| NASB © | Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Definition | Origin | | Thus the Jews | הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים | haiy·hu·dim, | 3064 | Jewish | from Yehudah |
| undertook | וְקִבֵּל֙ | ve·kib·bel | 6901 | to receive, take | a prim. root |
| what | אֲשֶׁר־ | a·sher- | 834 | who, which, that | a prim. pronoun |
| they had started | הֵחֵ֖לּוּ | he·chel·lu | 2490c | to pollute, defile, profane | a prim. root |
| to do, | לַעֲשֹׂ֑ות | la·'a·so·vt; | 6213a | do, make | a prim. root |
| and what | אֲשֶׁר־ | a·sher- | 834 | who, which, that | a prim. pronoun |
| Mordecai | מָרְדֳּכַ֖י | ma·re·do·chai | 4782 | a companion of Zerubbabel, also a cousin of Esther | of foreign origin |
| had written | כָּתַ֥ב | ka·tav | 3789 | to write | a prim. root |
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| KJV Lexicon And the Jews Yhuwdiy (yeh-hoo-dee') a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah) -- Jew. undertook qabal (kaw-bal') to admit, i.e. take -- choose, (take) hold, receive, (under-)take. to do `asah (aw-saw') to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application as they had begun chalal (khaw-lal') to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an opening wedge) instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound. and as Mordecai Mordkay (mor-dek-ah'-ee) Mordecai, an Israelite -- Mordecai. had written kathab (kaw-thab') to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe) -- describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten). unto them |
New American Standard (©1995) Thus the Jews undertook what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.King James Bible And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them; American King James Version And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them; American Standard Version And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them; Darby Bible Translation And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them. English Revised Version And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them; Webster's Bible Translation And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them; World English Bible The Jews accepted the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them; Young's Literal Translation And the Jews have received that which they had begun to do, and that which Mordecai hath written unto them, Latin: Biblia Sacra Vulgata susceperuntque Iudaei in sollemnem ritum cuncta quae eo tempore facere coeperant et quae Mardocheus litteris facienda mandaverat
 Accepted Agreed Begun Celebration Continue Custom Jews Mordecai Mor'decai Orders Received Started Thus Undertook Writing Written
 Accepted Agreed Begun Celebration Continue Custom Jews Mordecai Mor'decai Orders Received Started Undertook Word Writing Written
 Accepted Agreed Begun Celebration Continue Custom Jews Mordecai Mor'decai Orders Received Started Undertook Word Writing WrittenEsther 9:23 Multilingual Bible Esther 9:23 French Ester 9:23 Biblia Paralela 以 斯 帖 記 9:23 Chinese Bible |