H9001–/וַ–v

I contended with them, and cursed them, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [supplied: saying], You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for 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, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did foreign women cause to sin.

וַיִּתְּנֵ֣הוּ (וַ) va “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 cleansed I them from all foreigners, and appointed charges for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;

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

Now it happened in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over one hundred twenty-seven provinces),

וַיְהִ֖י (וַ) va “and”

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by the chamberlains: therefore was the king very angry, 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 toward all who knew law and judgment;

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

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

וְנִשְׁמַע֩ (וְ) ve. “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 should speak according to the language of his people.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

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

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

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

וַיְהִ֨י (וַ) va “and”

So it happened, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together to Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken into the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

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

The maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her things for her purification, with her portions, and the seven maidens who were meet to be given her out of the king's house: and he removed her and her maidens 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 next day 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 the king delighted in her, and she were 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, was come to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. Esther obtained favor in the sight of all those who looked at 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”

The king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown on 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 bounty of the king.

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

In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those who kept the threshold, were angry, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.

וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

The thing became known to Mordecai, who shown it to Esther the queen; and Esther told the king [supplied: of it] in Mordecai's name.

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

When inquisition was made of the matter, and it was found to be so, 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 did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.

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