H9002–/וְ–v

White, green, and blue [supplied: hangings] were fastened with cords of byssus and purple to silver rings and pillars of white marble; couches of gold and silver [supplied: lay] upon a pavement of red and white marble, and alabaster, and black marble.

וּתְכֵ֗לֶת (וּ) u. “and”וְאַרְגָּמָ֔ן (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַמּ֣וּדֵי (וְ) ve. “and”וָכֶ֗סֶף (וָ) va. “and”וָשֵׁ֖שׁ (וָ) va. “and”וְדַ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְסֹחָֽרֶת׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they gave drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being diverse one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the king's bounty.

וְהַשְׁקוֹת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכֵלִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”

And the drinking was, according to commandment, without constraint; for so the king had appointed to all the magnates of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

וְהַשְּׁתִיָּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וָאִֽישׁ׃ (וָ) va. “and”

On the seventh day, when the king's heart was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of king Ahasuerus,

וַאֲבַגְתָא֙ (וַ) va. “and”וְכַרְכַּ֔ס (וְ) ve. “and”

to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown to shew the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was of beautiful countenance.

וְהַשָּׂרִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וַחֲמָת֖וֹ (וַ) va. “and”

And the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for so was the king's business [supplied: conducted] before all that knew law and judgment;

וָדִֽין׃ (וָ) va. “and”

and the next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, [supplied: and] Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and who sat first in the kingdom),

וְהַקָּרֹ֣ב (וְ) ve. “and”וּמָדַ֗י (וּ) u. “and”

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.

וְהַשָּׂרִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For the act of the queen will come abroad to all women, so as to render their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when they shall say, The king Ahasuerus commanded the queen Vashti to be brought in before him, and she came not!

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וְֽהַיּ֨וֹם (וְֽ) ve. “and”וּמָדַ֗י (וּ) u. “and”וּכְדַ֖י (וּ) u. “and”וָקָֽצֶף׃ (וָ) va. “and”

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;

וְיִכָּתֵ֛ב (וְ) ve. “and”וּמָדַ֖י (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַלְכוּתָהּ֙ (וּ) u. “and”

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.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְהַשָּׂרִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language, That every man should bear rule in his own house, and should speak according to the language of his people.

וּמְדִינָה֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וָעָ֖ם (וָ) va. “and”וּמְדַבֵּ֖ר (וּ) u. “and”

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.

וְאֵ֣ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”

and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the young virgins of beautiful countenance to Shushan the fortress, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given.

וְיַפְקֵ֨ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִקְבְּצ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָת֖וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְהַֽנַּעֲרָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

There was in Shushan the fortress a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjaminite,

וּשְׁמ֣וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

And he brought up Hadassah, that 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.

וָאֵ֑ם (וָ) va. “and”וְהַנַּעֲרָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְטוֹבַ֣ת (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְמ֤וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וְאִמָּ֔הּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the fortress, unto the custody of Hegai, that Esther also was brought into the king's house, unto the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

וְדָת֔וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וּֽבְהִקָּבֵ֞ץ (וּֽ) u. “and”

And the maiden pleased him, and obtained favour before him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, and her portions, and the seven maidens selected to be given her, out of the king's house; and he removed her and her maids to the best [supplied: place] of the house of the women.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Esther had not made known her people nor her birth; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”וָי֔וֹם (וָ) va. “and”וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”

And when every maiden's turn came to go in to king Ahasuerus after that she had been treated for twelve months, according to the manner of the women (for so were the days of their purification accomplished -- six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices, and with things for the purifying of the women,

וּבְהַגִּ֡יעַ (וּ) u. “and”וְנַעֲרָ֜ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׁשָּׁ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְתַמְרוּקֵ֖י (וּ) u. “and”