H9002–/וְ–v

All the princes of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors, and those who did the king's business, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai was fallen 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 his fame went forth throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai grew greater and greater.

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

The Jews struck all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they would to those who hated them.

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

In Shushan the palace the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.

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

Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,

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

and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,

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

and Parmashta, and Arisai, and 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 Jew's enemy, killed they; but they didn't lay their hand on the spoil.

וּבַ֨בִּזָּ֔ה (וּ) u. “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 then have they done in the rest of the king's provinces! Now what is your petition? and it shall be granted you: or what is your request further? and it shall be done.

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

וְאֵ֛ת (וְ) ve. “and”

The king commanded it so to be done: and a decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

וְאֵ֛ת (וְ) ve. “and”

The Jews who were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and killed three hundred men in Shushan; but they didn't lay their hand on the spoil.

וּבַ֨בִּזָּ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”

The other Jews who were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and killed of those who hated them seventy-five thousand; but they didn't lay their hand on the spoil.

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

[supplied: This was done] on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

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

But the Jews who were in Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth [supplied: day] of it, and on the fourteenth of it; and on the fifteenth [supplied: day] of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

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

Therefore do the Jews of the villages, who dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar [supplied: a day of] gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

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

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

וְהָרְחוֹקִֽים׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

to enjoin those who they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

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

as the days in which the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the needy.

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

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

וְאֵ֛ת (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וּֽלְאַבְּדָֽם׃ (וּֽ) U. “and”

but when [supplied: the matter] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

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

Therefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur. Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come to them,

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

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

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

and that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memory of them perish from their seed.

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”