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While they were still talking, the king's servants came to take Haman to the feast which Esther had made ready.

וְסָרִיסֵ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

So the king and Haman came to take wine with Esther the queen.

וְהָמָ֔ן (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king said to Esther again on the second day, while they were drinking, What is your prayer, Queen Esther? for it will be given to you; and what is your request? for it will be done, even to the half of my kingdom.

וְתִנָּ֣תֵֽן (וְ) ve. “so”וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”וְתֵעָֽשׂ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Esther the queen, answering, said, If I have your approval, O king, and if it is the king's pleasure, let my life be given to me in answer to my prayer, and my people at my request:

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַמִּ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

For we are given up, I and my people, to destruction and death and to be cut off. If we had been taken as men-servants and women-servants for a price, I would have said nothing, for our trouble is little in comparison with the king's loss.

וְעַמִּ֔י (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְאַבֵּ֑ד (וּ) u. “and”וְ֠אִלּוּ (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וְלִשְׁפָח֤וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, Who is he and where is he who has had this evil thought in his heart?

וְאֵֽי־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Esther said, Our hater and attacker is this evil Haman. Then Haman was full of fear before the king and the queen.

וְאוֹיֵ֔ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָמָ֣ן (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמַּלְכָּֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king in his wrath got up from the feast and went into the garden: and Haman got to his feet to make a prayer for his life to Esther the queen: for he saw that the king's purpose was evil against him.

וְהַמֶּ֜לֶךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָמָ֣ן (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the king came back from the garden into the room where they had been drinking; and Haman was stretched out on the seat where Esther was. Then the king said, Is he taking the queen by force before my eyes in my house? And while the words were on the

וְהַמֶּ֡לֶךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָמָן֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפְנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.

וַחֲמַ֥ת (וַ) va. “and”

That day the king gave all the family of Haman, the hater of the Jews, to Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had made clear what he was to her.

וּמָרְדֳּכַ֗י (וּ) u. “and”

Then Esther again came before the king, falling down at his feet, and made request to him with weeping, that he would put a stop to the evil purposes of Haman the Agagite and the designs which he had made against the Jews.

וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And she said, If it is the king's pleasure and if I have his approval and this thing seems right to the king and I am pleasing to him, then let letters be sent giving orders against those which Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, sent out for the d

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְטוֹבָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

For how is it possible for me to see the evil which is to overtake my nation? how may I see the destruction of my people?

וְאֵֽיכָכָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, See now, I have given Esther the family of Haman, and he has come to his death by hanging, because he made an attack on the Jews.

וּֽלְמָרְדֳּכַ֖י (וּֽ) u. “and”וְאֹתוֹ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

So now send a letter about the Jews, writing whatever seems good to you, in the king's name, and stamping it with the king's ring: for a writing signed in the king's name and stamped with the king's ring may not be changed.

וְ֠אַתֶּם (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וְחִתְמ֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנַחְתּ֛וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”

Then at that time, on the twenty-third day of the third month, which is the month Sivan, the king's scribes were sent for; and everything ordered by Mordecai was put in writing and sent to the Jews and the captains and the rulers and the chiefs of all th

וְעֶשְׂרִים֮ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶ֣ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַפַּחוֹת֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׂרֵ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּמֵאָה֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּמְדִינָה֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְעַ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”וָעָ֖ם (וָ) va. “and”וְאֶ֨ל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכִלְשׁוֹנָֽם׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

In these letters the king gave authority to the Jews in every town to come together and make a fight for their lives, and to send death and destruction on the power of any people in any part of the kingdom attacking them or their children or their women,

וָעִ֗יר (וָ) va. “and”וְלַעֲמֹ֣ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַהֲרֹ֨ג (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְאַבֵּ֜ד (וּ) u. “and”וּמְדִינָ֛ה (וּ) u. “and”וְנָשִׁ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁלָלָ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

A copy of the writing, to be made public as an order in every division of the kingdom, was given out to all the peoples, so that the Jews might be ready when that day came to give punishment to their haters.

וּמְדִינָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”וְלִהְי֨וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

So the men went out on the quick-running horses used on the king's business, wasting no time and forced on by the king's order; and the order was given out in Shushan, the king's town.

וּדְחוּפִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”וְהַדָּ֥ת (וְ) ve. “and”

And Mordecai went out from before the king, dressed in king-like robes of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold and clothing of purple and the best linen: and all the town of Shushan gave loud cries of joy.

וּמָרְדֳּכַ֞י (וּ) u. “and”וָח֔וּר (וָ) va. “and”וַעֲטֶ֤רֶת (וַ) va. “and”וְתַכְרִ֥יךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַרְגָּמָ֑ן (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָעִ֣יר (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׂמֵֽחָה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Jews had light and joy and honour.

וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׂשֹׂ֖ן (וְ) ve. “and”וִיקָֽר׃ (וִ) vi. “and”

And in every part of the kingdom and in every town, wherever the king's letter and his order came, the Jews were glad with great joy, and had a feast and a good day. And a great number of the people of the land became Jews: for the fear of the Jews had c

וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”וּמְדִינָ֜ה (וּ) u. “and”וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”וָעִ֗יר (וָ) va. “and”וְדָתוֹ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׂשׂוֹן֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְי֣וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”וְרַבִּ֞ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Now on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, when the time came for the king's order to be put into effect, on the very day when the haters of the Jews had been hoping to have rule over them; though the opposite had come about

וּבִשְׁנֵים֩ (וּ) u. “and”וְדָת֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנַהֲפ֣וֹךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

On that day, the Jews came together in their towns through all the divisions of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, for the purpose of attacking all those who were attempting evil against them: and everyone had to give way before them, for the fear of them had com

וְאִישׁ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”