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In the first month -- it `is' the month of Nisan -- in the twelfth year of the king Ahasuerus, hath one caused to fall Pur (that `is' the lot) before Haman, from day to day, and from month to month, `to' the twelfth, it `is' the month of Adar.

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

And Haman saith to the king Ahasuerus, `There is one people scattered and separated among the peoples, in all provinces of thy kingdom, and their laws `are' diverse from all people, and the laws of the king they are not doing, and for the king it is not profitable to suffer them;

בְּכֹ֖ל (בְּ) be. “in”

and the king saith to Haman, `The silver is given to thee, and the people, to do with it as `it is' good in thine eyes.'

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

And scribes of the king are called, on the first month, on the thirteenth day of it, and it is written according to all that Haman hath commanded, unto lieutenants of the king, and unto the governors who `are' over province and province, and unto the heads of people and people, province and province, according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, in the name of the king Ahasuerus it hath been written and sealed with the signet of the king,

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

and letters to be sent by the hand of the runners unto all provinces of the king, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy all the Jews, from young even unto old, infant and women, on one day, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month -- it `is' the month of Adar -- and their spoil to seize,

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

a copy of the writing to be made law in every province and province is revealed to all the peoples, to be ready for this day.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

The runners have gone forth, hastened by the word of the king, and the law hath been given in Shushan the palace, and the king and Haman have sat down to drink, and the city Shushan is perplexed.

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

And Mordecai hath known all that hath been done, and Mordecai rendeth his garments, and putteth on sackcloth and ashes, and goeth forth into the midst of the city and crieth -- a cry loud and bitter,

בְּת֣וֹךְ (בְּ) be. “in”

and he cometh in unto the front of the gate of the king, but none is to come in unto the gate of the king with a sackcloth-garment.

בִּלְב֥וּשׁ (בִּ) bi “in”

And in every province and province, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, a great mourning have the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and lamenting: sackcloth and ashes are spread for many.

וּבְכָל־ (בְ) ve. “in”

and Mordecai declareth to him all that hath met him, and the explanation of the money that Haman said to weigh to the treasuries of the king for the Jews, to destroy them,

בַּיְּהוּדִ֖ים (בַּ) ba “for the”

and the copy of the writing of the law that had been given in Shushan to destroy them he hath given to him, to shew Esther, and to declare `it' to her, and to lay a charge on her to go in unto the king, to make supplication to him, and to seek from before him, for her people.

בְּשׁוּשָׁ֤ן (בְּ) be. “in”

and Mordecai speaketh to send back unto Esther: `Do not think in thy soul to be delivered `in' the house of the king, more than all the Jews,

בְנַפְשֵׁ֔ךְ (בְ) ve. “in”

but if thou keep entirely silent at this time, respite and deliverance remaineth to the Jews from another place, and thou and the house of thy fathers are destroyed; and who knoweth whether for a time like this thou hast come to the kingdom?'

בָּעֵ֣ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”

`Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Shushan, and fast for me, and do not eat nor drink three days, by night and by day; also I and my young women do fast likewise, and so I go in unto the king, that `is' not according to law, and when I have perished -- I have perished.'

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

And it cometh to pass on the third day, that Esther putteth on royalty, and standeth in the inner-court of the house of the king over-against the house of the king, and the king is sitting on his royal throne, in the royal-house, over-against the opening of the house,

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

and it cometh to pass, at the king's seeing Esther the queen standing in the court, she hath received grace in his eyes, and the king holdeth out to Esther the golden sceptre that `is' in his hand, and Esther draweth near, and toucheth the top of the sceptre.

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

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.'

בְּמִשְׁתֵּ֣ה (בְּ) be. “at”

if I have found grace in the eyes of the king, and if unto the king `it be' good, to give my petition, and to perform my request, the king doth come, and Haman, unto the banquet that I make for them, and to-morrow I do according to the word of the king.'

בְּעֵינֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”

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.

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

and all this is not profitable to me, during all the time that I am seeing Mordecai the Jew sitting in the gate of the king.'

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

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.

וּבַבֹּ֣קֶר׀ (בַ) va. “in the”

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,

בַּלַּ֣יְלָה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

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.

בַּמֶּ֖לֶךְ (בַּ) ba. “on the”

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 --

בֶחָצֵ֑ר (בֶ) ve. “[is] in the”