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Esther 9:20-23

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;

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