Revised Literal Translation

Esther 8:8-10

8Writeכִּתְב֨וּkit.VuH3789ye also for the Jewsהַיְּהוּדִ֜יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064,as it likethכַּטּ֤וֹבka.TovH2896youבְּעֵֽינֵיכֶם֙be.'ei.nei.KhemH5869,in the king’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428nameבְּשֵׁ֣םbe.ShemH8034,and sealוְחִתְמ֖וּve.chit.MuH2856itwith the king’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428ringבְּטַבַּ֣עַתbe.ta.Ba.'atH2885:for the writingכְתָ֞בkhe.TavH3791which is writtenנִכְתָּ֣בnikh.TavH3789in the king’sהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428nameבְּשֵׁם־be.shem-H8034,and sealedוְנַחְתּ֛וֹםve.nach.TomH2856with the king’sהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428ringבְּטַבַּ֥עַתbe.ta.Ba.'atH2885,may no man reverseלְהָשִֽׁיב׃le.ha.ShivH7725.

9Then were the king’sהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428scribesH5608calledוַיִּקָּרְא֣וּvai.yi.ka.re.'UH7121at that timeבָּֽעֵת־ba.'et-H6256in the thirdהַשְּׁלִישִׁ֜יha.she.li.ShiH7992monthבַּחֹ֨דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320, that is,the monthחֹ֣דֶשׁCho.deshH2320Sivanסִיוָ֗ןsi.VanH5510,on the threeבִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֣הbish.lo.ShahH7969and twentiethוְעֶשְׂרִים֮ve.'es.RimH6242daythereof; and it was writtenוַיִּכָּתֵ֣בvai.yi.ka.TevH3789according to all that Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֣יma.re.do.KhaiH4782commandedצִוָּ֣הtzi.VahH6680unto the Jewsהַיְּהוּדִ֡יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064,and to the lieutenantsהָאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִֽים־ha.'a.chash.dar.pe.nim-H323,and the deputiesוְהַפַּחוֹת֩ve.ha.pa.chOtH6346and rulersוְשָׂרֵ֨יve.sa.ReiH8269of the provincesH4082which arefrom Indiaמֵהֹ֣דּוּme.Ho.duH1912unto Ethiopiaכּ֗וּשׁKushH3568,an hundredוּמֵאָה֙u.me.'AhH3967twentyוְעֶשְׂרִ֤יםve.'es.RimH6242and sevenשֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'H7651provincesH4082,unto every provinceH4082according to the writingכִּכְתָבָ֔הּkikh.ta.VahH3791thereof, and unto every peopleH5971after their languageכִּלְשֹׁנ֑וֹkil.sho.NoH3956,and to the Jewsהַיְּהוּדִ֔יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064according to their writingכִּכְתָבָ֖םkikh.ta.VamH3791,and according to their languageוְכִלְשׁוֹנָֽם׃ve.khil.sho.NamH3956.

10And he wroteוַיִּכְתֹּ֗בvai.yikh.ToH3789in the kingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerus’אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹ֔שׁ'a.chash.ve.RoshH325nameבְּשֵׁם֙be.ShemH8034,and sealedוַיַּחְתֹּ֖םvai.yach.TomH2856itwith the king’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428ringבְּטַבַּ֣עַתbe.ta.Ba.'atH2885,and sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֣חvai.yish.LachH7971lettersסְפָרִ֡יםse.fa.RimH5612byבְּיַד֩be.YadH3027postsהָרָצִ֨יםha.ra.TzimH7323on horsebackבַּסּוּסִ֜יםba.su.SimH5483, andridersרֹכְבֵ֤יro.khe.VeiH7392on mulesהָרֶ֙כֶשׁ֙ha.Re.kheshH7409,camelsהָֽאֲחַשְׁתְּרָנִ֔יםha.'a.chash.te.ra.NimH327, andyoungבְּנֵ֖יbe.NeiH1121dromedariesהָֽרַמָּכִֽים׃Ha.ra.ma.KhimH7424:

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