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Esther 8:7-14

7Andkingהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרֹשׁ֙'a.chash.ve.RoshH325saidH559toqueenהַמַּלְכָּ֔הha.mal.KahH4436Estherלְאֶסְתֵּ֣רle.'es.TerH635andtoMordecaiוּֽלְמָרְדֳּכַ֖יu.le.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782theJewהַיְּהוּדִ֑יhai.ye.hu.DiH3064,Behold,IhavegivenH5414Estherלְאֶסְתֵּ֗רle.'es.TerH635thehouseבֵית־veit-H1004ofHamanהָמָ֜ןha.ManH2001,andhimtheyhavehangedתָּל֣וּta.LuH8518uponthegallowsהָעֵ֔ץha.'EtzH6086,becausehestretchedשָׁלַ֥חsha.LachH7971forthH7971hishandיָד֖וֹya.DoH3027againsttheJewsבַּיְּהוּדִֽים׃bai.ye.hu.di.yimH3064.

8WriteH3789yethenfortheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֜יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064asseemsgoodכַּטּ֤וֹבka.TovH2896toyou,intheking'snameבְּשֵׁ֣םbe.ShemH8034,andsealוְחִתְמ֖וּve.chit.MuH2856[it]withtheking'sringH2885.ForawritingH3789thatiswrittenH3789intheking'snameבְּשֵׁם־be.shem-H8034,andsealedוְנַחְתּ֛וֹםve.nach.TomH2856withtheking'sringH2885,cannotbereversed.

9Thenweretheking'sscribesH5608calledH7121atthattimeבָּֽעֵת־ba.'et-H6256,inthethirdהַשְּׁלִישִׁ֜יha.she.li.ShiH7992monthבַּחֹ֨דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320,thatis,themonthחֹ֣דֶשׁCho.deshH2320Sivan,onthethreeבִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֣הbish.lo.ShahH7969andtwentieth[day] thereof;anditwaswrittenH3789accordingtoallthatMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֣יma.re.do.KhaiH4782commandedצִוָּ֣הtzi.VahH6680,totheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֡יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064,andtothesatrapsהָאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִֽים־ha.'a.chash.dar.pe.nim-H323,andthegovernorsוְהַפַּחוֹת֩ve.ha.pa.chOtH6346,andtheprincesH8269oftheprovincesH4082whicharefromIndiaמֵהֹ֣דּוּme.Ho.duH1912eventoEthiopia,ahundredוּמֵאָה֙u.me.'AhH3967andtwenty-sevenprovincesH4082,toeveryprovinceH4082accordingtothewritingH3789thereof,andtoeverypeopleH5971accordingtotheirlanguageכִּלְשֹׁנ֑וֹkil.sho.NoH3956,andtotheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֔יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064accordingtotheirwritingH3789andaccordingtotheirlanguageוְכִלְשׁוֹנָֽם׃ve.khil.sho.NamH3956.

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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