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And in every part of the kingdom and in every town, wherever the king's letter and his order came, the Jews were glad with great joy, and had a feast and a good day. And a great number of the people of the land became Jews: for the fear of the Jews had c

לַיְּהוּדִ֔ים (לַ) la “[belonged] to the”

Now on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, when the time came for the king's order to be put into effect, on the very day when the haters of the Jews had been hoping to have rule over them; though the opposite had come about

לְהֵעָשׂ֑וֹת (לְ) le. “to”לִשְׁל֣וֹט (לִ) li “to”

On that day, the Jews came together in their towns through all the divisions of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, for the purpose of attacking all those who were attempting evil against them: and everyone had to give way before them, for the fear of them had com

לִשְׁלֹ֣חַ (לִ) li “to”לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם (לִ) li “<to>”

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.

לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (לַ) la. “[belonged] to the”

On that day the number of those who had been put to death in the town of Shushan was given to the king.

לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

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

לְאֶסְתֵּ֣ר (לְ) le. “to”לָ֔ךְ (לָ֔) La “to”

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.

לַיְּהוּדִים֙ (לַ) la “to the”לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

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.

לְהֵֽעָשׂ֣וֹת (לְ) le. “to”

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.

לְחֹ֣דֶשׁ (לְ) le. “of”

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.

לְחֹ֣דֶשׁ (לְ) le. “of”

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.

לְחֹ֣דֶשׁ (לְ) le. “of”לְרֵעֵֽהוּ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

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

לְקַיֵּם֮ (לְ) le. “to”לִהְי֣וֹת (לִ) li “to”לְחֹ֣דֶשׁ (לְ) le. “of”

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

לָהֶ֤ם (לָ) la. “for”לְשִׂמְחָ֔ה (לְ) le. “into”לְי֣וֹם (לְ) le. “into”לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לְרֵעֵ֔הוּ (לְ) le. “to”לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִֽים׃ (לָֽ) La. “to the”

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

לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

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;

לְאַבְּדָ֑ם (לְ) le. “to”לְהֻמָּ֖ם (לְ) le. “to”וּֽלְאַבְּדָֽם׃ (לְ) le. “to”

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.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”

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,

לַיָּמִ֨ים (לַ) la “<to> the”

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;

לִהְי֣וֹת (לִ) li “to”

Then Esther the queen, daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, sent a second letter giving the force of their authority to the order about the Purim.

לְקַיֵּ֗ם (לְ) le. “to”

Giving the force of law to these days of Purim at their fixed times, as they had been ordered by Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen, and in keeping with the rules they had made for themselves and their seed, in connection with their time of going with

לְקַיֵּ֡ם (לְ) le. “to”

And all his acts of power and his great strength and the full story of the high place which the king gave Mordecai, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Media and Persia?

לְמַלְכֵ֖י (לְ) le. “of”

For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and respected by the body of his countrymen; working for the good of his people, and saying words of peace to all his seed.

לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (לַ) la. “to the”לַיְּהוּדִ֔ים (לַ) la “to the”לְרֹ֣ב (לְ) le. “to”לְעַמּ֔וֹ (לְ) le. “for”לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”

And he had seven sons and three daughters.

ל֛וֹ (ל֛) l “to”

His sons regularly went to one another's houses, and every one on his day gave a feast: and at these times they sent for their three sisters to take part in their feasts with them.

לִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת (לִ) li “<to>”לֶאֱכֹ֥ל (לֶ) le. “to”וְלִשְׁתּ֖וֹת (לִ) li “to”

And there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them.

לְהִתְיַצֵּ֖ב (לְ) le. “to”