H9001–/וַ–v

And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters to your sons, or for yourselves.

וָאָרִ֤יב (וָ) va. “and”וָאֲקַֽלְלֵ֔ם (וָ) va. “and”וָאַכֶּ֥ה (וָ) va. “and”וָֽאֶמְרְטֵ֑ם (וָֽ) va. “and”וָאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֣ם (וָ) va. “and”

Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

וַיִּתְּנֵ֣הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.

וָאַבְרִיחֵ֖הוּ (וָ) va. “and”

Thus I cleansed them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;

וְטִֽהַרְתִּ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וָאַעֲמִ֧ידָה (וָ) va. “and”

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Cush, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

וַיְהִ֖י (וַ) va “and”

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

וַתְּמָאֵ֞ן (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּקְצֹ֤ף (וַ) va “and”

Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for so was the king's manner towards all that knew law and judgment:

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small.

וְנִשְׁמַע֩ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

וַיִּיטַב֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing of it, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”

Then said the king's servants that ministered to him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:

וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיִּיטַ֧ב (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.

וַיְהִ֨י (וַ) va “and”

So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree were heard, and when many maidens were assembled at Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also to the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַתִּלָּקַ֤ח (וַ) va. “and”

And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness from him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens who were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids to the best place of the house of the women.

וַתִּיטַ֨ב (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּשָּׂ֣א (וַ) va. “and”וַ֠יְבַהֵל (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיְשַׁנֶּ֧הָ (וַ) va “and”

In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, who kept the concubines: she came in to the king no more, except that the king delighted in her, and she was called by name.

וְנִקְרְאָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, had come to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all them that looked upon her.

וַתְּהִ֤י (וַ) va. “and”

So Esther was taken to king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

וַתִּלָּקַ֨ח (וַ) va. “and”

And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

וַיֶּאֱהַ֨ב (וַ) va “and”וַתִּשָּׂא־ (וַ) va. “and”וַיָּ֤שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”וַיַּמְלִיכֶ֖הָ (וַ) va “and”

Then the king made a great feast to all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֥ן (וַ) va “and”

In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those who kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it to Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king of it in Mordecai's name.

וַיִּוָּדַ֤ע (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגֵּ֖ד (וַ) va “and”וַתֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was discovered; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.

וַיְבֻקַּ֤שׁ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמָּצֵ֔א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתָּל֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּכָּתֵ֗ב (וַ) va “and”

After these things king Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.

וַֽיְנַשְּׂאֵ֑הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּ֙שֶׂם֙ (וַ) va “and”