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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.

וּכְדַ֖י (כְ) khe. “[will be] as”

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

כִּדְבַ֥ר (כִּ) ki “according to”

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.

כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ (כִּ) ki “according to”כִּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹ (כִּ) ki “according to”כִּלְשׁ֥וֹן (כִּ) ki “according to”

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.

כְּשֹׁ֕ךְ (כְּ) ke. “when”

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,

כְּדָ֤ת (כְּ) ke. “according to”

And the king made a great feast to all his princes and his servants, Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave presents according to the king's bounty.

כְּיַ֥ד (כְּ) ke. “according to”

(Esther, as Mordecai had charged her, had not yet made known her birth nor her people; for Esther did what Mordecai told her, like as when she was brought up with him.)

כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר (כַּ) ka. “just”כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

And it came to pass as they spoke daily to him, and he hearkened not to them, that they informed Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand; for he had told them that he was a Jew.

כְּאָמְרָ֤ם (כְּ) ke. “just as”

And the king said to Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as seems good to thee.

כַּטּ֥וֹב (כַּ) ka. “according to the”

Then were the king's scribes called, in the first month, on the thirteenth day of the [supplied: month], and there was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the king's satraps, and to the governors over every province, and to the princes of every people; to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language: in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.

כְּֽכָל־ (כְּֽ) ke. “according to”כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ (כִּ) ki “according to”כִּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹ (כִּ) ki “according to”

For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there arise relief and deliverance to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall perish. And who knows whether thou art [supplied: not] come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

כָּזֹ֔את (כָּ) ka. “like”

Go, gather together all the Jews that are found in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise, and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.

כַדָּ֔ת (כַ) kha. “[is] according to the”וְכַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (כַ) kha. “just”

And Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.

כְּכֹ֛ל (כְּ) ke. “according to”

And it was so, when the king saw the queen Esther standing in the court, that she obtained grace in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand; and Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.

כִרְא֨וֹת (כִ) khi “when”

If I have found grace in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to-morrow according to the king's word.

כִּדְבַ֥ר (כִּ) ki “according to”

And Haman went forth that day joyful and glad of heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up nor moved for him, he was full of fury against Mordecai.

וְכִרְאוֹת֩ (כִ) khi “just as”

And the king said to Haman, Make haste, take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast said.

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

Write ye then for the Jews as seems good to you, in the king's name, and seal [supplied: it] with the king's ring. For a writing that is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, cannot be reversed.

כַּטּ֤וֹב (כַּ) ka. “according to the”

Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth [supplied: day] thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors, and the princes of the provinces which are from India even to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language, and to the Jews according to their writing and according to their language.

כְּֽכָל־ (כְּֽ) ke. “according to”כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ (כִּ) ki “according to”כִּלְשֹׁנ֑וֹ (כִּ) ki “according to”כִּכְתָבָ֖ם (כִּ) ki “according to”וְכִלְשׁוֹנָֽם׃ (כִ) khi “according to”

And 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.

כִּרְצוֹנָֽם׃ (כִּ) ki “according to”

And Esther said, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews that 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.

כְּדָ֣ת (כְּ) ke. “according to”

as the days on which the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month that was turned to them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

כַּיָּמִ֗ים (כַּ) ka “as the”

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

כִּכְתָבָ֖ם (כִּ) ki “according to”וְכִזְמַנָּ֑ם (כִ) khi “according to”

to confirm these days of Purim in their fixed times, according as Mordecai the Jew and queen Esther had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, as to the matters of the fastings and their cry.

כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ (כַּ) ka. “just”וְכַאֲשֶׁ֛ר (כַ) kha. “just”

But he said to her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. We have also received good from God, and should we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

כְּדַבֵּ֞ר (כְּ) ke. “as”