H9001–/וַ–v

Then spake the king Ahasuerus and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר־ (וַ) va. “and”

Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains that were before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai, who spake good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him thereon.

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

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

וַיִּתְלוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

וַיָּ֨סַר (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּתְּנָ֖הּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַתָּ֧שֶׂם (וַ) va. “and”

And Esther spake 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 that he had devised against the Jews.

וַתּ֣וֹסֶף (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּדַבֵּר֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּפֹּ֖ל (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֣בְךְּ (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּתְחַנֶּן־ (וַ) va. “and”

Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.

וַיּ֤וֹשֶׁט (וַ) va “and”וַתָּ֣קָם (וַ) va. “and”וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד (וַֽ) va. “and”

And she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, 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:

וַ֠תֹּאמֶר (וַ֠) Va. “and”וְכָשֵׁ֤ר (וְ) ve. “and”

for how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

וְֽרָאִ֔יתִי (וְֽ) ve. “and”וְֽרָאִ֔יתִי (וְֽ) ve. “and”

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

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the three and twentieth [ergänzt: day] thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, a hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

וַיִּקָּרְא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּכָּתֵ֣ב (וַ) va “and”

And he wrote the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by post on horseback, riding on swift steeds that were used in the king's service, bred of the stud:

וַיִּכְתֹּ֗ב (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחְתֹּ֖ם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”

And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they would unto them that hated them.

וַיַּכּ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews that are in Shushan to do to-morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And the king commanded it so to be done: and a decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַתִּנָּתֵ֥ן (וַ) va. “and”

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

וַיִּֽקָּהֲל֞וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽהַרְג֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיִּכְתֹּ֣ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”

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

וְקִבֵּל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

וְהִפִּ֥יל (וְ) ve. “and”

but when [ergänzt: the matter] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

וְתָל֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

the Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so that it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to the writing thereof, and according to the appointed time thereof, every year;

וְקִבְּל֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim.

וַ֠תִּכְתֹּב (וַ֠) va. “and”

And he sent letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, [ergänzt: with] words of peace and truth,

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”