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Esther 8:10-14

10Mordecai wroteוַיִּכְתֹּ֗בvai.yikh.ToH3789in the nameבְּשֵׁם֙be.ShemH8034of Kingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Xerxesאֲחַשְׁוֵרֹ֔שׁ'a.chash.ve.RoshH325and sealed itוַיַּחְתֹּ֖םvai.yach.TomH2856with the royalהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428signet ringבְּטַבַּ֣עַתbe.ta.Ba.'atH2885.He sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֣חvai.yish.LachH7971the documentsסְפָרִ֡יםse.fa.RimH5612byבְּיַד֩be.YadH3027mountedבַּסּוּסִ֜יםba.su.SimH5483couriersהָרָצִ֨יםha.ra.TzimH7323riding onרֹכְבֵ֤יro.khe.VeiH7392swift horsesהָרֶ֙כֶשׁ֙ha.Re.kheshH7409bredבְּנֵ֖יbe.NeiH1121from the royalהָֽאֲחַשְׁתְּרָנִ֔יםha.'a.chash.te.ra.NimH327maresהָֽרַמָּכִֽים׃Ha.ra.ma.KhimH7424.

11By these lettersאֲשֶׁר֩'a.SherH834the kingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428permittedנָתַ֨ןna.TanH5414the Jewsלַיְּהוּדִ֣ים׀lai.ye.hu.DimH3064אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834in eachבְּכָל־be.kholH3605and every cityH5892the right to assembleלְהִקָּהֵל֮le.hi.ka.HelH6950and defendוְלַעֲמֹ֣ד עַל־ve.la.'a.Mod 'al-H5921 H5975themselvesנַפְשָׁם֒naf.ShamH5315,to destroyלְהַשְׁמִיד֩le.hash.MidH8045,killוְלַהֲרֹ֨גve.la.ha.RogH2026,and annihilateוּלְאַבֵּ֜דu.le.'a.BedH6אֶת־'et-H853allכָּל־kol-H3605the forcesחֵ֨ילcheilH2428of any peopleעַ֧ם'amH5971or provinceוּמְדִינָ֛הu.me.di.NahH4082hostile to themהַצָּרִ֥יםha.tza.RimH6696אֹתָ֖ם'o.TamH853,including womenוְנָשִׁ֑יםve.na.ShimH802and childrenטַ֣ףtafH2945,and to plunderוּשְׁלָלָ֖םu.she.la.LamH7998their possessionsלָבֽוֹז׃la.VozH962.

12The singleאֶחָ֔ד'e.ChadH259dayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117appointedthroughout allבְּכָל־be.kholH3605the provincesמְדִינ֖וֹתme.di.NotH4082of Kingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Xerxesאֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325wasthe thirteenthבִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֛רbish.lo.Shah 'a.SarH7969 H6240day of the twelfthשְׁנֵים־ עָשָׂ֖ר הוּא־she.neim- 'a.Sar hu'-H8147 H6240 H1931monthלְחֹ֥דֶשׁle.Cho.deshH2320,the monthחֹ֥דֶשׁCho.deshH2320of Adarאֲדָֽר׃'a.DarH143.

13A copyפַּתְשֶׁ֣גֶןpat.She.genH6572of the textהַכְּתָ֗בha.ke.TavH3791of the edictדָּת֙datH1881was to be issuedלְהִנָּ֤תֵֽןle.hi.Na.tenH5414in everyבְּכָל־be.kholH3605provinceH4082and publishedגָּל֖וּיga.LuiH1540to allלְכָל־le.kholH3605the peopleהָעַמִּ֑יםha.'a.MimH5971,so that the Jewsהַיְּהוּדִ֤יםhai.ye.hu.di.yimH3064would beוְלִהְי֨וֹתve.lih.YotH1961readyH6259on thatהַזֶּ֔הha.ZehH2088dayלַיּ֣וֹםlai.YomH3117to avenge themselvesלְהִנָּקֵ֖םle.hi.na.KemH5358on their enemiesמֵאֹיְבֵיהֶֽם׃me.'o.ye.vei.HemH341.

14The couriersהָרָצִ֞יםha.ra.TzimH7323rodeרֹכְבֵ֤יro.khe.VeiH7392outיָֽצְא֛וּya.tze.'UH3318in hasteמְבֹהָלִ֥יםme.vo.ha.LimH926on their royalהָֽאֲחַשְׁתְּרָנִ֔יםha.'a.chash.te.ra.NimH327horsesהָרֶ֙כֶשׁ֙ha.Re.kheshH7409,pressed onוּדְחוּפִ֖יםu.de.chu.FimH1765by the commandבִּדְבַ֣רbid.VarH1697of the kingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428.And the edictוְהַדָּ֥תve.ha.DatH1881was also issuedנִתְּנָ֖הni.te.NahH5414in the citadelהַבִּירָֽה׃ פha.bi.RahH1002of Susaבְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ןbe.shu.ShanH7800.

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