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Esther 8:10-14

10AndhewroteH3789inthenameבְּשֵׁם֙be.ShemH8034ofkingH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרֹ֔שׁ'a.chash.ve.RoshH325,andsealedוַיַּחְתֹּ֖םvai.yach.TomH2856[it]withtheking'sringH2885,andsentH7971lettersסְפָרִ֡יםse.fa.RimH5612bycouriersהָרָצִ֨יםha.ra.TzimH7323onhorsebackridingH7392oncoursers,horsesH5483ofblood rearedinthebreeding studs:

11[stating]thatthekingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428grantedtheJewsלַיְּהוּדִ֣ים׀lai.ye.hu.DimH3064thatwereineverycityH5892togatherthemselvestogether,andtostandוְלַעֲמֹ֣דve.la.'a.ModH5975fortheirlifeנַפְשָׁם֒naf.ShamH5315,todestroyH8045,toslayH2026,andtocausetoperishH6,allthepowerofthepeopleעַ֧ם'amH5971andprovinceוּמְדִינָ֛הu.me.di.NahH4082thatmightassaultthem, [their]littleטַ֣ףtafH2945onesH2945andwomenH802,andto[takeלָבֽוֹז׃la.VozH962]thespoilוּשְׁלָלָ֖םu.she.la.LamH7998ofthemforaprey,

12upononeאֶחָ֔ד'e.ChadH259dayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117inalltheprovincesH4082ofkingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325, uponthethirteenthofthetwelfthmonthלְחֹ֥דֶשׁle.Cho.deshH2320,thatis,themonthחֹ֥דֶשׁCho.deshH2320Adarאֲדָֽר׃'a.DarH143.

13Thatthedecreemightbeוְלִהְי֨וֹתve.lih.YotH1961givenH5414ineveryprovinceH4082,acopyפַּתְשֶׁ֣גֶןpat.She.genH6572ofthewritingwasH1961publishedtoallthepeoplesH5971,andthattheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֤יםhai.ye.hu.di.yimH3064shouldbeH1961readyagainstthatdayלַיּ֣וֹםlai.YomH3117toavengeלְהִנָּקֵ֖םle.hi.na.KemH5358themselvesontheirenemiesמֵאֹיְבֵיהֶֽם׃me.'o.ye.vei.HemH341.

14Thecouriersהָרָצִ֞יםha.ra.TzimH7323mountedoncoursers [and]horsesofbloodwentH3318out, beinghastenedandpressedonbytheking'scommandment.AndthedecreewasgivenH5414atShushanthefortress.

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