King James Version

Esther 9:6

And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

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וּבְשׁוּשַׁ֣ןuveshushanand in Shushanשׁוּשַׁןconjunction, preposition, noun, proper name — “and in Shushan”H7800Shushan, a place in PersiaShushan.הַבִּירָ֗הhabirahthe palaceבִּירָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the palace”, the ordinary formH1002a castle or palacepalace.הָרְג֤וּharegvdestroyהָרַגverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “destroy”, a completed actionH2026to smite with deadly intentdestroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), [idiom] surely.הַיְּהוּדִים֙hayhudimthe Jewיְהוּדִיdefinite article, noun, gentilic, masculine, plural, absolute — “the Jew”, the ordinary formH3064a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)Jew.וְאַבֵּ֔דveabedand destroyאָבַדconjunction, verb, piel, infinitive absolute — “and destroy”, the verb used for emphasisH6properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.חֲמֵ֥שׁchameshfiveחָמֵשׁadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “five”, the ordinary formH2568fivefif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).מֵא֖וֹתmeothundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.אִֽישׁisha certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “a certain”, the ordinary formH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And in Shushan the castle the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

Young’s Literal Translation

and in Shushan the palace have the Jews slain and destroyed five hundred men;

World English Bible

In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.

Darby Translation

And in Shushan the fortress the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

Douay-Rheims

Insomuch that even in Susan they killed five hundred men, besides the ten sons of Aman the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews: whose names are these:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)