Revised Version 1895

Esther 9:16-22

16And the otherJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֡יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064that were in theking’sהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428provincesבִּמְדִינ֨וֹתbim.di.NotH4082gatheredנִקְהֲל֣וּ׀nik.ha.LuH6950themselvesH5315togetherעַל־'al-H5921, andstoodוְעָמֹ֣דve.'a.ModH5975for theirlivesנַפְשָׁ֗םnaf.ShamH5315, and hadrestוּשְׁאָ֣רu.she.'ArH7605from theirenemiesמֵאֹ֣יְבֵיהֶ֔םme.'O.ye.vei.HemH341, andslewוְהָרֹג֙ve.ha.RogH2026of them thathatedבְּשֹׂ֣נְאֵיהֶ֔םbe.So.ne.'ei.HemH8130themseventyוְשִׁבְעִ֖יםve.shiv.'ImH7657andfiveחֲמִשָּׁ֥הcha.mi.ShahH2568thousandאָ֑לֶף'A.lefH505; but on thespoilוּבַ֨בִּזָּ֔הu.Vab.bi.ZahH961theylaidשָֽׁלְח֖וּsha.le.ChuH7971notלֹ֥אlo'H3808theirhandיָדָֽם׃ya.DamH3027.

17This wasdoneH6213on the thirteenthdayבְּיוֹם־be.yom-H3117of themonthלְחֹ֣דֶשׁle.Cho.deshH2320Adarאֲדָ֑ר'a.DarH143; and on the fourteenthdayי֖וֹםYomH3117of thesameאֹת֔וֹ'o.ToH853theyrestedוְנ֗וֹחַve.No.achH5117, andmadeH6213it adayH3117offeastingמִשְׁתֶּ֥הmish.TehH4960andgladnessוְשִׂמְחָֽה׃ve.sim.ChahH8057.

18But theJewsוְהַיְּהוּדִ֣יםve.hai.ye.hu.di.yimH3064that were in ShushanassembledH6950togetherH6950on the thirteenthdayי֖וֹםYomH3117thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenthdayH3117of thesameאֹת֔וֹ'o.ToH853theyrestedוְנ֗וֹחַve.No.achH5117, andmadeוְעָשֹׂ֣הve.'a.SohH6213it adayH3117offeastingמִשְׁתֶּ֥הmish.TehH4960andgladnessוְשִׂמְחָֽה׃ve.sim.ChahH8057.

19ThereforedoH6213theJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֣יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064of thevillagesהַפְּרָזוֹת֒ha.pe.ra.zOtH6519, thatdwellהַיֹּשְׁבִים֮hai.yo.she.VimH3427in theunwalledהַפְּרָזִ֗יםha.pe.ro.zimH6521townsבְּעָרֵ֣יbe.'a.ReiH5892,makeH6213the fourteenthdayי֣וֹםYomH3117of themonthלְחֹ֣דֶשׁle.Cho.deshH2320Adarאֲדָ֔ר'a.DarH143adayוְי֣וֹםve.YomH3117ofgladnessשִׂמְחָ֥הsim.ChahH8057andfeastingוּמִשְׁתֶּ֖הu.mish.TehH4960, and agoodט֑וֹבTovH2896dayH3117, and ofsendingוּמִשְׁל֥וֹחַu.mish.Lo.achH4916portionsמָנ֖וֹתma.NotH4490one toanotherלְרֵעֵֽהוּ׃ פle.re.'E.huH7453.

20AndMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֔יma.re.do.KhaiH4782wroteוַיִּכְתֹּ֣בvai.yikh.ToH3789theseהָאֵ֑לֶּהha.'E.lehH428things, andsentוַיִּשְׁלַ֨חvai.yish.LachH7971lettersסְפָרִ֜יםse.fa.RimH5612untoallH3605theJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֗יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064that were inallH3605theprovincesמְדִינוֹת֙me.di.nOtH4082of thekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325,bothH3605nigh andfarוְהָרְחוֹקִֽים׃ve.ha.re.cho.KimH7350,

21to enjoin them that they shouldkeepעֹשִׂ֗ים'o.SimH6213the fourteenthdayי֣וֹםYomH3117of themonthלְחֹ֣דֶשׁle.Cho.deshH2320Adarאֲדָ֔ר'a.DarH143, and the fifteenthdayיוֹם־yom-H3117of thesameH853,yearlyH3117,

22as thedaysכַּיָּמִ֗יםkai.ya.MimH3117whereinאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834theJewsהַיְּהוּדִים֙hai.ye.hu.DimH3064hadrestנָ֨חוּNa.chuH5117from theirenemiesמֵא֣וֹיְבֵיהֶ֔םme.'oy.vei.HemH341, and themonthוְהַחֹ֗דֶשׁve.ha.Cho.deshH2320whichאֲשֶׁר֩'a.SherH834wasturnedH2015unto them fromsorrowמִיָּגוֹן֙mi.ya.goyNH3015togladnessלְשִׂמְחָ֔הle.sim.ChahH8057, and frommourningוּמֵאֵ֖בֶלu.me.'E.velH60intoH2015agoodט֑וֹבTovH2896dayלְי֣וֹםle.YomH3117: that they shouldmakeלַעֲשׂ֣וֹתla.'a.SotH6213themdaysיְמֵי֙ye.MeiH3117offeastingמִשְׁתֶּ֣הmish.TehH4960andgladnessוְשִׂמְחָ֔הve.sim.ChahH8057, and ofsendingוּמִשְׁל֤וֹחַu.mish.Lo.achH4916portionsמָנוֹת֙ma.nOtH4490one toanotherלְרֵעֵ֔הוּle.re.'E.huH7453, andgiftsוּמַתָּנ֖וֹתu.ma.ta.NotH4979to thepoorלָֽאֶבְיוֹנִֽים׃La.'ev.yo.NimH34.

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