H9002–/וְ–v

They are yet speaking with him, and eunuchs of the king have come, and haste to bring in Haman unto the banquet that Esther hath made.

וְסָרִיסֵ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king cometh in, and Haman, to drink with Esther the queen,

וְהָמָ֔ן (וְ) ve. “and”

and the king saith to Esther also on the second day, during the banquet of wine, `What `is' thy petition, Esther, O queen? and it is given to thee; and what thy request? unto the half of the kingdom -- and it is done.'

וְתִנָּ֣תֵֽן (וְ) ve. “so”וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”וְתֵעָֽשׂ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Esther the queen answereth and saith, `If I have found grace in thine eyes, O king, and if to the king `it be' good, let my life be given to me at my petition, and my people at my request;

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַמִּ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

for we have been sold, I and my people, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy; and if for men-servants and for maid-servants we had been sold I had kept silent -- but the adversity is not equal to the loss of the king.'

וְעַמִּ֔י (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְאַבֵּ֑ד (וּ) u. “and”וְ֠אִלּוּ (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וְלִשְׁפָח֤וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king Ahasuerus saith, yea, he saith to Esther the queen, `Who `is' he -- this one? and where `is' this one? -- he whose heart hath filled him to do so?'

וְאֵֽי־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Esther saith, `The man -- adversary and enemy -- `is' this wicked Haman;' and Haman hath been afraid at the presence of the king and of the queen.

וְאוֹיֵ֔ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָמָ֣ן (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמַּלְכָּֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king hath risen, in his fury, from the banquet of wine, unto the garden of the house, and Haman hath remained to seek for his life from Esther the queen, for he hath seen that evil hath been determined against him by the king.

וְהַמֶּ֜לֶךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָמָ֣ן (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king hath turned back out of the garden of the house unto the house of the banquet of wine, and Haman is falling on the couch on which Esther `is', and the king saith, `Also to subdue the queen with me in the house?' the word hath gone out from the mouth of the king, and the face of Haman they have covered.

וְהַמֶּ֡לֶךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָמָן֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפְנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

And they hang Haman upon the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king hath lain down.

וַחֲמַ֥ת (וַ) va. “and”

On that day hath the king Ahasuerus given to Esther the queen the house of Haman, adversary of the Jews, and Mordecai hath come in before the king, for Esther hath declared what he `is' to her,

וּמָרְדֳּכַ֗י (וּ) u. “and”

And Esther addeth, and speaketh before the king, and falleth before his feet, and weepeth, and maketh supplication to him, to cause the evil of Haman the Agagite to pass away, and his device that he had devised against the Jews;

וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

and saith, `If to the king `it be' good, and if I have found grace before him, and the thing hath been right before the king, and I `be' good in his eyes, let it be written to bring back the letters -- a device of Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite -- that he wrote to destroy the Jews who `are' in all provinces of the king,

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְטוֹבָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

for how do I endure when I have looked on the evil that doth find my people? and how do I endure when I have looked on the destruction of my kindred?'

וְאֵֽיכָכָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king Ahasuerus saith to Esther the queen, and to Mordecai the Jew, `Lo, the house of Haman I have given to Esther, and him they have hanged on the tree, because that he put forth his hand on the Jews,

וּֽלְמָרְדֳּכַ֖י (וּֽ) u. “and”וְאֹתוֹ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

and ye, write ye for the Jews, as `it is' good in your eyes, in the name of the king, and seal with the signet of the king -- for the writing that is written in the name of the king, and sealed with the signet of the king, there is none to turn back.'

וְ֠אַתֶּם (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וְחִתְמ֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנַחְתּ֛וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”

And the scribes of the king are called, at that time, in the third month -- it `is' the month of Sivan -- in the three and twentieth of it, and it is written, according to all that Mordecai hath commanded, unto the Jews, and unto the lieutenants, and the governors, and the heads of the provinces, that `are' from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces -- province and province according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, and unto the Jews according to their writing, and according to their tongue.

וְעֶשְׂרִים֮ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶ֣ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַפַּחוֹת֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׂרֵ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּמֵאָה֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּמְדִינָה֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְעַ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”וָעָ֖ם (וָ) va. “and”וְאֶ֨ל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכִלְשׁוֹנָֽם׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

that the king hath given to the Jews who `are' in every city and city, to be assembled, and to stand for their life, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy the whole force of the people and province who are distressing them, infants and women, and their spoil to seize.

וָעִ֗יר (וָ) va. “and”וְלַעֲמֹ֣ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַהֲרֹ֨ג (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְאַבֵּ֜ד (וּ) u. “and”וּמְדִינָ֛ה (וּ) u. “and”וְנָשִׁ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁלָלָ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

a copy of the writing to be made law in every province and province is revealed to all the peoples, and for the Jews being ready at this day to be avenged of their enemies.

וּמְדִינָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”וְלִהְי֨וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

The runners, riding on the dromedary, `and' the mules, have gone out, hastened and pressed by the word of the king, and the law hath been given in Shushan the palace.

וּדְחוּפִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”וְהַדָּ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”

And Mordecai went out from before the king, in royal clothing of blue and white, and a great crown of gold, and a garment of fine linen and purple, and the city of Shushan hath rejoiced and been glad;

וּמָרְדֳּכַ֞י (וּ) u. “and”וָח֔וּר (וָ) va. “and”וַעֲטֶ֤רֶת (וַ) va. “and”וְתַכְרִ֥יךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַרְגָּמָ֑ן (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָעִ֣יר (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׂמֵֽחָה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

to the Jews hath been light, and gladness, and joy, and honour,

וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׂשֹׂ֖ן (וְ) ve. “and”וִיקָֽר׃ (וִ) vi. “and”

and in every province and province, and in every city and city, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, gladness and joy `are' to the Jews, a banquet, and a good day; and many of the peoples of the land are becoming Jews, for a fear of the Jews hath fallen upon them.

וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”וּמְדִינָ֜ה (וּ) u. “and”וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”וָעִ֗יר (וָ) va. “and”וְדָתוֹ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׂשׂוֹן֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְי֣וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”וְרַבִּ֞ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And in the twelfth month -- it `is' the month of Adar -- on the thirteenth day of it, in which the word of the king, even his law, hath come to be done, in the day that the enemies of the Jews had hoped to rule over them, and it is turned that the Jews rule over those hating them --

וּבִשְׁנֵים֩ (וּ) u. “and”וְדָת֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנַהֲפ֣וֹךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

the Jews have been assembled in their cities, in all provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to put forth a hand on those seeking their evil, and no man hath stood in their presence, for their fear hath fallen on all the peoples.

וְאִישׁ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”