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Esther 9:1-6

1Nowinthetwelfthmonthחֹ֜דֶשׁCho.deshH2320,whichisthemonthחֹ֣דֶשׁCho.deshH2320Adarאֲדָ֗ר'a.DarH143,onthethirteenthdayיוֹם֙yOmH3117ofthesame,whentheking’sהַמֶּ֛לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428commandmentandhisdecreedrewneartobeputinexecution,onthedayבַּיּ֗וֹםbai.YomH3117thattheenemiesאֹיְבֵ֤י'o.ye.VeiH341oftheJewsהַיְּהוּדִים֙hai.ye.hu.DimH3064hopedtohaveruleoverthem(whereasitwasturnedH2015tothecontrary,thattheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֛יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064hadruleoverthemthathatedבְּשֹׂנְאֵיהֶֽם׃be.so.ne.'ei.HemH8130them),

2theJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֜יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064gatheredthemselvestogetherintheircitiesבְּעָרֵיהֶ֗םbe.'a.rei.HemH5892throughoutalltheprovincesH4082ofthekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֳחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ'o.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325,tolayhandיָ֔דYadH3027onsuchassoughtבִּמְבַקְשֵׁ֖יbim.vak.SheiH1245theirhurt:andnomanH376couldwithstandthem;forthefearH6343ofthemwasfallenH5307uponallthepeoplesH5971.

3AndalltheprincesH8269oftheprovincesH4082,andthesatrapsוְהָאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִ֣יםve.ha.'a.chash.dar.pe.NimH323,andthegovernorsוְהַפַּח֗וֹתve.ha.pa.ChotH6346,andtheythatdidtheking’sלַמֶּ֔לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428businessH4399, helpedtheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֑יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064;becausethefearH6343ofMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֖יma.re.do.KhaiH4782wasfallenH5307uponthem.

4ForMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַי֙ma.re.do.KhaiH4782wasgreatגָ֤דוֹלGa.dolH1419intheking’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004,andhisfamewentH1980forththroughoutalltheprovincesH4082;forthemanהָאִ֥ישׁha.'IshH376Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֖יma.re.do.KhaiH4782waxedgreaterH1419andgreaterH1419.

5AndtheJewsהַיְּהוּדִים֙hai.ye.hu.DimH3064smotealltheirenemiesאֹ֣יְבֵיהֶ֔ם'o.ye.vei.HemH341withthestrokeoftheswordחֶ֥רֶבChe.revH2719,andwithslaughterH4347anddestruction,anddidwhattheywoulduntothemthathatedבְשֹׂנְאֵיהֶ֖םve.so.ne.'ei.HemH8130them.

6AndinShushanthepalacetheJewsהַיְּהוּדִים֙hai.ye.hu.DimH3064slewH2026anddestroyedוְאַבֵּ֔דve.'a.BedH6fiveחֲמֵ֥שׁcha.MeshH2568hundredH3967menאִֽישׁ׃'IshH376.

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