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Esther 8:8-10

8WriteH3789yealsototheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֜יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064,asitpleasethyou,intheking’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428nameבְּשֵׁ֣םbe.ShemH8034,andsealוְחִתְמ֖וּve.chit.MuH2856itwiththeking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428ringH2885;forthewritingH3789whichiswrittenH3789intheking’sהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428nameבְּשֵׁם־be.shem-H8034,andsealedוְנַחְתּ֛וֹםve.nach.TomH2856withtheking’sהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428ringH2885,maynomanreverse.

9Thenweretheking’sהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428scribesH5608calledH7121atthattimeבָּֽעֵת־ba.'et-H6256,inthethirdהַשְּׁלִישִׁ֜יha.she.li.ShiH7992monthבַּחֹ֨דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320,whichisthemonthחֹ֣דֶשׁCho.deshH2320Sivan,onthethreeבִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֣הbish.lo.ShahH7969andtwentiethdaythereof;anditwaswrittenH3789accordingtoallthatMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֣יma.re.do.KhaiH4782commandedצִוָּ֣הtzi.VahH6680untotheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֡יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064,andtothesatrapsהָאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִֽים־ha.'a.chash.dar.pe.nim-H323,andthegovernorsוְהַפַּחוֹת֩ve.ha.pa.chOtH6346andprincesH8269oftheprovincesH4082whicharefromIndiaמֵהֹ֣דּוּme.Ho.duH1912untoEthiopia,ahundredוּמֵאָה֙u.me.'AhH3967twentyH6242andsevenשֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'H7651provincesH4082, untoeveryprovinceH4082accordingtothewritingH3789thereof,anduntoeverypeopleH5971aftertheirlanguageכִּלְשֹׁנ֑וֹkil.sho.NoH3956,andtotheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֔יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064accordingtotheirwritingH3789,andaccordingtotheirlanguageוְכִלְשׁוֹנָֽם׃ve.khil.sho.NamH3956.

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

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