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Esther 9:29-32

29Then Estherאֶסְתֵּ֨ר'es.TerH635the queenהַמַּלְכָּ֧הha.mal.KahH4436,the daughterבַת־vat-H1323of Abihailאֲבִיחַ֛יִל'a.vi.Cha.yilH32,and Mordecaiוּמָרְדֳּכַ֥יu.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782the Jewהַיְּהוּדִ֖יhai.ye.hu.DiH3064,wroteוַ֠תִּכְתֹּבva.tikh.toH3789with all authorityתֹּ֑קֶףTo.kefH8633,to confirmלְקַיֵּ֗םle.kai.YemH6965this secondהַשֵּׁנִֽית׃ha.she.NitH8145letterאִגֶּ֧רֶת'i.Ge.retH107of Purimהַפּוּרִ֛יםha.pu.RimH6332.

30And he sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֨חvai.yish.LachH7971the lettersסְפָרִ֜יםse.fa.RimH5612unto all the Jewsהַיְּהוּדִ֗יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064,to the hundredוּמֵאָה֙u.me.'AhH3967twentyוְעֶשְׂרִ֤יםve.'es.RimH6242and sevenשֶׁ֨בַעShe.va'H7651provincesמְדִינָ֔הme.di.NahH4082of the kingdomמַלְכ֖וּתmal.KhutH4438of Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325, withwordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697of peaceשָׁל֖וֹםsha.LomH7965and truthוֶאֱמֶֽת׃ve.'e.MetH571,

31To confirmלְקַיֵּ֡םle.kai.YemH6965these daysיְמֵי֩ye.MeiH3117of Purimהַפֻּרִ֨יםha.pu.RimH6332in their timesבִּזְמַנֵּיהֶ֗םbiz.ma.nei.HemH2165appointed,according as Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֤יma.re.do.KhaiH4782the Jewהַיְּהוּדִי֙hai.ye.hu.DiH3064and Estherוְאֶסְתֵּ֣רve.'es.TerH635the queenהַמַּלְכָּ֔הha.mal.KahH4436had enjoinedקִיַּ֨םki.YamH6965them, and as they had decreedקִיְּמ֥וּki.ye.MuH6965for themselvesנַפְשָׁ֖םnaf.ShamH5315and for their seedזַרְעָ֑םzar.'AmH2233,the mattersדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697of the fastingsהַצֹּמ֖וֹתha.tzo.MotH6685and their cryוְזַעֲקָתָֽם׃ve.za.'a.ka.TamH2201.

32And the decreeוּמַאֲמַ֣רu.ma.'a.MarH3982of Estherאֶסְתֵּ֔ר'es.TerH635confirmedקִיַּ֕םki.YamH6965these mattersדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697of Purimהַפֻּרִ֖יםha.pu.RimH6332;and it was writtenוְנִכְתָּ֖בve.nikh.TavH3789in the bookבַּסֵּֽפֶר׃ פba.Se.ferH5612.

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