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Esther 9:16-22

16AndtheotherJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֡יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064thatwereintheking’sהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428provincesH4082gatheredthemselvestogether,andstoodוְעָמֹ֣דve.'a.ModH5975fortheirlivesנַפְשָׁ֗םnaf.ShamH5315,andhadrestH7605fromtheirenemiesמֵאֹ֣יְבֵיהֶ֔םme.'O.ye.vei.HemH341,andslewH2026ofthemthathatedבְּשֹׂ֣נְאֵיהֶ֔םbe.So.ne.'ei.HemH8130themseventyוְשִׁבְעִ֖יםve.shiv.'ImH7657andfiveחֲמִשָּׁ֥הcha.mi.ShahH2568thousandאָ֑לֶף'A.lefH505;butonthespoiltheylaidnottheirhandיָדָֽם׃ya.DamH3027.

17Thiswasdoneonthethirteenthdayבְּיוֹם־be.yom-H3117ofthemonthלְחֹ֣דֶשׁle.Cho.deshH2320Adarאֲדָ֑ר'a.DarH143;andonthefourteenthdayי֖וֹםYomH3117ofthesametheyrestedוְנ֗וֹחַve.No.achH5117,andmadeH6213itadayH3117offeastingמִשְׁתֶּ֥הmish.TehH4960andgladnessH8057.

18ButtheJewsוְהַיְּהוּדִ֣יםve.hai.ye.hu.di.yimH3064thatwereinShushanassembledH6950togetherH6950onthethirteenthdayי֖וֹםYomH3117thereof,andonthefourteenth thereof;andonthefifteenthdayH3117ofthesametheyrestedוְנ֗וֹחַve.No.achH5117,andmadeH6213itadayH3117offeastingמִשְׁתֶּ֥הmish.TehH4960andgladnessH8057.

19ThereforeH3651dotheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֣יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064ofthevillages,thatdwellהַיֹּשְׁבִים֮hai.yo.she.VimH3427intheunwalledtowns,makeH6213thefourteenthdayי֣וֹםYomH3117ofthemonthלְחֹ֣דֶשׁle.Cho.deshH2320Adarאֲדָ֔ר'a.DarH143adayוְי֣וֹםve.YomH3117ofgladnessH8057andfeastingוּמִשְׁתֶּ֖הu.mish.TehH4960,andagoodט֑וֹבTovH2896dayH3117,andofsendingוּמִשְׁל֥וֹחַu.mish.Lo.achH4916portionsמָנ֖וֹתma.NotH4490oneH376toanother.

20AndMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֔יma.re.do.KhaiH4782wroteH3789thesethingsH1697,andsentH7971lettersסְפָרִ֜יםse.fa.RimH5612untoalltheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֗יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064thatwereinalltheprovincesH4082ofthekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325,bothnighandfarוְהָרְחוֹקִֽים׃ve.ha.re.cho.KimH7350,

21toenjointhemthattheyshouldkeepthefourteenthdayי֣וֹםYomH3117ofthemonthלְחֹ֣דֶשׁle.Cho.deshH2320Adarאֲדָ֔ר'a.DarH143,andthefifteenthdayיוֹם־yom-H3117ofthesame,yearly,

22asthedaysכַּיָּמִ֗יםkai.ya.MimH3117whereintheJewsהַיְּהוּדִים֙hai.ye.hu.DimH3064hadrestנָ֨חוּNa.chuH5117fromtheirenemiesמֵא֣וֹיְבֵיהֶ֔םme.'oy.vei.HemH341,andthemonthוְהַחֹ֗דֶשׁve.ha.Cho.deshH2320whichwasturnedH2015untothemfromsorrowמִיָּגוֹן֙mi.ya.goyNH3015togladnessH8057,andfrommourningוּמֵאֵ֖בֶלu.me.'E.velH60intoagoodט֑וֹבTovH2896dayלְי֣וֹםle.YomH3117;thattheyshouldmakeלַעֲשׂ֣וֹתla.'a.SotH6213themdaysיְמֵי֙ye.MeiH3117offeastingמִשְׁתֶּ֣הmish.TehH4960andgladnessH8057,andofsendingוּמִשְׁל֤וֹחַu.mish.Lo.achH4916portionsמָנוֹת֙ma.nOtH4490oneH376toanother,andgiftsוּמַתָּנ֖וֹתu.ma.ta.NotH4979tothepoor.

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