H9001–/וַ–v

And Esther saith, `If unto the king `it be' good, the king doth come in, and Haman, to-day, unto the banquet that I have made for him;'

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

and the king saith, `Haste ye Haman -- to do the word of Esther;' and the king cometh in, and Haman, unto the banquet that Esther hath made.

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

And the king saith to Esther, during the banquet of wine, `What `is' thy petition? and it is given to thee; and what thy request? unto the half of the kingdom -- and it is done.'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Esther answereth and saith, `My petition and my request `is':

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

And Haman goeth forth on that day rejoicing and glad in heart, and at Haman's seeing Mordecai in the gate of the king, and he hath not risen nor moved for him, then is Haman full of fury against Mordecai.

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

And Haman forceth himself, and cometh in unto his house, and sendeth, and bringeth in his friends, and Zeresh his wife,

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

and Haman recounteth to them the glory of his wealth, and the abundance of his sons, and all that with which the king made him great, and with which he lifted him up above the heads and servants of the king.

וַיְסַפֵּ֨ר (וַ) va “and”

And Haman saith, `Yea, Esther the queen brought none in with the king, unto the feast that she made, except myself, and also for to-morrow I am called to her, with the king,

וַיֹּאמֶר֮ (וַ) va “and”

And Zeresh his wife saith to him, and all his friends, `Let them prepare a tree, in height fifty cubits, and in the morning speak to the king, and they hang Mordecai on it, and go thou in with the king unto the banquet rejoicing;' and the thing is good before Haman, and he prepareth the tree.

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

On that night hath the sleep of the king fled away, and he saith to bring in the book of memorials of the Chronicles, and they are read before the king,

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

and it is found written that Mordecai had declared concerning Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs of the king, of the keepers of the threshold, who sought to put forth a hand on king Ahasuerus.

וַיִּמָּצֵ֣א (וַ) va “and”

And the king saith, `What honour and greatness hath been done to Mordecai for this?' And the servants of the king, his ministers, say, `Nothing hath been done with him.'

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

And the king saith, `Who `is' in the court?' -- and Haman hath come in to the outer court of the house of the king, to say to the king to hang Mordecai on the tree that he had prepared for him --

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and the servants of the king say unto him, `Lo, Haman is standing in the court;' and the king saith, `Let him come in.'

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

And Haman cometh in, and the king saith to him, `What -- to do with the man in whose honour the king hath delighted?' And Haman saith in his heart, `To whom doth the king delight to do honour more than myself?'

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

And Haman saith unto the king, `The man in whose honour the king hath delighted,

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and to give the clothing and the horse into the hand of a man of the heads of the king, the chiefs, and they have clothed the man in whose honour the king hath delighted, and caused him to ride on the horse in a broad place of the city, and called before him: Thus it is done to the man in whose honour the king hath delighted.'

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

And the king saith to Haman, `Haste, take the clothing and the horse, as thou hast spoken, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting in the gate of the king; there doth not fall a thing of all that thou hast spoken.'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Haman taketh the clothing, and the horse, and clothed Mordecai, and causeth him to ride in a broad place of the city, and calleth before him, `Thus it is done to the man in whose honour the king hath delighted.'

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

And Mordecai turneth back unto the gate of the king, and Haman hath been hastened unto his house mourning, and with covered head,

וַיָּ֥שָׁב (וַ) va “and”

and Haman recounteth to Zeresh his wife, and to all his friends, all that hath met him, and his wise men say to him, and Zeresh his wife, `If Mordecai `is' of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou art not able for him, but dost certainly fall before him.'

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

They are yet speaking with him, and eunuchs of the king have come, and haste to bring in Haman unto the banquet that Esther hath made.

וַיַּבְהִ֙לוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the king cometh in, and Haman, to drink with Esther the queen,

וַיָּבֹ֤א (וַ) va “and”

and the king saith to Esther also on the second day, during the banquet of wine, `What `is' thy petition, Esther, O queen? and it is given to thee; and what thy request? unto the half of the kingdom -- and it is done.'

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”

And Esther the queen answereth and saith, `If I have found grace in thine eyes, O king, and if to the king `it be' good, let my life be given to me at my petition, and my people at my request;

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