Esther · אֶסְתֵּר

Esther 8:11

אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֣ן הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ לַיְּהוּדִ֡ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּכָל עִ֣יר וָעִ֡יר לְהִקָּהֵ֣ל וְלַעֲמֹ֣ד עַל נַפְשָׁ֡ם לְהַשְׁמִ֣יד וְלַהֲרֹ֣ג וּלְאַבֵּ֡ד אֶת כָּל חֵ֣יל עַ֣ם וּמְדִינָ֗ה הַצָּרִ֣ים אֹתָ֣ם טַ֣ף וְנָשִׁ֡ים וּשְׁלָלָ֣ם לָבֽוֹז׃
ʾasher natan hamelek layhvdiym ʾasher bkal ʿiyr vaʿiyr lhiqahel vlaʿamod ʿal napsham lhashmiyd vlaharog vlʾabed ʾet kal ḥeyl ʿam vmdiynah haṣariym ʾotam ṭaf vnashiym vshlalam labvoz
King James Version (KJV)

Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

Modern English

saying that the king allowed the Jews who were in every city to gather and defend their lives, to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any armed force of any people or province that might attack them, children and women included, and to plunder their goods,

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