H3064

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

הַיְּהוּדִ֑ים (יְּהוּדִ֑ים) ye.hu.di.yim “Jews”

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 which he had devised against the Jews.

הַיְּהוּדִֽים׃ (יְּהוּדִֽים) ye.hu.Dim “Jews”

and said, If it please the king and if I have found grace before him, and the thing seem right to the king, and I be pleasing in his sight, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king's provinces.

הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים (יְּהוּדִ֔ים) ye.hu.Dim “Jews”

And king Ahasuerus said to queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he stretched forth his hand against the Jews.

הַיְּהוּדִ֑י (יְּהוּדִ֑י) ye.hu.Di “Jew”בַּיְּהוּדִֽים׃ (יְּהוּדִֽים) i.ye.hu.di.yim “Jews”

Write ye then for the Jews as seems good to you, in the king's name, and seal [ergänzt: 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.

הַיְּהוּדִ֜ים (יְּהוּדִ֜ים) ye.hu.Dim “Jews”

Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth [ergänzt: 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.

הַיְּהוּדִ֡ים (יְּהוּדִ֡ים) ye.hu.Dim “Jews”הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים (יְּהוּדִ֔ים) ye.hu.Dim “Jews”

[ergänzt: stating] that the king granted the Jews that were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that might assault them, [ergänzt: their] little ones and women, and to [ergänzt: take] the spoil of them for a prey,

לַיְּהוּדִ֣ים׀ (יְּהוּדִ֣ים) i.ye.hu.Dim “Jews”

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

הַיְּהוּדִ֤ים (יְּהוּדִ֤ים) ye.hu.di.yim “Jews”

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

לַיְּהוּדִ֕ים (יְּהוּדִ֕ים) i.ye.hu.Dim “Jews”

And in every province, and in every city, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.

לַיְּהוּדִ֔ים (יְּהוּדִ֔ים) i.ye.hu.Dim “Jews”הַיְּהוּדִ֖ים (יְּהוּדִ֖ים) ye.hu.Dim “Jews”

And in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day thereof, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them (but it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had power over them that hated them),

הַיְּהוּדִים֙ (יְּהוּדִים֙) ye.hu.Dim “Jews”הַיְּהוּדִ֛ים (יְּהוּדִ֛ים) ye.hu.Dim “Jews”

the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout the provinces of king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt. And no man could withstand them; for the fear of them had fallen upon all the peoples.

הַיְּהוּדִ֜ים (יְּהוּדִ֜ים) ye.hu.Dim “Jews”

And all the princes of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors and officers of the king, helped the Jews; for the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.

הַיְּהוּדִ֑ים (יְּהוּדִ֑ים) ye.hu.Dim “Jews”

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.

הַיְּהוּדִים֙ (יְּהוּדִים֙) ye.hu.Dim “Jews”

And in Shushan the fortress the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

הַיְּהוּדִים֙ (יְּהוּדִים֙) ye.hu.Dim “Jews”

the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the oppressor of the Jews, they slew; but they laid not their hands on the prey.

הַיְּהוּדִ֖ים (יְּהוּדִ֖ים) ye.hu.Dim “Jews”

And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the fortress, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? And what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee; and what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

הַיְּהוּדִ֨ים (יְּהוּדִ֨ים) ye.hu.Dim “Jews”

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.

לַיְּהוּדִים֙ (יְּהוּדִים֙) i.ye.hu.Dim “Jews”

And the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but they laid not their hand on the prey.

הַיְּהוּדִ֣ים (יְּהוּדִ֣ים) ye.hu.di.yim “Jews”

And the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their life, and had rest from their enemies; and they slew of them that hated them seventy-five thousand (but they laid not their hand on the prey),

הַיְּהוּדִ֡ים (יְּהוּדִ֡ים) ye.hu.Dim “Jews”

But the Jews that were at Shushan gathered themselves together on the thirteenth [ergänzt: day] thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and joy.

וְהַיְּהוּדִ֣ים (יְּהוּדִ֣ים) ye.hu.di.yim “Jews”

Therefore the Jews of the villages that dwell in the country towns make the fourteenth of the month Adar a day of joy and feasting, and a good day, and on which they send portions one to another.

הַיְּהוּדִ֣ים (יְּהוּדִ֣ים) ye.hu.Dim “Jews”

And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters to all the Jews near and far that were in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus,

הַיְּהוּדִ֗ים (יְּהוּדִ֗ים) ye.hu.Dim “Jews”

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.

הַיְּהוּדִים֙ (יְּהוּדִים֙) ye.hu.Dim “Jews”

And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them.

הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים (יְּהוּדִ֔ים) ye.hu.Dim “Jews”