Esther 4:16a AMPC: Go, gather together אֶת (=𝐉𝐄𝐒𝐔𝐒, ALEPH TAV)־כָּל(all)־הַיְּהוּדִים (the Jews) that are 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 Shushan (=𝐣𝐨𝐲), and 𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐓 (=צוּמוֹ, tzom) 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞, and neither eat nor drink three days
It cannot be that the word “tzom” only means “to refrain from eating or drinking.” After all, in the very same verse Esther also says, “V’al tochlu v’al tishtu–and do not eat and do not drink” (Megillat Esther 4:16).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jx9CNvrv8Y
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mattityahu%204:1-3&version=OJB
https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/shushan/
https://alephtavscriptures.com/
http://www.sarshalom.us/resources/scripture/asv/html/matthew.html?
http://www.sarshalom.us/resources/scripture/asv/html/esther.html?