Revised Literal Translation

Esther 9:4-6

4For Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַי֙ma.re.do.KhaiH4782wasgreatגָ֤דוֹלGa.dolH1419in the king’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004,and his fameוְשָׁמְע֖וֹve.sha.me.'OH8089went outהוֹלֵ֣ךְho.LekhH1980throughout all the provincesהַמְּדִינ֑וֹתha.me.di.NotH4082:for this manהָאִ֥ישׁha.'IshH376Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֖יma.re.do.KhaiH4782waxedהוֹלֵ֥ךְho.LekhH1980greater and greaterH1419.

5Thus the Jewsהַיְּהוּדִים֙hai.ye.hu.DimH3064smoteוַיַּכּ֤וּvai.ya.KuH5221all their enemiesאֹ֣יְבֵיהֶ֔ם'o.ye.vei.HemH341with the strokeמַכַּת־ma.kat-H4347of the swordחֶ֥רֶבChe.revH2719,and slaughterוְהֶ֖רֶגve.He.regH2027,and destructionוְאַבְדָ֑ןve.'av.DanH12,and didוַיַּֽעֲשׂ֥וּvai.ya.'a.SuH6213what they wouldכִּרְצוֹנָֽם׃kir.tzo.NamH7522unto those that hatedבְשֹׂנְאֵיהֶ֖םve.so.ne.'ei.HemH8130them.

6And in Shushanוּבְשׁוּשַׁ֣ןu.ve.shu.ShanH7800the palaceהַבִּירָ֗הha.bi.RahH1002the Jewsהַיְּהוּדִים֙hai.ye.hu.DimH3064slewהָרְג֤וּha.re.GuH2026and destroyedוְאַבֵּ֔דve.'a.BedH6fiveחֲמֵ֥שׁcha.MeshH2568hundredמֵא֖וֹתme.'otH3967menאִֽישׁ׃'IshH376.

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