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Esther 9:1-6

1Andinthetwelfthmonthחֹ֜דֶשׁCho.deshH2320,thatis,themonthחֹ֣דֶשׁCho.deshH2320Adarאֲדָ֗ר'a.DarH143,onthethirteenthdayיוֹם֙yOmH3117thereof,whentheking'scommandmentandhisdecreedrewneartobeputinexecution,inthedayבַּיּ֗וֹםbai.YomH3117thattheenemiesאֹיְבֵ֤י'o.ye.VeiH341oftheJewsהַיְּהוּדִים֙hai.ye.hu.DimH3064hopedtohavepoweroverthem(butitwasturnedH2015tothecontrary,thattheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֛יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064hadpoweroverthemthathatedבְּשֹׂנְאֵיהֶֽם׃be.so.ne.'ei.HemH8130them),

2theJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֜יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064gatheredthemselvestogetherintheircitiesבְּעָרֵיהֶ֗םbe.'a.rei.HemH5892throughouttheprovincesH4082ofkingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֳחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ'o.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325,tolayhandיָ֔דYadH3027onsuchassoughtבִּמְבַקְשֵׁ֖יbim.vak.SheiH1245theirhurt.AndnomanH376couldwithstandthem;forthefearH6343ofthemhadfallenH5307uponallthepeoplesH5971.

3AndalltheprincesH8269oftheprovincesH4082,andthesatrapsוְהָאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִ֣יםve.ha.'a.chash.dar.pe.NimH323,andthegovernorsוְהַפַּח֗וֹתve.ha.pa.ChotH6346andofficersofthekingלַמֶּ֔לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428, helpedtheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֑יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064;forthefearH6343ofMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֖יma.re.do.KhaiH4782hadfallenH5307uponthem.

4ForMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַי֙ma.re.do.KhaiH4782wasgreatגָ֤דוֹלGa.dolH1419intheking'shouseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004,andhisfamewentH1980forththroughouttheprovincesH4082;forthemanהָאִ֥ישׁha.'IshH376Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֖יma.re.do.KhaiH4782becamecontinuallygreaterH1419.

5AndtheJewsהַיְּהוּדִים֙hai.ye.hu.DimH3064smotealltheirenemiesאֹ֣יְבֵיהֶ֔ם'o.ye.vei.HemH341withthestrokeoftheswordחֶ֥רֶבChe.revH2719andslaughterH4347anddestruction,anddidwhattheywouldtothosethathatedבְשֹׂנְאֵיהֶ֖םve.so.ne.'ei.HemH8130them.

6AndinShushanthefortresstheJewsהַיְּהוּדִים֙hai.ye.hu.DimH3064slewH2026anddestroyedוְאַבֵּ֔דve.'a.BedH6fiveחֲמֵ֥שׁcha.MeshH2568hundredH3967menאִֽישׁ׃'IshH376.

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