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Esther 8:10-14

10And hewroteוַיִּכְתֹּ֗בvai.yikh.ToH3789in thenameבְּשֵׁם֙be.ShemH8034ofkingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרֹ֔שׁ'a.chash.ve.RoshH325, andsealedוַיַּחְתֹּ֖םvai.yach.TomH2856it with theking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428ringבְּטַבַּ֣עַתbe.ta.Ba.'atH2885, andsentוַיִּשְׁלַ֣חvai.yish.LachH7971lettersסְפָרִ֡יםse.fa.RimH5612by posts onhorsebackבַּסּוּסִ֜יםba.su.SimH5483,ridingרֹכְבֵ֤יro.khe.VeiH7392onswiftH7409steedsהָרֶ֙כֶשׁ֙ha.Re.kheshH7409that were used in theking’sH4428serviceבְּיַד֩be.YadH3027, bred of thestudהָֽרַמָּכִֽים׃Ha.ra.ma.KhimH7424:

11whereinאֲשֶׁר֩'a.SherH834thekingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428grantedH5414theJewsלַיְּהוּדִ֣ים׀lai.ye.hu.DimH3064whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834were ineveryבְּכָל־be.kholH3605cityH5892togatherלְהִקָּהֵל֮le.hi.ka.HelH6950themselvesH5315togetherעַל־'al-H5921, and tostandוְלַעֲמֹ֣דve.la.'a.ModH5975for theirlifeנַפְשָׁם֒naf.ShamH5315, todestroyלְהַשְׁמִיד֩le.hash.MidH8045, toslayוְלַהֲרֹ֨גve.la.ha.RogH2026, and tocauseH5414toperishוּלְאַבֵּ֜דu.le.'a.BedH6,allכָּל־kol-H3605the power of thepeopleעַ֧ם'amH5971andprovinceוּמְדִינָ֛הu.me.di.NahH4082that would assault them, theirlittleטַ֣ףtafH2945onesH2945andwomenוְנָשִׁ֑יםve.na.ShimH802, and totakeלָבֽוֹז׃la.VozH962thespoilוּשְׁלָלָ֖םu.she.la.LamH7998of them for apreyH962,

12upon onedayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117inallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605theprovincesמְדִינ֖וֹתme.di.NotH4082ofkingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325, namely, upon the thirteenthdayH3117of the twelfthmonthלְחֹ֥דֶשׁle.Cho.deshH2320,whichהוּא־hu'-H1931is themonthחֹ֥דֶשׁCho.deshH2320Adarאֲדָֽר׃'a.DarH143.

13Acopyפַּתְשֶׁ֣גֶןpat.She.genH6572of thewritingהַכְּתָ֗בha.ke.TavH3791, that thedecreeדָּת֙datH1881should begivenלְהִנָּ֤תֵֽןle.hi.Na.tenH5414outH3605ineveryH3605provinceH4082, waspublishedגָּל֖וּיga.LuiH1540untoallH3605thepeoplesהָעַמִּ֑יםha.'a.MimH5971, and that theJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֤יםhai.ye.hu.di.yimH3064should be readyagainstH3605thatdayלַיּ֣וֹםlai.YomH3117toavengeלְהִנָּקֵ֖םle.hi.na.KemH5358themselves on theirenemiesמֵאֹיְבֵיהֶֽם׃me.'o.ye.vei.HemH341.

14SoH5414the posts thatrodeרֹכְבֵ֤יro.khe.VeiH7392uponswiftH7409steedsהָרֶ֙כֶשׁ֙ha.Re.kheshH7409that wereusedH5414in theking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428servicewentH3318outH3318, beinghastenedוּדְחוּפִ֖יםu.de.chu.FimH1765and pressed on by theking’sH4428commandmentבִּדְבַ֣רbid.VarH1697; and thedecreeוְהַדָּ֥תve.ha.DatH1881wasgivenH5414outH3318in Shushan the palace.

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