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Esther 9:20-26

20AndMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֔יma.re.do.KhaiH4782wroteוַיִּכְתֹּ֣בvai.yikh.ToH3789thesethingsהַדְּבָרִ֖יםha.de.va.RimH1697, andsentוַיִּשְׁלַ֨חvai.yish.LachH7971lettersסְפָרִ֜יםse.fa.RimH5612to all theJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֗יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064that were in all theprovincesמְדִינוֹת֙me.di.nOtH4082of thekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325, bothnearהַקְּרוֹבִ֖יםha.ke.ro.VimH7138andfarוְהָרְחוֹקִֽים׃ve.ha.re.cho.KimH7350,

21Toestablishלְקַיֵּם֮le.kai.YemH6965this among them, that they shouldkeepעֹשִׂ֗ים'o.SimH6213thefourteenthאַרְבָּעָ֤ה עָשָׂר֙'ar.ba.'Ah 'a.SarH702 H6240dayי֣וֹםYomH3117of themonthלְחֹ֣דֶשׁle.Cho.deshH2320Adarאֲדָ֔ר'a.DarH143, and thefifteenthחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֖רcha.mi.Shah 'a.SarH2568 H6240dayיוֹם־yom-H3117of the same,yearlyH8141,

22As thedaysכַּיָּמִ֗יםkai.ya.MimH3117in which theJewsהַיְּהוּדִים֙hai.ye.hu.DimH3064restedנָ֨חוּNa.chuH5117from theirenemiesמֵא֣וֹיְבֵיהֶ֔םme.'oy.vei.HemH341, and themonthוְהַחֹ֗דֶשׁve.ha.Cho.deshH2320which wasturnedנֶהְפַּ֨ךְneh.PakhH2015to them fromsorrowמִיָּגוֹן֙mi.ya.goyNH3015tojoyלְשִׂמְחָ֔הle.sim.ChahH8057, and frommourningוּמֵאֵ֖בֶלu.me.'E.velH60into agoodט֑וֹבTovH2896dayלְי֣וֹםle.YomH3117: that they shouldmakeלַעֲשׂ֣וֹתla.'a.SotH6213themdaysיְמֵי֙ye.MeiH3117offeastingמִשְׁתֶּ֣הmish.TehH4960andjoyוְשִׂמְחָ֔הve.sim.ChahH8057, and ofsendingוּמִשְׁל֤וֹחַu.mish.Lo.achH4916portionsמָנוֹת֙ma.nOtH4490oneאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376toanotherלְרֵעֵ֔הוּle.re.'E.huH7453, andgiftsוּמַתָּנ֖וֹתu.ma.ta.NotH4979to thepoorלָֽאֶבְיוֹנִֽים׃La.'ev.yo.NimH34.

23And theJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֔יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064undertookוְקִבֵּל֙ve.ki.BelH6901todoלַעֲשׂ֑וֹתla.'a.SotH6213as they hadbegunהֵחֵ֖לּוּhe.Che.luH2490, and asMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֖יma.re.do.KhaiH4782hadwrittenכָּתַ֥בka.TavH3789to them;

24BecauseHamanהָמָ֨ןha.ManH2001thesonבֶּֽן־ben-H1121ofHammedathaהַמְּדָ֜תָאha.me.Da.ta'H4099, theAgagiteהָֽאֲגָגִ֗יha.'a.ga.GiH91, theenemyצֹרֵר֙tzo.RerH6887of all theJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֔יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064, haddevisedחָשַׁ֥בcha.ShavH2803against theJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֖יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064todestroyלְאַבְּדָ֑םle.'a.be.DamH6them, and hadcastוְהִפִּ֥ילve.hi.PilH5307Purפּוּר֙purH6332, that is, thelotהַגּוֹרָ֔לha.go.RalH1486, toconsumeלְהֻמָּ֖םle.hu.MamH2000them, and todestroyוּֽלְאַבְּדָֽם׃U.le.'a.be.DamH6them;

25But when Esthercameוּבְבֹאָהּ֮u.ve.vo.'AhH935beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440thekingהַמֶּלֶךְ֒ha.me.leKhH4428, hecommandedאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559bylettersהַסֵּ֔פֶרha.Se.ferH5612that hiswickedהָרָעָ֛הha.ra.'AhH7451plotמַחֲשַׁבְתּ֧וֹma.cha.shav.ToH4284, which hedevisedחָשַׁ֥בcha.ShavH2803against theJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֖יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064, shouldreturnיָשׁ֞וּבya.ShuvH7725upon his ownheadרֹאשׁ֑וֹro.ShoH7218, and that he and hissonsבָּנָ֖יוba.NavH1121should behangedוְתָל֥וּve.ta.LuH8518on thegallowsהָעֵֽץ׃ha.'EtzH6086.

26Therefore theycalledקָֽרְאוּ֩ka.re.'UH7121thesedaysלַיָּמִ֨יםlai.ya.MimH3117Purimפוּרִים֙fu.RimH6332after thenameשֵׁ֣םshemH8034ofPurהַפּ֔וּרha.PurH6332. Therefore for all thewordsדִּבְרֵ֖יdiv.ReiH1697of thisletterהָאִגֶּ֣רֶתha.'i.Ge.retH107, and of that which they hadseenרָא֣וּra.'UH7200concerning thismatterכָּ֔כָהKa.khahH3602, and which hadcomeהִגִּ֖יעַhi.Gi.a'H5060to them,

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