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Esther 3:1-10

1Afterthesethingsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697kingהַמֶּ֨לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֜וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325promotedHamanהָמָ֧ןha.ManH2001thesonבֶּֽן־ben-H1121ofHammedathatheAgagiteהָאֲגָגִ֖יha.'a.ga.GiH91,andadvancedhim,andsetH7760hisseatכִּסְא֔וֹkis.'OH3678abovealltheprincesH8269thatwerewithhim.

2Andalltheking'sservantsעַבְדֵ֨י'av.DeiH5650thatwereintheking'sgateבְּשַׁ֣עַרbe.Sha.'arH8179bowedוּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִים֙u.mish.ta.cha.VimH7812anddidHamanלְהָמָ֔ןle.ha.ManH2001reverence,forthekingH4428hadsoH3651commandedצִוָּה־tzi.vah-H6680concerninghim.ButMordecaiוּמָ֨רְדֳּכַ֔יu.Ma.re.do.KhaiH4782bowedיִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶֽה׃Yish.ta.cha.VehH7812not,nordid[him] reverence.

3Thentheking'sservantsעַבְדֵ֥י'av.DeiH5650,whowereintheking'sgateבְּשַׁ֥עַרbe.Sha.'arH8179,saidH559toMordecaiלְמָרְדֳּכָ֑יle.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782,Whyמַדּ֙וּעַ֙ma.Du.a'H4069transgressest thoutheking'scommandmentמִצְוַ֥תmitz.VatH4687?

4Anditcametopassastheyspokedailytohim,andhehearkenednottothem,thattheyinformedHamanלְהָמָ֗ןle.ha.ManH2001,toseeלִרְאוֹת֙lir.'OtH7200whetherMordecai'smattersH1697wouldstandהֲיַֽעַמְדוּ֙ha.ya.'am.DuH5975;forhehadtoldH5046themthathewasH1961aJewיְהוּדִֽי׃ye.hu.DiH3064.

5AndwhenHamanהָמָ֔ןha.ManH2001sawH7200thatMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֔יma.re.do.KhaiH4782bowedוּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖הu.mish.ta.cha.VehH7812not,nordidhimreverence,Hamanהָמָ֖ןha.ManH2001wasfullH4390offury.

6Buthescornedtolayhandsיָד֙yadH3027onMordecaiבְּמָרְדֳּכַ֣יbe.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782aloneH905;fortheyhadmadeknowntohimthepeopleעַ֣ם'amH5971ofMordecaiמָרְדֳּכָ֑יma.re.do.KhaiH4782;thereforeHamanהָמָ֗ןha.ManH2001soughtH1245todestroyH8045alltheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֛יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064thatwereinallthekingdomמַלְכ֥וּתmal.KhutH4438ofAhasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֖וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325—thepeopleעַ֥ם'amH5971ofMordecaiמָרְדֳּכָֽי׃ma.re.do.KhaiH4782.

7Inthefirstהָרִאשׁוֹן֙ha.ri.shOnH7223monthH2320,thatis,themonthH2320Nisanנִיסָ֔ןni.SanH5212,inthetwelfthyearבִּשְׁנַת֙bish.NatH8141ofkingלַמֶּ֖לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325,theycastH5307Purפּוּר֩purH6332,thatis,thelotH1486,beforeHamanהָמָ֗ןha.ManH2001foreachdayH3117andforeachmonthH2320,tothetwelfth [monthH2320],thatis,themonthH2320Adarאֲדָֽר׃ ס'a.DarH143.

8AndHamanהָמָן֙ha.ManH2001saidH559tokingH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325,ThereisapeopleH5971scatteredמְפֻזָּ֤רme.fu.ZarH6340abroadanddispersedamongthepeoplesH5971inalltheprovincesH4082ofthykingdomמַלְכוּתֶ֑ךָmal.khu.Te.khaH4438;andtheirlawsוְדָתֵיהֶ֞םve.da.tei.HemH1881arediversefrom[thoseof]everypeopleH5971,andtheykeepnottheking'slawsדָּתֵ֤יda.TeiH1881;anditisnotfortheking's profittosufferthem.

9IfitpleasethekingH4428, letitbewrittenH3789thattheymaybedestroyedלְאַבְּדָ֑םle.'a.be.DamH6,andIwillpaytenוַעֲשֶׂ֨רֶתva.'a.Se.retH6235thousandאֲלָפִ֜ים'a.la.FimH505talentsכִּכַּר־ki.kar-H3603ofsilverכֶּ֗סֶףKe.sefH3701intothehandsיְדֵי֙ye.DeiH3027ofthosethathavechargeoftheaffairs,tobringלְהָבִ֖יאle.ha.Vi'H935[it]intotheking'streasuriesגִּנְזֵ֥יgin.ZeiH1595.

10Andthekingהַמֶּ֛לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428tookhisringH2885fromhishandיָד֑וֹya.DoH3027,andgaveH5414ittoHamanלְהָמָ֧ןle.ha.ManH2001thesonבֶּֽן־ben-H1121ofHammedathatheAgagiteהָאֲגָגִ֖יha.'a.ga.GiH91,theJews'enemy.

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