Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleBy these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions. Young's Literal Translation that the king hath given to the Jews who [are] in every city and city, to be assembled, and to stand for their life, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy the whole force of the people and province who are distressing them, infants and women, and their spoil to seize. King James Bible 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, Hebrew By these lettersאֲשֶׁר֩ (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the king הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king permitted נָתַ֨ן (nā·ṯan) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set the Jews לַיְּהוּדִ֣ים ׀ (lay·yə·hū·ḏîm) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's 3064: Jews -- Jewish in each בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every and every city עִיר־ (‘îr-) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 5892: Excitement the right to assemble לְהִקָּהֵל֮ (lə·hiq·qā·hêl) Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct Strong's 6950: To gather as an assembly or congregation and defend עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against themselves, נַפְשָׁם֒ (nap̄·šām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion to destroy, לְהַשְׁמִיד֩ (lə·haš·mîḏ) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 8045: To be exterminated or destroyed kill, וְלַהֲרֹ֨ג (wə·la·hă·rōḡ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 2026: To smite with deadly intent and annihilate וּלְאַבֵּ֜ד (ū·lə·’ab·bêḏ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the forces חֵ֨יל (ḥêl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2426: An army, an intrenchment of any people עַ֧ם (‘am) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock or province וּמְדִינָ֛ה (ū·mə·ḏî·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4082: A judgeship, jurisdiction, a district, a region hostile to them, הַצָּרִ֥ים (haṣ·ṣā·rîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 6696: To confine, bind, besiege including women וְנָשִׁ֑ים (wə·nā·šîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female and children, טַ֣ף (ṭap̄) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2945: A family and to plunder וּשְׁלָלָ֖ם (ū·šə·lā·lām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 7998: A prey, spoil, plunder, booty their possessions. לָבֽוֹז׃ (lā·ḇō·wz) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 962: To spoil, plunder |