H4082–מְדִינָה–me.di.nah

And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith Jehovah: By the servants of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall begin the battle? And he said, Thou.

הַמְּדִינ֑וֹת (מְּדִינ֑וֹת) me.di.Not “provinces”

And he numbered the servants of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two; and after them he numbered all the people, all the children of Israel, seven thousand.

הַמְּדִינ֔וֹת (מְּדִינ֔וֹת) me.di.Not “provinces”

And the servants of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-Hadad sent out, and they told him saying, There are men come out of Samaria.

הַמְּדִינ֖וֹת (מְּדִינ֖וֹת) me.di.Not “provinces”

And these servants of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army that followed them.

הַמְּדִינ֑וֹת (מְּדִינ֑וֹת) me.di.Not “provinces”

And these are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one to his city,

הַמְּדִינָ֗ה (מְּדִינָ֗ה) me.di.Nah “province”

And they said to me, Those who remain, that are left of the captivity there in the province, are in great affliction and reproach; and the wall of Jerusalem is in ruins, and its gates are burned with fire.

בַּמְּדִינָ֔ה (מְּדִינָ֔ה) me.di.Nah “province”

These are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one to his city;

הַמְּדִינָ֗ה (מְּדִינָ֗ה) me.di.Nah “province”

And these are the chiefs of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem; but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants.

הַמְּדִינָ֔ה (מְּדִינָ֔ה) me.di.Nah “province”

And it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (that is, the Ahasuerus that reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces),

מְדִינָֽה׃ me.di.Nah “province[s]”

in the third year of his reign, he made a feast to all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and the princes of the provinces being before him;

הַמְּדִינ֖וֹת (מְּדִינ֖וֹת) me.di.Not “provinces”

Then said Memucan before the king and the princes, The queen Vashti has not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the peoples that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

מְדִינ֖וֹת me.di.Not “[the] provinces of”

And he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language, That every man should bear rule in his own house, and should speak according to the language of his people.

מְדִינ֣וֹת me.di.Not “[the] provinces of”מְדִינָ֤ה me.di.Nah “province”וּמְדִינָה֙ (מְדִינָה֙) me.di.Nah “province”

and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the young virgins of beautiful countenance to Shushan the fortress, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given.

מְדִינ֣וֹת me.di.Not “[the] provinces of”

And the king made a great feast to all his princes and his servants, Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave presents according to the king's bounty.

לַמְּדִינוֹת֙ (מְּדִינוֹת֙) me.di.nOt “provinces”

And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from [ergänzt: those of] every people, and they keep not the king's laws; and it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.

מְדִינ֣וֹת me.di.Not “[the] provinces of”

Then were the king's scribes called, in the first month, on the thirteenth day of the [ergänzt: month], and there was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the king's satraps, and to the governors over every province, and to the princes of every people; to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language: in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.

מְדִינָ֣ה me.di.Nah “province”וּמְדִינָ֗ה (מְדִינָ֗ה) me.di.Nah “province”מְדִינָ֤ה me.di.Nah “province”וּמְדִינָה֙ (מְדִינָה֙) me.di.Nah “province”

And the letters were sent by couriers into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, upon the thirteenth of the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, and [ergänzt: to take] the spoil of them for a prey.

מְדִינ֣וֹת me.di.Not “[the] provinces of”

That the decree might be given in every province, a copy of the writing was published to all peoples, that they should be ready against that day.

מְדִינָ֣ה me.di.Nah “province”וּמְדִינָ֔ה (מְדִינָ֔ה) me.di.Nah “province”

And in every province, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing: many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

מְדִינָ֣ה me.di.Nah “province”וּמְדִינָ֗ה (מְדִינָ֗ה) me.di.Nah “province”

All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces do know that whoever, whether man or woman, shall come to the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is *one* law, to put [ergänzt: him] to death, except [ergänzt: such] to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live; and I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.

מְדִינ֨וֹת me.di.Not “[the] provinces of”

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.

מְדִינ֥וֹת me.di.Not “[the] provinces of”

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.

הַמְּדִינ֜וֹת (מְּדִינ֜וֹת) me.di.Not “provinces”מְדִינָ֔ה me.di.Nah “province[s]”מְדִינָ֤ה me.di.Nah “province”וּמְדִינָה֙ (מְדִינָה֙) me.di.Nah “province”

[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,

וּמְדִינָ֛ה (מְדִינָ֛ה) me.di.Nah “province”

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

מְדִינ֖וֹת me.di.Not “[the] provinces of”

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.

מְדִינָ֣ה me.di.Nah “province”וּמְדִינָ֔ה (מְדִינָ֔ה) me.di.Nah “province”