H9002–/וְ–v

And all the chiefs and the captains and the rulers and those who did the king's business gave support to the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai had come on them.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִ֣ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַפַּח֗וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֹשֵׂ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and word of him went out through every part of the kingdom: for the man Mordecai became greater and greater.

וְשָׁמְע֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וְגָדֽוֹל׃ (וְ) ve. “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.

וְהֶ֖רֶג (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַבְדָ֑ן (וְ) ve. “and”

And in Shushan the Jews put to death five hundred men.

וּבְשׁוּשַׁ֣ן (וּ) u. “and”וְאַבֵּ֔ד (וְ) ve. “and”

They put to death Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,

וְאֵ֧ת׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֥ת׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֥ת׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,

וְאֵ֧ת׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֥ת׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֥ת׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,

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

The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the hater of the Jews; but they put not a hand on any of their goods.

וּבַ֨בִּזָּ֔ה (וּ) u. “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

וְאַבֵּ֜ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”וְיִנָּ֣תֵֽן (וְ) ve. “so”וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”וְתֵעָֽשׂ׃ (וְ) ve. “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.

וְאֵ֛ת (וְ) ve. “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.

וְאֵ֛ת (וְ) ve. “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.

וּבַ֨בִּזָּ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”

And the other Jews in every division of the kingdom came together, fighting for their lives, and got salvation from their haters and put seventy-five thousand of them to death; but they did not put a hand on their goods.

וּשְׁאָ֣ר (וּ) u. “and”וְעָמֹ֣ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְנ֙וֹחַ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָרֹג֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׁבְעִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַ֨בִּזָּ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”

This they did on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same month they took their rest, and made it a day of feasting and joy.

וְנ֗וֹחַ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָשֹׂ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׂמְחָֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the Jews in Shushan came together on the thirteenth and on the fourteenth day of the month; and on the fifteenth day they took their rest, and made it a day of feasting and joy.

וְהַיְּהוּדִ֣ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”וְנ֗וֹחַ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָשֹׂ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׂמְחָֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

So the Jews of the country places living in unwalled towns make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of feasting and joy and a good day, a day for sending offerings one to another.

וּמִשְׁתֶּ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”וְי֣וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִשְׁל֥וֹחַ (וּ) u. “and”

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

וְהָרְחוֹקִֽים׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Ordering them to keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and the fifteenth day of the same month, every year,

וְאֵ֛ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁנָֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

As days on which the Jews had rest from their haters, and the month which for them was turned from sorrow to joy, and from weeping to a good day: and that they were to keep them as days of feasting and joy, of sending offerings to one another and good th

וְהַחֹ֗דֶשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמֵאֵ֖בֶל (וּ) u. “and”וְשִׂמְחָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִשְׁל֤וֹחַ (וּ) u. “and”וּמַתָּנ֖וֹת (וּ) u. “and”

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

וְאֵ֛ת (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;

וּֽלְאַבְּדָֽם׃ (וּֽ) U. “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.

וּבְבֹאָהּ֮ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So these days were named Purim, after the name of Pur. And so, because of the words of this letter, and of what they had seen in connection with this business, and what had come to them,

וּמָֽה־ (וּ) u. “and”וּמָ֥ה (וּ) u. “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;

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַ֨ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְכִזְמַנָּ֑ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁנָֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And that those days were to be kept in memory through every generation and every family, in every division of the kingdom and every town, that there might never be a time when these days of Purim would not be kept among the Jews, or when the memory of th

וְהַיָּמִ֣ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְנַעֲשִׂ֜ים (וְ) ve. “and”וָד֗וֹר (וָ) va. “and”וּמִשְׁפָּחָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”וּמְדִינָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”וְעִ֣יר (וְ) ve. “and”וָעִ֑יר (וָ) va. “and”וִימֵ֞י (וִ) vi. “and”וְזִכְרָ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”