Revised Version 1895

Esther 3:1-10

1Afterאַחַ֣ר׀'a.CharH310theseהָאֵ֗לֶּהha.'E.lehH428thingsdidאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834kingהַמֶּ֨לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֜וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325promoteHamanהָמָ֧ןha.ManH2001thesonבֶּֽן־ben-H1121of Hammedatha theAgagiteהָאֲגָגִ֖יha.'a.ga.GiH91, andadvancedוַֽיְנַשְּׂאֵ֑הוּvay.na.se.'E.huH5375him, andsetוַיָּ֙שֶׂם֙vai.Ya.semH7760hisseatכִּסְא֔וֹkis.'OH3678aboveמֵעַ֕לme.'AlH5921allכָּל־kol-H3605theprincesהַשָּׂרִ֖יםha.sa.RimH8269that were with him.

2Andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605theking’sהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428servantsעַבְדֵ֨י'av.DeiH5650, that were in theking’sהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428gateבְּשַׁ֣עַרbe.Sha.'arH8179,bowedH7812downוּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִים֙u.mish.ta.cha.VimH7812, anddidH834reverence toHamanלְהָמָ֔ןle.ha.ManH2001: for thekingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428hadsoכֵ֖ןkhenH3651commandedצִוָּה־tzi.vah-H6680concerning him. ButMordecaiוּמָ֨רְדֳּכַ֔יu.Ma.re.do.KhaiH4782bowedH7812notלֹ֥אlo'H3808downיִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶֽה׃Yish.ta.cha.VehH7812,norוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808didH834him reverence.

3Then theking’sהַמֶּ֛לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428servantsעַבְדֵ֥י'av.DeiH5650, that were in theking’sהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428gateבְּשַׁ֥עַרbe.Sha.'arH8179,saidוַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּvai.Yo.me.RuH559untoMordecaiלְמָרְדֳּכָ֑יle.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782,Whyמַדּ֙וּעַ֙ma.Du.a'H4069transgressest thou theking’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428commandmentמִצְוַ֥תmitz.VatH4687?

4NowH1961itcameH1961topassH1961, when they spakedailyH3117unto him, and he hearkenednotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808unto them, that theytoldוַיַּגִּ֣ידוּvai.ya.Gi.duH5046Hamanלְהָמָ֗ןle.ha.ManH2001, toseeלִרְאוֹת֙lir.'OtH7200whetherH7200Mordecai’sמָרְדֳּכַ֔יma.re.do.KhaiH4782mattersדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697wouldstandהֲיַֽעַמְדוּ֙ha.ya.'am.DuH5975: for he hadtoldהִגִּ֥ידhi.GidH5046them that he was aJewיְהוּדִֽי׃ye.hu.DiH3064.

5And whenHamanהָמָ֔ןha.ManH2001sawוַיַּ֣רְאvai.Yar'H7200thatMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֔יma.re.do.KhaiH4782bowedH7812notH369downוּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖הu.mish.ta.cha.VehH7812,norH369didH7812him reverence, then wasHamanהָמָ֖ןha.ManH2001fullוַיִּמָּלֵ֥אvai.yi.ma.Le'H4390ofwrathחֵמָֽה׃che.MahH2534.

6But hethoughtבְּעֵינָ֗יוbe.'ei.NavH5869scorn tolayלִשְׁלֹ֤חlish.LochH7971handsיָד֙yadH3027onMordecaiבְּמָרְדֳּכַ֣יbe.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782aloneלְבַדּ֔וֹle.va.DoH905; for they had shewed him thepeopleעַ֣ם'amH5971ofMordecaiמָרְדֳּכָ֑יma.re.do.KhaiH4782: whereforeHamanהָמָ֗ןha.ManH2001soughtוַיְבַקֵּ֣שׁvay.va.KeshH1245todestroyלְהַשְׁמִ֧ידle.hash.MidH8045allH3605theJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֛יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064that werethroughoutH3605thewholeH3605kingdomמַלְכ֥וּתmal.KhutH4438ofAhasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֖וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325,evenכִּֽי־ki-H3588thepeopleעַ֥ם'amH5971ofMordecaiמָרְדֳּכָֽי׃ma.re.do.KhaiH4782.

7In thefirstהָרִאשׁוֹן֙ha.ri.shOnH7223monthבַּחֹ֤דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320,whichH1931is themonthחֹ֣דֶשׁCho.deshH2320Nisanנִיסָ֔ןni.SanH5212, in the twelfthyearבִּשְׁנַת֙bish.NatH8141ofkingלַמֶּ֖לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325, theycastH5307Purפּוּר֩purH6332, that is, thelotH1486,beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440Hamanהָמָ֗ןha.ManH2001fromdayH3117todayH3117, and frommonthוּמֵחֹ֛דֶשׁu.me.Cho.deshH2320tomonthלְחֹ֥דֶשׁle.Cho.deshH2320, to the twelfthmonthלְחֹדֶשׁle.Cho.deshH2320,whichH1931is themonthחֹ֥דֶשׁCho.deshH2320Adarאֲדָֽר׃ ס'a.DarH143.

8AndHamanהָמָן֙ha.ManH2001saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untokingלַמֶּ֣לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325, There is acertainאֶחָ֗ד'e.ChadH259peopleעַם־'am-H5971scatteredמְפֻזָּ֤רme.fu.ZarH6340abroad anddispersedוּמְפֹרָד֙u.me.fo.RadH6504among thepeoplesהָֽעַמִּ֔יםha.'a.MimH5971inallH3605theprovincesמְדִינ֣וֹתme.di.NotH4082of thykingdomמַלְכוּתֶ֑ךָmal.khu.Te.khaH4438; and theirlawsוְדָתֵיהֶ֞םve.da.tei.HemH1881are diverse fromthoseH3605ofeveryH3605peopleעָ֗ם'AmH5971;neitherאֵינָ֣ם'ei.NamH369keepעֹשִׂ֔ים'o.SimH6213they theking’sהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428lawsדָּתֵ֤יda.TeiH1881: therefore it isnotאֵין־'ein-H369for theking’sוְלַמֶּ֥לֶךְve.la.Me.lekhH4428profit to suffer them.

9Ifאִם־'im-H518itpleaseH2895thekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, let it bewrittenיִכָּתֵ֖בyi.ka.TevH3789that they bedestroyedלְאַבְּדָ֑םle.'a.be.DamH6: and I willpayאֶשְׁקוֹל֙'esh.kOlH8254tenוַעֲשֶׂ֨רֶתva.'a.Se.retH6235thousandאֲלָפִ֜ים'a.la.FimH505talentsכִּכַּר־ki.kar-H3603ofsilverכֶּ֗סֶףKe.sefH3701intoH413thehandsיְדֵי֙ye.DeiH3027ofthoseעַל־'al-H5921that have thechargeעַל־'al-H5921of theking’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428businessהַמְּלָאכָ֔הha.me.la.KhahH4399, tobringלְהָבִ֖יאle.ha.Vi'H935itintoH413theking’sH4428treasuriesגִּנְזֵ֥יgin.ZeiH1595.

10And thekingהַמֶּ֛לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428tookוַיָּ֧סַרvai.Ya.sarH5493hisringטַבַּעְתּ֖וֹta.ba'.ToH2885from hishandיָד֑וֹya.DoH3027, andgaveוַֽיִּתְּנָ֗הּvai.yi.te.NahH5414it untoHamanלְהָמָ֧ןle.ha.ManH2001thesonבֶּֽן־ben-H1121of Hammedatha theAgagiteהָאֲגָגִ֖יha.'a.ga.GiH91, theJews’הַיְּהוּדִֽים׃hai.ye.hu.DimH3064enemyצֹרֵ֥רtzo.RerH6887.

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