H9002–/וְ–v

[ergänzt: There were hangings of] white [ergänzt: cloth], [ergänzt: of] green, and [ergänzt: of] blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and white, and yellow, and black marble.

וּתְכֵ֗לֶת (וּ) u. “and”וְאַרְגָּמָ֔ן (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַמּ֣וּדֵי (וְ) ve. “and”וָכֶ֗סֶף (וָ) va. “and”וָשֵׁ֖שׁ (וָ) va. “and”וְדַ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְסֹחָֽרֶת׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they gave them drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being diverse one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king.

וְהַשְׁקוֹת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכֵלִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”

And the drinking was according to the law; none could compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

וְהַשְּׁתִיָּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וָאִֽישׁ׃ (וָ) va. “and”

On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that ministered in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,

וַאֲבַגְתָא֙ (וַ) va. “and”וְכַרְכַּ֔ס (וְ) ve. “and”

to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was fair to look on.

וְהַשָּׂרִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by the chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

וַחֲמָת֖וֹ (וַ) va. “and”

Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment;

וָדִֽין׃ (וָ) va. “and”

and the next unto him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom),

וְהַקָּרֹ֣ב (וְ) ve. “and”וּמָדַ֗י (וּ) u. “and”

And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath 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.

וְהַשָּׂרִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For this deed of the queen will come abroad unto all women, to make their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And this day will the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the deed of the queen say [ergänzt: the like] unto all the king's princes. So [ergänzt: will there arise] much contempt and wrath.

וְֽהַיּ֨וֹם (וְֽ) ve. “and”וּמָדַ֗י (וּ) u. “and”וּכְדַ֖י (וּ) u. “and”וָקָֽצֶף׃ (וָ) va. “and”

If it please the king, let there go forth a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, that Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

וְיִכָּתֵ֛ב (וְ) ve. “and”וּמָדַ֖י (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַלְכוּתָהּ֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

וְהַשָּׂרִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וּמְדִינָה֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וָעָ֖ם (וָ) va. “and”וּמְדַבֵּ֖ר (וּ) u. “and”

After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

וְאֵ֣ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”

and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, 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 them;

וְיַפְקֵ֨ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִקְבְּצ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָת֖וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”

and let the maiden that pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

וְהַֽנַּעֲרָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

There was a certain Jew in Shushan the palace, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,

וּשְׁמ֣וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.

וָאֵ֑ם (וָ) va. “and”וְהַנַּעֲרָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְטוֹבַ֣ת (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְמ֤וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וְאִמָּ֔הּ (וְ) ve. “and”

So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken into the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

וְדָת֔וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וּֽבְהִקָּבֵ֞ץ (וּֽ) u. “and”

And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with her portions, and the seven maidens who were meet to be given her out of the king's house: and he removed her and her maidens to the best place of the house of the women.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what would become of her.

וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”וָי֔וֹם (וָ) va. “and”וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”

Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that it had been done to her according to the law for the women twelve months (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, [ergänzt: to wit], six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors and with the things for the purifying of the women),

וּבְהַגִּ֡יעַ (וּ) u. “and”וְנַעֲרָ֜ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׁשָּׁ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְתַמְרוּקֵ֖י (וּ) u. “and”