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And I strive with them, and declare them vile, and smite certain of them, and pluck off their hair, and cause them to swear by God, `Ye do not give your daughters to their sons, nor do ye take of their daughters to your sons, and to yourselves.

וָאָרִ֤יב (וָ) va. “and”וָאֲקַֽלְלֵ֔ם (וָ) va. “and”וָאַכֶּ֥ה (וָ) va. “and”וָֽאֶמְרְטֵ֑ם (וָֽ) va. “and”וָאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֣ם (וָ) va. “and”

`By these did not Solomon king of Israel sin? and among the many nations there was no king like him, and beloved by his God he was, and God maketh him king over all Israel -- even him did the strange women cause to sin.

וַיִּתְּנֵ֣הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And `one' of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest, `is' son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite, and I cause him to flee from off me.

וָאַבְרִיחֵ֖הוּ (וָ) va. “and”

And I have cleansed them from every stranger, and appoint charges to priests and to Levites, each in his work,

וְטִֽהַרְתִּ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וָאַעֲמִ֧ידָה (וָ) va. “and”

And it cometh to pass, in the days of Ahasuerus -- he `is' Ahasuerus who is reigning from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces --

וַיְהִ֖י (וַ) va “and”

and the queen Vashti refuseth to come in at the word of the king that `is' by the hand of the eunuchs, and the king is very wroth, and his fury hath burned in him.

וַתְּמָאֵ֞ן (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּקְצֹ֤ף (וַ) va “and”

And the king saith to wise men, knowing the times -- for so `is' the word of the king before all knowing law and judgment,

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Memucan saith before the king and the heads, `Not against the king by himself hath Vashti the queen done perversely, but against all the heads, and against all the peoples that `are' in all provinces of the king Ahasuerus;

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and the sentence of the king that he maketh hath been heard in all his kingdom -- for it `is' great -- and all the wives give honour to their husbands, from great even unto small.'

וְנִשְׁמַע֩ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the thing is good in the eyes of the king, and of the princes, and the king doth according to the word of Memucan,

וַיִּיטַב֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

and sendeth letters unto all provinces of the king, unto province and province according to its writing, and unto people and people according to its tongue, for every man being head in his own house -- and speaking according to the language of his people.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”

and servants of the king, his ministers, say, `Let them seek for the king young women, virgins, of good appearance,

וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

and the young woman who is good in the eyes of the king doth reign instead of Vashti;' and the thing is good in the eyes of the king, and he doth so.

וַיִּיטַ֧ב (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

and he is supporting Hadassah -- she `is' Esther -- daughter of his uncle, for she hath neither father nor mother, and the young woman `is' of fair form, and of good appearance, and at the death of her father and her mother hath Mordecai taken her to him for a daughter.

וַיְהִ֨י (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass, in the word of the king, even his law, being heard, and in many young women being gathered unto Shushan the palace, unto the hand of Hegai, that Esther is taken unto the house of the king, unto the hand of Hegai, keeper of the women,

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַתִּלָּקַ֤ח (וַ) va. “and”

and the young woman is good in his eyes, and she receiveth kindness before him, and he hasteneth her purifications and her portions -- to give to her, and the seven young women who are provided -- to give to her, from the house of the king, and he changeth her and her young women to a good `place in' the house of the women.

וַתִּיטַ֨ב (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּשָּׂ֣א (וַ) va. “and”וַ֠יְבַהֵל (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיְשַׁנֶּ֧הָ (וַ) va “and”

in the evening she hath gone in, and in the morning she hath turned back unto the second house of the women, unto the hand of Shaashgaz eunuch of the king, keeper of the concubines; she cometh not in any more unto the king except the king hath delighted in her, and she hath been called by name.

וְנִקְרְאָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And in the drawing nigh of the turn of Esther -- daughter of Abihail, uncle of Mordecai, whom he had taken to him for a daughter -- to come in unto the king, she hath not sought a thing except that which Hegai eunuch of the king, keeper of the women, saith, and Esther is receiving grace in the eyes of all seeing her.

וַתְּהִ֤י (וַ) va. “and”

And Esther is taken unto the king Ahasuerus, unto his royal house, in the tenth month -- it `is' the month of Tebeth -- in the seventh year of his reign,

וַתִּלָּקַ֨ח (וַ) va. “and”

and the king loveth Esther above all the women, and she receiveth grace and kindness before him above all the virgins, and he setteth a royal crown on her head, and causeth her to reign instead of Vashti,

וַיֶּאֱהַ֨ב (וַ) va “and”וַתִּשָּׂא־ (וַ) va. “and”וַיָּ֤שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”וַיַּמְלִיכֶ֖הָ (וַ) va “and”

and the king maketh a great banquet to all his heads and his servants -- the banquet of Esther -- and a release to the provinces hath made, and giveth gifts as a memorial of the king.

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֥ן (וַ) va “and”

In those days, when Mordecai is sitting in the gate of the king, hath Bigthan been wroth, and Teresh, (two of the eunuchs of the king, the keepers of the threshold,) and they seek to put forth a hand on king Ahasuerus,

וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

and the thing is known to Mordecai, and he declareth `it' to Esther the queen, and Esther speaketh to the king in the name of Mordecai,

וַיִּוָּדַ֤ע (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגֵּ֖ד (וַ) va “and”וַתֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

and the thing is sought out, and found, and they are hanged both of them on a tree, and it is written in the book of the Chronicles before the king.

וַיְבֻקַּ֤שׁ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמָּצֵ֔א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתָּל֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּכָּתֵ֗ב (וַ) va “and”

After these things hath the king Ahasuerus exalted Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and lifteth him up, and setteth his throne above all the heads who `are' with him,

וַֽיְנַשְּׂאֵ֑הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּ֙שֶׂם֙ (וַ) va “and”