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Esther 8:10-14

10AndhewroteH3789inthenameבְּשֵׁם֙be.ShemH8034ofkingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרֹ֔שׁ'a.chash.ve.RoshH325,andsealedוַיַּחְתֹּ֖םvai.yach.TomH2856itwiththeking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428ringH2885,andsentH7971lettersסְפָרִ֡יםse.fa.RimH5612bypostsonhorseback,ridingH7392onswiftsteedsהָרֶ֙כֶשׁ֙ha.Re.kheshH7409thatwereusedintheking’sH4428service, bredofthestud:

11whereinthekingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428grantedtheJewsלַיְּהוּדִ֣ים׀lai.ye.hu.DimH3064thatwereineverycityH5892togatherthemselvestogether,andtostandוְלַעֲמֹ֣דve.la.'a.ModH5975fortheirlifeנַפְשָׁם֒naf.ShamH5315,todestroyH8045,toslayH2026,andtocausetoperishH6,allthepowerofthepeopleעַ֧ם'amH5971andprovinceוּמְדִינָ֛הu.me.di.NahH4082thatwouldassaultthem,theirlittleטַ֣ףtafH2945onesH2945andwomenH802,andtotakeלָבֽוֹז׃la.VozH962thespoilוּשְׁלָלָ֖םu.she.la.LamH7998ofthemforaprey,

12upononeאֶחָ֔ד'e.ChadH259dayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117inalltheprovincesH4082ofkingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325, namely, uponthethirteenthdayH3117ofthetwelfthmonthלְחֹ֥דֶשׁle.Cho.deshH2320,whichisthemonthחֹ֥דֶשׁCho.deshH2320Adarאֲדָֽר׃'a.DarH143.

13Acopyפַּתְשֶׁ֣גֶןpat.She.genH6572ofthewriting,thatthedecreeshouldbeוְלִהְי֨וֹתve.lih.YotH1961givenH5414outineveryprovinceH4082,wasH1961publisheduntoallthepeoplesH5971,andthattheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֤יםhai.ye.hu.di.yimH3064shouldbeH1961readyagainstthatdayלַיּ֣וֹםlai.YomH3117toavengeלְהִנָּקֵ֖םle.hi.na.KemH5358themselvesontheirenemiesמֵאֹיְבֵיהֶֽם׃me.'o.ye.vei.HemH341.

14SothepoststhatrodeH7392uponswiftsteedsהָרֶ֙כֶשׁ֙ha.Re.kheshH7409thatwereusedintheking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428servicewentH3318out, beinghastenedandpressedonbytheking’sH4428commandment;andthedecreewasgivenH5414outinShushanthepalace.

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