The Jews
Yhuwdiy (yeh-hoo-dee')
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah) -- Jew.
gathered themselves together
qahal ('kaw-hal')
to convoke -- assemble (selves) (together), gather (selves) (together).
in their cities
`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.
throughout all the provinces
mdiynah (med-ee-naw')
a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge); generally, a region -- (every) province.
of the king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
Ahasuerus
'Achashverowsh (akh-ash-vay-rosh')
of Persian origin; Achashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes, but in this case Xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a Persian king -- Ahasuerus.
to lay
shalach (shaw-lakh')
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
hand
yad (yawd)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
on such as sought
baqash (baw-kash')
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
their hurt
ra` (rah)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
and no man
'iysh (eesh)
a 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)
could withstand
`amad (aw-mad')
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
them
paniym (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
for the fear
pachad (pakh'-ad)
a (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling) -- dread(-ful), fear, (thing) great (fear, -ly feared), terror.
of them fell
naphal (naw-fal')
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
upon all people
`am (am)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people.
