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Esther 9:19-32

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.

23AndtheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֔יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064undertooktodoastheyhadbegunH2490,andasMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֖יma.re.do.KhaiH4782hadwrittenH3789untothem;

24becauseHamanהָמָ֨ןha.ManH2001thesonבֶּֽן־ben-H1121ofHammedatha,theAgagiteהָֽאֲגָגִ֗יha.'a.ga.GiH91,theenemyofalltheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֔יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064,hadplottedH2803againsttheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֖יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064todestroyלְאַבְּדָ֑םle.'a.be.DamH6them,andhadcastוְהִפִּ֥ילve.hi.PilH5307Purפּוּר֙purH6332,thatisthelotהַגּוֹרָ֔לha.go.RalH1486,toconsumethem,andtodestroyוּֽלְאַבְּדָֽם׃U.le.'a.be.DamH6them;

25butwhenH834themattercameH935beforethekingהַמֶּלֶךְ֒ha.me.leKhH4428,hecommandedbylettersהַסֵּ֔פֶרha.Se.ferH5612thathiswickedH7451device,whichhehaddevisedagainsttheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֖יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064,shouldreturnיָשׁ֞וּבya.ShuvH7725uponhisownheadרֹאשׁ֑וֹro.ShoH7218,andthatheandhissonsבָּנָ֖יוba.NavH1121shouldbehangedוְתָל֥וּve.ta.LuH8518onthegallowsהָעֵֽץ׃ha.'EtzH6086.

26Whereforetheycalledקָֽרְאוּ֩ka.re.'UH7121thesedaysלַיָּמִ֨יםlai.ya.MimH3117Purimפוּרִים֙fu.RimH6332,afterthenameשֵׁ֣םshemH8034ofPurהַפּ֔וּרha.PurH6332.ThereforeH3651becauseofallthewordsדִּבְרֵ֖יdiv.ReiH1697ofthisletterהָאִגֶּ֣רֶתha.'i.Ge.retH107,andofthatwhichtheyhadseenH7200concerningthismatterH1697,andthatwhichhadcomeuntothem,

27theJewsהַיְּהוּדִים֩׀hai.ye.hu.DimH3064ordained,andtookuponthem,andupontheirseedH2233,anduponallsuchasjoinedthemselvesuntothem,sothatitshouldnotfail,thattheywouldkeepthesetwoשְׁנֵ֤יshe.NeiH8147daysהַיָּמִים֙hai.ya.MimH3117accordingtothewritingthereof,andaccordingtotheappointedוְכִזְמַנָּ֑םve.khiz.ma.NamH2165timethereof,everyyearH8141;

28andthatthesedaysוְהַיָּמִ֣יםve.hai.ya.MimH3117shouldberememberedנִזְכָּרִ֨יםniz.ka.RimH2142andkeptthroughouteverygenerationH1755,everyfamilyH4940,everyprovinceH4082,andeverycityH5892;andthatthesedaysוִימֵ֞יvi.MeiH3117ofPurimהַפּוּרִ֣יםha.pu.RimH6332shouldnotfailfromamongtheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֔יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064,northeremembranceH2142ofthemperishfromtheirseedH2233.

29ThenEstherאֶסְתֵּ֨ר'es.TerH635thequeenהַמַּלְכָּ֧הha.mal.KahH4436,thedaughterבַת־vat-H1323ofAbihailאֲבִיחַ֛יִל'a.vi.Cha.yilH32,andMordecaiוּמָרְדֳּכַ֥יu.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782theJewהַיְּהוּדִ֖יhai.ye.hu.DiH3064,wroteH3789withallauthoritytoconfirmthissecondהַשֵּׁנִֽית׃ha.she.NitH8145letterאִגֶּ֧רֶת'i.Ge.retH107ofPurimהַפּוּרִ֛יםha.pu.RimH6332.

30AndhesentH7971lettersסְפָרִ֜יםse.fa.RimH5612untoalltheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֗יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064,tothehundredוּמֵאָה֙u.me.'AhH3967twentyוְעֶשְׂרִ֤יםve.'es.RimH6242andsevenשֶׁ֨בַעShe.va'H7651provincesמְדִינָ֔הme.di.NahH4082ofthekingdomמַלְכ֖וּתmal.KhutH4438ofAhasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325,withwordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697ofpeaceשָׁל֖וֹםsha.LomH7965andtruthוֶאֱמֶֽת׃ve.'e.MetH571,

31toconfirmthesedaysיְמֵי֩ye.MeiH3117ofPurimהַפֻּרִ֨יםha.pu.RimH6332intheirappointedבִּזְמַנֵּיהֶ֗םbiz.ma.nei.HemH2165times,accordingasMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֤יma.re.do.KhaiH4782theJewהַיְּהוּדִי֙hai.ye.hu.DiH3064andEstherוְאֶסְתֵּ֣רve.'es.TerH635thequeenהַמַּלְכָּ֔הha.mal.KahH4436hadenjoinedthem,andastheyhadordainedforthemselvesandfortheirseedH2233,inthematterH1697ofthefastingsandtheircryוְזַעֲקָתָֽם׃ve.za.'a.ka.TamH2201.

32AndthecommandmentofEstherאֶסְתֵּ֔ר'es.TerH635confirmedthesemattersH1697ofPurimהַפֻּרִ֖יםha.pu.RimH6332;anditwaswrittenH3789inthebookבַּסֵּֽפֶר׃ פba.Se.ferH5612.

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