Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThe couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa. Young's Literal Translation The runners, riding on the dromedary, [and] the mules, have gone out, hastened and pressed by the word of the king, and the law hath been given in Shushan the palace. King James Bible [So] the posts that rode upon mules [and] camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace. Hebrew The couriersהָרָצִ֞ים (hā·rā·ṣîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7323: To run rode רֹכְבֵ֤י (rō·ḵə·ḇê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 7392: To ride, to place upon, to despatch out יָֽצְא֛וּ (yā·ṣə·’ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim in haste מְבֹהָלִ֥ים (mə·ḇō·hā·lîm) Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 926: To tremble inwardly, be, alarmed, agitated, to hasten anxiously on their royal הָֽאֲחַשְׁתְּרָנִ֔ים (hā·’ă·ḥaš·tə·rā·nîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 327: A mule horses, הָרֶ֙כֶשׁ֙ (hā·re·ḵeš) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7409: A relay of animals on a, post-route, a courser pressed on וּדְחוּפִ֖ים (ū·ḏə·ḥū·p̄îm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural Strong's 1765: To drive, hasten by the command בִּדְבַ֣ר (biḏ·ḇar) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause of the king. הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king And the edict וְהַדָּ֥ת (wə·had·dāṯ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1881: A royal edict, statute was also issued נִתְּנָ֖ה (nit·tə·nāh) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set 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 |