Revised Version 1895

Esther 3:12-13

12Then were theking’sהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428scribesH5608calledוַיִּקָּרְאוּ֩vai.yi.ka.re.'UH7121in thefirstהָרִאשׁ֗וֹןha.ri.ShonH7223monthבַּחֹ֣דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320, on the thirteenthdayיוֹם֮yOmH3117thereof, and there waswrittenH3789accordingH5921toallH3605thatHamanהָמָ֡ןha.ManH2001commandedצִוָּ֣הtzi.VahH6680unto theking’sהַ֠מֶּלֶךְHa.Me.lekhH4428satrapsאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנֵֽי־'a.chash.dar.pe.nei-H323, and to thegovernorsהַפַּח֞וֹתha.pa.ChotH6346that were overeveryH3605provinceH4082, and to theprincesשָׂ֤רֵיSa.reiH8269ofeveryH3605peopleH5971; toeveryH3605provinceH4082accordingH5921to thewritingH3789thereof, and toeveryH3605peopleH5971afterH5921theirlanguageכִּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹkil.sho.NoH3956; in thenameבְּשֵׁ֨םbe.ShemH8034ofkingהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרֹשׁ֙'a.chash.ve.RoshH325was itwrittenH3789, and it wassealedוְנֶחְתָּ֖םve.nech.TamH2856with theking’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428ringבְּטַבַּ֥עַתbe.ta.Ba.'atH2885.

13Andlettersסְפָרִ֜יםse.fa.RimH5612weresentוְנִשְׁל֨וֹחַve.nish.Lo.achH7971by postsintoH413allכָּל־kol-H3605theking’sהַמֶּלֶךְ֒ha.me.leKhH4428provincesמְדִינ֣וֹתme.di.NotH4082, todestroyלְהַשְׁמִ֡ידle.hash.MidH8045, toslayלַהֲרֹ֣גla.ha.RogH2026, and to cause toperishוּלְאַבֵּ֣דu.le.'a.BedH6,allכָּל־kol-H3605Jewsהַ֠יְּהוּדִיםHai.ye.hu.dimH3064,bothשְׁנֵים־she.neim-H8147youngמִנַּ֨עַרmi.Na.'arH5288andoldזָקֵ֜ןza.KenH2205,littleטַ֤ףtafH2945childrenH2945andwomenוְנָשִׁים֙ve.na.ShimH802, in onedayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117,evenוְעַד־ve.'ad-H5704uponH413the thirteenthdayH3117of the twelfthmonthלְחֹ֥דֶשׁle.Cho.deshH2320,whichהוּא־hu'-H1931is themonthחֹ֣דֶשׁCho.deshH2320Adarאֲדָ֑ר'a.DarH143, and totakeלָבֽוֹז׃la.VozH962thespoilוּשְׁלָלָ֖םu.she.la.LamH7998of them for apreyH962.

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