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Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, Who is he and where is he who has had this evil thought in his heart?

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Esther said, Our hater and attacker is this evil Haman. Then Haman was full of fear before the king and the queen.

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר־ (וַ) va. “and”

Then the king came back from the garden into the room where they had been drinking; and Haman was stretched out on the seat where Esther was. Then the king said, Is he taking the queen by force before my eyes in my house? And while the words were on the

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Harbonah, one of the unsexed servants waiting before the king, said, See, the pillar fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who said a good word for the king, is still in its place in Haman's house. Then the king said, Put him to death by

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.

וַיִּתְלוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther put Mordecai over the family of Haman.

וַיָּ֨סַר (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּתְּנָ֖הּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַתָּ֧שֶׂם (וַ) va. “and”

Then Esther again came before the king, falling down at his feet, and made request to him with weeping, that he would put a stop to the evil purposes of Haman the Agagite and the designs which he had made against the Jews.

וַתּ֣וֹסֶף (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּדַבֵּר֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּפֹּ֖ל (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֣בְךְּ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּתְחַנֶּן־ (וַ) va. “and”

Then the king put out the rod of gold to Esther, and she got up before the king.

וַיּ֤וֹשֶׁט (וַ) va “and”וַתָּ֣קָם (וַ) va. “and”וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד (וַֽ) va. “and”

And she said, If it is the king's pleasure and if I have his approval and this thing seems right to the king and I am pleasing to him, then let letters be sent giving orders against those which Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, sent out for the d

וַ֠תֹּאמֶר (וַ֠) Va. “and”וְכָשֵׁ֤ר (וְ) ve. “and”

For how is it possible for me to see the evil which is to overtake my nation? how may I see the destruction of my people?

וְֽרָאִ֔יתִי (וְֽ) ve. “and”וְֽרָאִ֔יתִי (וְֽ) ve. “and”

Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, See now, I have given Esther the family of Haman, and he has come to his death by hanging, because he made an attack on the Jews.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then at that time, on the twenty-third day of the third month, which is the month Sivan, the king's scribes were sent for; and everything ordered by Mordecai was put in writing and sent to the Jews and the captains and the rulers and the chiefs of all th

וַיִּקָּרְא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּכָּתֵ֣ב (וַ) va “and”

The letters were sent in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with his ring, and they were taken by men on horseback, going on the quick-running horses used for the king's business, the offspring of his best horses:

וַיִּכְתֹּ֗ב (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחְתֹּ֖ם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”

So the Jews overcame all their attackers with the sword and with death and destruction, and did to their haters whatever they had a desire to do.

וַיַּכּ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have put five hundred men to death in Shushan, as well as the ten sons of Haman: what then have they done in the rest of the kingdom! Now what is your prayer? for it will be given to you; what other request

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Esther said, If it is the king's pleasure, let authority be given to the Jews in Shushan to do tomorrow as has been done today, and let orders be given for the hanging of Haman's ten sons.

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And the king said that this was to be done, and the order was given out in Shushan, and the hanging of Haman's ten sons was effected.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַתִּנָּתֵ֥ן (וַ) va. “and”

For the Jews who were in Shushan came together again on the fourteenth day of the month Adar and put to death three hundred men in Shushan; but they put not a hand on their goods.

וַיִּֽקָּהֲל֞וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽהַרְג֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Mordecai sent letters to all the Jews in every division of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, near and far,

וַיִּכְתֹּ֣ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”

And the Jews gave their word to go on as they had been doing and as Mordecai had given them orders in writing;

וְקִבֵּל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Because Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of all the Jews, had made designs for their destruction, attempting to get a decision by Pur (that is, chance) with a view to putting an end to them and cutting them off;

וְהִפִּ֥יל (וְ) ve. “and”

But when the business was put before the king, he gave orders by letters that the evil design which he had made against the Jews was to be turned against himself; and that he and his sons were to be put to death by hanging.

וְתָל֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

The Jews made a rule and gave an undertaking, causing their seed and all those who were joined to them to do the same, so that it might be in force for ever, that they would keep those two days, as ordered in the letter, at the fixed time every year;

וְקִבְּל֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Esther the queen, daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, sent a second letter giving the force of their authority to the order about the Purim.

וַ֠תִּכְתֹּב (וַ֠) va. “and”

And he sent letters to all the Jews in the hundred and twenty-seven divisions of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with true words of peace,

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”