrew"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/376.htm" title="ish.: men -- 376: man">אִֽישׁ׃</a></span>  </span></div><div align="left"><span class="versiontextkjvs"><a href="//kjvs.scripturetext.com/esther/9.htm">KJV with Strong's</a> </span><br><span class="kjvs"><a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/7800.htm" title="Shuwshan (shoo-shan') -- Shushan">And in Shushan</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/1002.htm" title="biyrah (bee-raw') -- palace">the palace</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3064.htm" title="Yhuwdiy (yeh-hoo-dee') -- Jew">the Jews</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2026.htm" title="harag (haw-rag') -- destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), X surely">slew</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/6.htm" title="'abad (aw-bad') -- break, destroy(- uction), + not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, X and surely">and destroyed</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/2568.htm" title="chamesh (khaw-maysh') -- fif(-teen), fifth, five (X apiece)">five</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/3967.htm" title="me'ah (may-aw') -- hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore">hundred</a> <a href="//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew/376.htm" title="'iysh (eesh) -- also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow">men</a></span></div><div align="right"><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/esther/9.htm">אסתר 9:6 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex</a><br></span><span class="heb">וּבְשׁוּשַׁ֣ן הַבִּירָ֗ה הָרְג֤וּ הַיְּהוּדִים֙ וְאַבֵּ֔ד חֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֹ֖ות אִֽישׁ׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//wlco.hebrewtanakh.com/esther/9.htm">אסתר 9:6 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)</a><br></span><span class="heb">ובשושן הבירה הרגו היהודים ואבד חמש מאות איש׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//paleo-wlc.hebrewtanakh.com/esther/9.htm">אסתר 9:6 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)</a><br></span><span class="paleoheb">ובשושן הבירה הרגו היהודים ואבד חמש מאות איש׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="//mod.hebrewtanakh.com/esther/9.htm">אסתר 9:6 Hebrew Bible</a><br></span><span class="heb">ובשושן הבירה הרגו היהודים ואבד חמש מאות איש׃</span></div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/esther/9-6.htm">Additional Parallel Hebrew</a></div><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/esther/9.htm">New American Standard Bible </a></span><br />At the citadel in Susa the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/esther/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/esther/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />In the fortress of Susa the Jews killed and destroyed 500 men, <div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="hdg">Shushan. See on</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="/esther/3-15.htm" style="color:#001320"><span class="vtext">Esther 3:15</span> The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and …</a></p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/esther/9-6.htm">Esther 9:6</a> • <a href="/niv/esther/9-6.htm">Esther 9:6 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/esther/9-6.htm">Esther 9:6 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/esther/9-6.htm">Esther 9:6 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/esther/9-6.htm">Esther 9:6 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/esther/9-6.htm">Esther 9:6 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/esther/9-6.htm">Esther 9:6 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/esther/9-6.htm">Esther 9:6 Biblia Paralela</a> • <a href="//holybible.com.cn/esther/9-6.htm">Esther 9:6 Chinese Bible</a> • <a href="//saintebible.com/esther/9-6.htm">Esther 9:6 French Bible</a> • <a href="//bibeltext.com/esther/9-6.htm">Esther 9:6 German Bible</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../esther/9-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Esther 9:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Esther 9:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../esther/9-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Esther 9:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Esther 9:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>