H9001–/וַ–v

Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said to Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?

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

And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר־ (וַ) va. “and”

Then the king returned out of the palace-garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman had fallen upon the bed on which Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him upon it.

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

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

וַיִּתְלוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

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

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

And Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised 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 held out the golden scepter towards Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,

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

And said, If it shall please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing shall seem right before the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces:

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

For how can I endure to see the evil that will come to my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

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

Then the king Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day of it; and it was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India to Cush, a hundred twenty and seven provinces, to every province according to the writing of it, and to every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

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

And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus's name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:

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

Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would to those that hated them.

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

And the king said to Esther the queen, the Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then said Esther, If it shall please the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do to-morrow also according to this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

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

For the Jews that were in Shushan assembled on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.

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

And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters to all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,

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

And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them;

וְקִבֵּל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

וְהִפִּ֥יל (וְ) ve. “and”

But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

וְתָל֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves to them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;

וְקִבְּל֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.

וַ֠תִּכְתֹּב (וַ֠) va. “and”

And he sent the letters to all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”