H9023–הוּ–hu

And the rest of Israel, of the priests, the Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, every one in his heritage.

בְּנַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

For there was an order from the king about them and a regular amount for the music-makers, for their needs day by day.

בְּיוֹמֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “its”

And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the music-makers, he and his brothers.

וְאֶחָֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

And his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel and Judah, Hanani, with the music-instruments of David, the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was at their head;

וְֽאֶחָ֡יו (ו) v “his”

And they kept the watch of their God, and were responsible for making things clean, and so did the music-makers and the door-keepers, as it was ordered by David and Solomon his son.

בְנֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave what was needed by the music-makers and the door-keepers day by day: and they made the offerings holy for the Levites; and the Levites did the same for the sons of Aaron.

בְּיוֹמ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “its”

And I saw that the Levites had not been given what was needed for their support; so that the Levites and the music-makers, who did the work, had gone away, everyone to his field.

לְשָׂדֵ֛הוּ (הוּ) hu “his”

Keep me in mind, O my God, in connection with this, and do not let the good which I have done for the house of my God and its worship go from your memory completely.

וּבְמִשְׁמָרָֽיו׃ (ו) v “its”

Was it not in these things that Solomon, king of Israel, did wrong? among a number of nations there was no king like him, and he was dear to his God, and God made him king over all Israel: but even he was made to do evil by strange women.

לֵֽאלֹהָיו֙ (ו֙) v “his”

So I made them clean from all strange people, and had regular watches fixed for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;

בִּמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

That in those days, when King Ahasuerus was ruling in Shushan, his strong town,

מַלְכוּת֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

In the third year of his rule he gave a feast to all his captains and his servants; and the captains of the army of Persia and Media, the great men and the rulers of the divisions of his kingdom, were present before him;

שָׂרָ֖יו (ו) v “his”וַעֲבָדָ֑יו (ו) v “his”לְפָנָֽיו׃ (ו) v “him”

And for a long time, even a hundred and eighty days, he let them see all the wealth and the glory of his kingdom and the great power and honour which were his.

מַלְכוּת֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”גְּדוּלָּת֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And the drinking was in keeping with the law; no one was forced: for the king had given orders to all the chief servants of his house to do as was pleasing to every man.

בֵּית֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

But when the servants gave her the king's order, Vashti the queen said she would not come: then the king was very angry, and his heart was burning with wrath.

וַחֲמָת֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

For news of what the queen has done will come to the ears of all women, and they will no longer give respect to their husbands when it is said to them, King Ahasuerus gave orders for Vashti the queen to come before him and she came not.

לְפָנָ֖יו (ו) v “him”

If it is pleasing to the king, let an order go out from him, and let it be recorded among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it may never be changed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her place t

מִלְּפָנָ֔יו (ו) v “him”

And when this order, given by the king, is made public through all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give honour to their husbands, great as well as small.

מַלְכוּת֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And sent letters to all the divisions of the kingdom, to every division in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs, saying that every man was to be the ruler in his house, and that this order was to be given

כִּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “its”בְּבֵית֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”עַמּֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

Let the king give authority to certain men in all the divisions of his kingdom, to get together all the fair young virgins and send them to Shushan, the king's town, to the women's house, under the care of Hegai, the king's servant, the keeper of the wom

מַלְכוּתוֹ֒ (וֹ֒) o “his”

Now there was a certain Jew in Shushan named Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;

וּשְׁמ֣וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And he had been a father to Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his father's brother: for she had no father or mother, and she was very beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his daughter.

דֹּד֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

So when the order made by the king was publicly given out, and a number of girls had been placed in the care of Hegai in the king's house in Shushan, Esther was taken into the king's house and put in the care of Hegai, the keeper of the women.

וְדָת֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And he was pleased with the girl and was kind to her; and he quickly gave her what was needed for making her clean, and the things which were hers by right, and seven servant-girls who were to be hers from the king's house: and he had her and her servant

בְעֵינָיו֮ (ו֮) v “his”לְפָנָיו֒ (ו֒) v “him”

So Esther was taken in to King Ahasuerus in his house in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his rule.

מַלְכוּת֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”לְמַלְכוּתֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”