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Esther 9:16-22

16AndtheotherJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֡יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064thatwereintheking'sprovincesH4082gatheredthemselvestogether,andstoodוְעָמֹ֣דve.'a.ModH5975fortheirlifeנַפְשָׁ֗םnaf.ShamH5315,andhadrestH7605fromtheirenemiesמֵאֹ֣יְבֵיהֶ֔םme.'O.ye.vei.HemH341;andtheyslewH2026ofthemthathatedבְּשֹׂ֣נְאֵיהֶ֔םbe.So.ne.'ei.HemH8130themseventy-fiveוְשִׁבְעִ֖יםve.shiv.'ImH7657thousandאָ֑לֶף'A.lefH505(buttheylaidnottheirhandיָדָֽם׃ya.DamH3027ontheprey),

17onthethirteenthdayבְּיוֹם־be.yom-H3117ofthemonthלְחֹ֣דֶשׁle.Cho.deshH2320Adarאֲדָ֑ר'a.DarH143;andonthefourteenthofthesametheyrestedוְנ֗וֹחַve.No.achH5117,andmadeH6213itadayי֖וֹםYomH3117offeastingמִשְׁתֶּ֥הmish.TehH4960andjoyוְשִׂמְחָֽה׃ve.sim.ChahH8057.

18ButtheJewsוְהַיְּהוּדִ֣יםve.hai.ye.hu.di.yimH3064thatwereatShushangatheredthemselvestogetherH6950onthethirteenth [dayי֖וֹםYomH3117] thereof,andonthefourteenth thereof;andonthefifteenthofthesametheyrestedוְנ֗וֹחַve.No.achH5117,andmadeH6213itadayH3117offeastingמִשְׁתֶּ֥הmish.TehH4960andjoyוְשִׂמְחָֽה׃ve.sim.ChahH8057.

19ThereforeH3651theJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֣יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064ofthevillagesthatdwellהַיֹּשְׁבִים֮hai.yo.she.VimH3427inthecountrytownsmakeH6213thefourteenthofthemonthלְחֹ֣דֶשׁle.Cho.deshH2320Adarאֲדָ֔ר'a.DarH143adayי֣וֹםYomH3117ofjoyשִׂמְחָ֥הsim.ChahH8057andfeastingוּמִשְׁתֶּ֖הu.mish.TehH4960,andagoodט֑וֹבTovH2896dayוְי֣וֹםve.YomH3117,andonwhichtheysendportionsמָנ֖וֹתma.NotH4490oneH376toanother.

20AndMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֔יma.re.do.KhaiH4782wroteH3789thesethingsH1697,andsentH7971lettersסְפָרִ֜יםse.fa.RimH5612toalltheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֗יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064nearandfarוְהָרְחוֹקִֽים׃ve.ha.re.cho.KimH7350thatwereinalltheprovincesH4082ofkingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325,

21toestablishH6965[this]amongthem,thattheyshouldkeepthefourteenthdayי֣וֹםYomH3117ofthemonthלְחֹ֣דֶשׁle.Cho.deshH2320Adarאֲדָ֔ר'a.DarH143,andthefifteenthdayיוֹם־yom-H3117ofthesame,yearly,

22asthedaysכַּיָּמִ֗יםkai.ya.MimH3117onwhichtheJewsהַיְּהוּדִים֙hai.ye.hu.DimH3064restedנָ֨חוּNa.chuH5117fromtheirenemiesמֵא֣וֹיְבֵיהֶ֔םme.'oy.vei.HemH341,andthemonthוְהַחֹ֗דֶשׁve.ha.Cho.deshH2320thatwasturnedH2015tothemfromsorrowמִיָּגוֹן֙mi.ya.goyNH3015tojoyלְשִׂמְחָ֔הle.sim.ChahH8057,andfrommourningוּמֵאֵ֖בֶלu.me.'E.velH60intoagoodט֑וֹבTovH2896dayלְי֣וֹםle.YomH3117;thattheyshouldmakeלַעֲשׂ֣וֹתla.'a.SotH6213themdaysיְמֵי֙ye.MeiH3117offeastingמִשְׁתֶּ֣הmish.TehH4960andjoyוְשִׂמְחָ֔הve.sim.ChahH8057,andofsendingוּמִשְׁל֤וֹחַu.mish.Lo.achH4916portionsמָנוֹת֙ma.nOtH4490oneH376toanother,andgiftsוּמַתָּנ֖וֹתu.ma.ta.NotH4979tothepoor.

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