The posts
ruwts (roots)
to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush) -- break down, divide speedily, footman, guard, bring hastily, (make) run (away, through), post.
went out
yatsa' (yaw-tsaw')
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
being hastened
dachaph (daw-khaf')
to urge, i.e. hasten -- (be) haste(-ned), pressed on.
by the king's
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
commandment
dabar (daw-baw')
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
and the decree
dath (dawth)
a royal edict or statute -- commandment, commission, decree, law, manner.
was given
nathan (naw-than')
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
in Shushan
Shuwshan (shoo-shan')
Shushan, a place in Persia -- Shushan.
the palace
biyrah (bee-raw')
a castle or palace -- palace.
And the king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
and Haman
Haman (haw-mawn')
Haman, a Persian vizier -- Haman.
sat down
yashab (yaw-shab')
to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
to drink
shathah (shaw-thaw')
to imbibe -- assuredly, banquet, certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (-ard), surely.
but the city
`iyr (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Shushan
Shuwshan (shoo-shan')
Shushan, a place in Persia -- Shushan.
was perplexed
buwk (book)
to involve -- be entangled, (perplexed).
