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Esther 9:20-23

20And Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֔יma.re.do.KhaiH4782wroteוַיִּכְתֹּ֣בvai.yikh.ToH3789these thingsהַדְּבָרִ֖יםha.de.va.RimH1697,and sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֨חvai.yish.LachH7971lettersסְפָרִ֜יםse.fa.RimH5612unto all the Jewsהַיְּהוּדִ֗יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064that werein all the provincesמְדִינוֹת֙me.di.nOtH4082of the kingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325, bothnighהַקְּרוֹבִ֖יםha.ke.ro.VimH7138and farוְהָרְחוֹקִֽים׃ve.ha.re.cho.KimH7350,

21To stablishלְקַיֵּם֮le.kai.YemH6965thisamong them, that they should keepעֹשִׂ֗ים'o.SimH6213the fourteenthאַרְבָּעָ֤ה עָשָׂר֙'ar.ba.'Ah 'a.SarH6240 H702dayי֣וֹםYomH3117of the monthלְחֹ֣דֶשׁle.Cho.deshH2320Adarאֲדָ֔ר'a.DarH143,and the fifteenthחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֖רcha.mi.Shah 'a.SarH6240 H2568dayיוֹם־yom-H3117of the same, yearlyH8141,

22As the daysכַּיָּמִ֗יםkai.ya.MimH3117wherein the Jewsהַיְּהוּדִים֙hai.ye.hu.DimH3064restedנָ֨חוּNa.chuH5117from their enemiesמֵא֣וֹיְבֵיהֶ֔םme.'oy.vei.HemH341,and the monthוְהַחֹ֗דֶשׁve.ha.Cho.deshH2320which was turnedנֶהְפַּ֨ךְneh.PakhH2015unto them from sorrowמִיָּגוֹן֙mi.ya.goyNH3015to joyלְשִׂמְחָ֔הle.sim.ChahH8057,and from mourningוּמֵאֵ֖בֶלu.me.'E.velH60into a goodט֑וֹבTovH2896dayלְי֣וֹםle.YomH3117:that they should makeלַעֲשׂ֣וֹתla.'a.SotH6213them daysיְמֵי֙ye.MeiH3117of feastingמִשְׁתֶּ֣הmish.TehH4960and joyוְשִׂמְחָ֔הve.sim.ChahH8057,and of sendingוּמִשְׁל֤וֹחַu.mish.Lo.achH4916portionsמָנוֹת֙ma.nOtH4490oneאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376to anotherלְרֵעֵ֔הוּle.re.'E.huH7453,and giftsוּמַתָּנ֖וֹתu.ma.ta.NotH4979to the poorלָֽאֶבְיוֹנִֽים׃La.'ev.yo.NimH34.

23And the Jewsהַיְּהוּדִ֔יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064undertookוְקִבֵּל֙ve.ki.BelH6901to doלַעֲשׂ֑וֹתla.'a.SotH6213as they had begunהֵחֵ֖לּוּhe.Che.luH2490,and as Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֖יma.re.do.KhaiH4782had writtenכָּתַ֥בka.TavH3789unto them;

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