H0834A–אֲשֶׁר–a.sher

And now, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and loving-kindness, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the days of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

אֲֽשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “which”

And our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers, have not performed thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.

אֲשֶׁ֥ר 'a.Sher “which”

And they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land that thou didst set before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “which”אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “which”

Behold, we are servants this day, and the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are bondmen in it.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “which”

And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure; and we are in great distress.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “whom”

joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which had been given by Moses the servant of God, and to keep and do all the commandments of Jehovah our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;

אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “which”

and that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:

וַאֲשֶׁ֛ר (אֲשֶׁ֛ר) 'a.Sher “that”

And these are the chiefs of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem; but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants.

אֲשֶׁ֥ר 'a.Sher “who”

And these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

אֲשֶׁ֥ר 'a.Sher “who”

On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and there was found written in it that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;

אֲ֠שֶׁר 'a.Sher “that”

And I came to Jerusalem, and observed the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobijah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.

אֲשֶׁ֨ר 'a.Sher “which”

Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds which I have done for the house of my God, and for the charges thereof!

אֲשֶׁ֥ר 'a.Sher “which”

And I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this which ye do, profaning the sabbath day?

אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “which”

And it came to pass, that when it began to be dark in the gates of Jerusalem before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut; and I commanded that they should not be opened till after the sabbath. And I set [supplied: some] of my servants at the gates, so that no burden should be brought in on the sabbath day.

אֲשֶׁר֙ 'a.Sher “that”

And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to hallow the sabbath day. Remember this also for me, my God, and spare me according to thy great loving-kindness!

אֲשֶׁ֨ר 'a.Sher “that”

in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the fortress,

אֲשֶׁ֖ר 'a.Sher “which”

Also the queen Vashti made a feast for the women of the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.

אֲשֶׁ֖ר 'a.Sher “which”

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the word of the king which was [supplied: sent] by the chamberlains; and the king was very wroth, and his fury burned in him.

אֲשֶׁ֖ר 'a.Sher “which”

What shall be done to the queen Vashti according to law, because she has not performed the word of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “that”

Then said Memucan before the king and the princes, The queen Vashti has not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the peoples that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

אֲשֶׁ֕ר 'a.Sher “which”

And the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's act, will say it this day to all the king's princes, and there will be contempt and anger enough.

אֲשֶׁ֤ר 'a.Sher “who”

If it please the king, let a royal order go forth from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it may not pass, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another that is better than she;

אֲשֶׁ֨ר 'a.Sher “that”

and when the king's edict which he shall make shall be heard throughout his realm -- for it is great -- all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, from the greatest to the least.

אֲשֶֽׁר־ 'a.Sher- “which”

After these things, when the fury of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “[that] which”אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “[that] which”

And let the maiden that pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

אֲשֶׁ֤ר 'a.Sher “who”