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In the first month, (that is, the month Nisan,) in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.

בַּחֹ֤דֶשׁ (בַּ) ba. “in the”בִּשְׁנַת֙ (בִּ) bi “in”

And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.

בְּכֹ֖ל (בְּ) be. “in”

And the king said to Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.

בּ֖וֹ (בּ֖) b “with <the>”בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded to the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province, according to the writing of it, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.

בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ (בַּ) ba. “in the”בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֨ה (בִּ) bi “on”בּוֹ֒ (בּ) b “in <the>”בְּשֵׁ֨ם (בְּ) be. “in”בְּטַבַּ֥עַת (בְּ) be. “with”

And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

בְּיַ֣ד (בְּ) be. “by”בְּי֣וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֥ה (בִּ) bi “on”

The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province, was published to all people, that they should be ready against that day.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

The posts departed, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.

בִּדְבַ֣ר (בִּ) bi “at”בְּשׁוּשַׁ֣ן (בְּ) be. “in”

When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;

בְּת֣וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

בִּלְב֥וּשׁ (בִּ) bi “in”

And in every province whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

וּבְכָל־ (בְ) ve. “in”

And Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.

בַּיְּהוּדִ֖ים (בַּ) ba “for the”

Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to show it to Esther, and to declare it to her, and to charge her that she should go in to the king, to make supplication to him, and to make request before him for her people.

בְּשׁוּשָׁ֤ן (בְּ) be. “in”

Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house more than all the Jews.

בְנַפְשֵׁ֔ךְ (בְ) ve. “in”

For if thou shalt altogether hold thy peace at this time, then will there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house will be destroyed: and who knoweth, whether thou hast come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

בָּעֵ֣ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”

Go, assemble all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in to the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.

בְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ן (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְכֵ֞ן (בְ) ve. “in”

Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”בַּחֲצַ֤ר (בַּ) ba. “in”בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “in”

And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favor in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the scepter.

בֶּֽחָצֵ֔ר (בֶּֽ) be. “in the”בְּעֵינָ֑יו (בְּ) be. “in”בְּיָד֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “[was] in”בְּרֹ֥אשׁ (בְּ) be. “<in>”

And the king said to 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.

בְּמִשְׁתֵּ֣ה (בְּ) be. “at”

If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it shall please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to-morrow as the king hath said.

בְּעֵינֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”

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

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”בְּשַׁ֣עַר (בְּ) be. “at”

Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “at”בְּשַׁ֥עַר (בְּ) be. “at”

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

וּבַבֹּ֣קֶר׀ (בַ) va. “in the”

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

בַּלַּ֣יְלָה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And it was found written, that Mordecai had informed of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

בַּמֶּ֖לֶךְ (בַּ) ba. “on the”

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

בֶחָצֵ֑ר (בֶ) ve. “[is] in the”