H0834A–אֲשֶׁר–a.sher

And now, our God, the great, the strong, the God who is to be feared, who keeps faith and mercy, let not all this trouble seem small to you, which has come on us, and on our kings and our rulers and on our priests and our prophets and our fathers and on

אֲֽשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “which”

And our kings, our rulers, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law or given attention to your orders and your witness, with which you gave witness against them.

אֲשֶׁ֥ר 'a.Sher “which”

For they have not been your servants in their kingdom, and in all the good things you gave them, and in the great and fat land you gave them, and they have not been turned away from their evil-doing.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “which”אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “which”

Now, today, we are servants, and as for the land which you gave to our fathers, so that the produce of it and the good might be theirs, see, we are servants in it:

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “which”

And it gives much increase to the kings whom you have put over us because of our sins: and they have power over our bodies and over our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great trouble.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “whom”

They were united with their brothers, their rulers, and put themselves under a curse and an oath, to keep their steps in the way of God's law, which was given by Moses, the servant of God, and to keep and do all the orders of the Lord, our Lord, and his

אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “which”

And that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the lands, or take their daughters for our sons;

וַאֲשֶׁ֛ר (אֲשֶׁ֛ר) 'a.Sher “that”

Now these are the chiefs of the divisions of the country who were living in Jerusalem: but in the towns of Judah everyone was living on his heritage in the towns, that is, Israel, the priests, the Levites, the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's serv

אֲשֶׁ֥ר 'a.Sher “who”

Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

אֲשֶׁ֥ר 'a.Sher “who”

On that day there was a reading from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and they saw that it said in the book that no Ammonite or Moabite might ever come into the meeting of God;

אֲ֠שֶׁר 'a.Sher “that”

And I came to Jerusalem; and it was clear to me what evil Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in making ready for him a room in the buildings of the house of God.

אֲשֶׁ֨ר 'a.Sher “which”

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.

אֲשֶׁ֥ר 'a.Sher “which”

Then I made protests to the chiefs of Judah, and said to them, What is this evil which you are doing, not keeping the Sabbath day holy?

אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “which”

And so, when the streets of Jerusalem were getting dark before the Sabbath, I gave orders for the doors to be shut and not to be open again till after the Sabbath: and I put some of my servants by the door so that nothing might be taken in on the Sabbath

אֲשֶׁר֙ 'a.Sher “that”

And I gave the Levites orders to make themselves clean and come and keep the doors and make the Sabbath holy. Keep this in mind to my credit, O my God, and have mercy on me, for great is your mercy.

אֲשֶׁ֨ר 'a.Sher “that”

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

אֲשֶׁ֖ר 'a.Sher “which”

And Vashti the queen gave a feast for the women in the house of King Ahasuerus.

אֲשֶׁ֖ר 'a.Sher “which”

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.

אֲשֶׁ֖ר 'a.Sher “which”

What is to be done by law to Vashti the queen, because she has not done what King Ahasuerus, by his servants, gave her orders to do?

אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher “that”

And before the king and the captains, Memucan gave his answer: Vashti the queen has done wrong, not only to the king, but to all the captains and to all the peoples in all the divisions of the kingdom of King Ahasuerus;

אֲשֶׁ֕ר 'a.Sher “which”

And the wives of the captains of Persia and Media, hearing what the queen has done, will say the same to all the king's captains. So there will be much shame and wrath.

אֲשֶׁ֤ר 'a.Sher “who”

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

אֲשֶׁ֨ר 'a.Sher “that”

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.

אֲשֶֽׁר־ 'a.Sher- “which”

After these things, when the king's feelings were calmer, the thought of Vashti and what she had done and the order he had made against her, came back to his mind.

אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “[that] which”אֲשֶׁר־ 'a.Sher- “[that] which”

And let the girl who is pleasing to the king be queen in place of Vashti. And the king was pleased with this suggestion; and he did so.

אֲשֶׁ֤ר 'a.Sher “who”