Esther 1:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
In those days King Xerxes sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.

Young's Literal Translation
in those days, at the sitting of the king Ahasuerus on the throne of his kingdom, that [is] in Shushan the palace,

King James Bible
[That] in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which [was] in Shushan the palace,

Hebrew
In those
הָהֵ֑ם (hā·hêm)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

days
בַּיָּמִ֖ים (bay·yā·mîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day

King
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

Xerxes
אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ (’ă·ḥaš·wê·rō·wōš)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 325: Ahasuerus -- king of Persia

sat
כְּשֶׁ֣בֶת ׀ (kə·še·ḇeṯ)
Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7675: Session, an abode, locality

on
עַ֚ל (‘al)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

his royal
מַלְכוּת֔וֹ (mal·ḵū·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4438: Royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom

throne
כִּסֵּ֣א (kis·sê)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3678: Seat of honor, throne

in the citadel
הַבִּירָֽה׃ (hab·bî·rāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1002: A castle, palace

of Susa.
בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ן (bə·šū·šan)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7800: Susa -- residence of person kings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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