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Esther 9:20-26

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.

23AndtheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֔יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064undertooktodoastheyhadbegunH2490,andasMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֖יma.re.do.KhaiH4782hadwrittenH3789tothem.

24ForHamanהָמָ֨ןha.ManH2001thesonבֶּֽן־ben-H1121ofHammedathatheAgagiteהָֽאֲגָגִ֗יha.'a.ga.GiH91,theoppressorofalltheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֔יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064,haddevisedagainsttheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֖יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064todestroyלְאַבְּדָ֑םle.'a.be.DamH6them,andhadcastוְהִפִּ֥ילve.hi.PilH5307Purפּוּר֙purH6332,thatis,thelotהַגּוֹרָ֔לha.go.RalH1486,toconsumethemandtodestroyוּֽלְאַבְּדָֽם׃U.le.'a.be.DamH6them;

25andwhenH834[Esther]cameH935beforethekingהַמֶּלֶךְ֒ha.me.leKhH4428,hecommandedbylettersהַסֵּ֔פֶרha.Se.ferH5612thathiswickedH7451device,whichhehaddevisedagainsttheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֖יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064,shouldreturnיָשׁ֞וּבya.ShuvH7725uponhisownheadרֹאשׁ֑וֹro.ShoH7218;andtheyhangedוְתָל֥וּve.ta.LuH8518himandhissonsבָּנָ֖יוba.NavH1121onthegallowsהָעֵֽץ׃ha.'EtzH6086.

26ThereforeH3651theycalledקָֽרְאוּ֩ka.re.'UH7121thesedaysלַיָּמִ֨יםlai.ya.MimH3117Purimפוּרִים֙fu.RimH6332afterthenameשֵׁ֣םshemH8034ofPurהַפּ֔וּרha.PurH6332.ThereforeH3651,accordingtoallthewordsדִּבְרֵ֖יdiv.ReiH1697ofthisletterהָאִגֶּ֣רֶתha.'i.Ge.retH107,andforwhattheyhadseenH7200concerningthismatterH1697andwhathadhappenedtothem,

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