H9001–/וַ–v

And Esther said, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that it may be done as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֤א (וַ) va “and”

And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is:

וַתַּ֥עַן (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּאמַ֑ר (וַ) va. “and”

Then went Haman forth that day joyful and glad of heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up nor moved for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.

וַיֵּצֵ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמָּלֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”

Nevertheless Haman refrained himself, and went home; and he sent and fetched his friends and Zeresh his wife.

וַיִּתְאַפַּ֣ק (וַ) va “and”וַיָּב֖וֹא (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֛ח (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

וַיְסַפֵּ֨ר (וַ) va “and”

Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to-morrow also am I invited by her together with the king.

וַיֹּאמֶר֮ (וַ) va “and”

Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

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

On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּהְי֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, of those that kept the threshold, who had sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.

וַיִּמָּצֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”

And the king said, What honor and dignity hath been bestowed on Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor? Now Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself?

וַיָּבוֹא֮ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Haman said unto the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honor,

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man therewith whom the king delighteth to honor, and cause him to ride on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honor.

וְהִלְבִּ֙ישׁוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִרְכִּיבֻ֤הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְקָרְא֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and caused him to ride through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor.

וַיִּקַּ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיַּלְבֵּ֖שׁ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּרְכִּיבֵ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֣א (וַ) va “and”

And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered.

וַיָּ֥שָׁב (וַ) va “and”

And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai, before whom thou hast begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

וַיְסַפֵּ֨ר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֩אמְרוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”

While they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.

וַיַּבְהִ֙לוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.

וַיָּבֹ֤א (וַ) va “and”

And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”

Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:

וַתַּ֨עַן (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּאמַ֔ר (וַ) va. “and”