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Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and caused him to ride through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him: 'Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.'

לְפָנָ֔יו (לְ) le. “<to>”לָאִ֔ישׁ (לָ) la. “for the”

And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him: 'If Mordecai, before whom thou hast begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, thou shalt not prevail aga

לְזֶ֤רֶשׁ (לְ) le. “to”וּלְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”ל֨וֹ (ל֨) l “to”לִנְפֹּ֤ל (לִ) li “to”לְפָנָיו֙ (לְ) le. “<to>”ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “to”לְפָנָֽיו׃ (לְ) le. “<to>”

While they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hastened to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.

לְהָבִ֣יא (לְ) le. “to”

So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.

לִשְׁתּ֖וֹת (לִ) li “to”

And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine: 'Whatever thy petition, queen Esther, it shall be granted thee; and whatever thy request, even to the half of the kingdom, it shall be performed.'

לְאֶסְתֵּ֜ר (לְ) le. “to”לָ֑ךְ (לָ֑) La “to”

Then Esther the queen answered and said: 'If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request;

לִ֤י (לִ֤) l “to”

for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my peace, for the adversary is not worthy that the king be endamaged.'

לְהַשְׁמִ֖יד (לְ) le. “to”לַהֲר֣וֹג (לַ) la. “to”וּלְאַבֵּ֑ד (לְ) le. “to”לַעֲבָדִ֨ים (לַ) la. “to”וְלִשְׁפָח֤וֹת (לִ) li “to”

Then spoke the king Ahasuerus and said unto Esther the queen: 'Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?'

לְאֶסְתֵּ֣ר (לְ) le. “to”לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

And Esther said: 'An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman.' Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.

מִלִּפְנֵ֥י (לִּ) li “to”

And the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden; but Haman remained to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.

לְבַקֵּ֤שׁ (לְ) le. “to”

Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king: 'Will he even force the queen before me in the house?' As the word went out of the king's m

לִכְבּ֧וֹשׁ (לִ) li “to”

Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains that were before the king: 'Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman.' And the king said: 'Hang him thereon.'

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לְֽמָרְדֳּכַ֞י (לְֽ) le. “for”

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath assuaged.

לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑י (לְ) le. “for”

On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.

לְאֶסְתֵּ֣ר (לְ) le. “to”לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לָֽהּ׃ (לָֽ) La “to”

And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑י (לְ) le. “to”

And Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”ל֗וֹ (ל֗) l “to”לְהַֽעֲבִיר֙ (לְ) le. “to”

Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.

לְאֶסְתֵּ֔ר (לְ) le. “to”לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

And she said: 'If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he

לְפָנָ֗יו (לְ) le. “<to>”לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לְהָשִׁ֣יב (לְ) le. “to”לְאַבֵּד֙ (לְ) le. “to”

Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew: 'Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.

לְאֶסְתֵּ֣ר (לְ) le. “to”וּֽלְמָרְדֳּכַ֖י (לְ) le. “to”לְאֶסְתֵּ֗ר (לְ) le. “to”

Write ye also concerning the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring; for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.'

לְהָשִֽׁיב׃ (לְ) le. “to”

that the king had granted the Jews that were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, and to slay, and to cause to perish, all the forces of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones a

לַיְּהוּדִ֣ים׀ (לַ) la “to the”לְהִקָּהֵל֮ (לְ) le. “to”וְלַעֲמֹ֣ד (לַ) la. “to”לְהַשְׁמִיד֩ (לְ) le. “to”וְלַהֲרֹ֨ג (לַ) la. “to”וּלְאַבֵּ֜ד (לְ) le. “to”לָבֽוֹז׃ (לָ) la. “to”

upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

לְחֹ֥דֶשׁ (לְ) le. “of”

The copy of the writing, to be given out for a decree in every province, was to be published unto all the peoples, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

לְהִנָּ֤תֵֽן (לְ) le. “[was] to”לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”וְלִהְי֨וֹת (לִ) li “to”לַיּ֣וֹם (לַ) la “for the”לְהִנָּקֵ֖ם (לְ) le. “to”

And Mordecai went forth from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a rob of fine linen and purple; and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad.

מִלִּפְנֵ֣י (לִּ) li “to”

The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honour.

לַיְּהוּדִ֕ים (לַ) la “to the”