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And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

בֶּחָצֵ֑ר (בֶּ) be. “in the”

So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor? Now Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself?

בָּאִ֕ישׁ (בָּ) ba. “for the”בִּיקָר֑וֹ (בִּ) bi. “in”בְּלִבּ֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”

And Haman said unto the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honor,

בִּיקָרֽוֹ׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

let royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and on the head of which a crown royal is set:

בּ֖וֹ (בּ֖) b “on”בְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ (בְּ) be. “on”

and let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man therewith whom the king delighteth to honor, and cause him to ride on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honor.

בִּֽיקָר֑וֹ (בִּֽ) bi. “in”בִּרְח֣וֹב (בִּ) bi “in”בִּיקָרֽוֹ׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.

בְּשַׁ֣עַר (בְּ) be. “at”

Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and caused him to ride through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor.

בִּרְח֣וֹב (בִּ) bi “in”בִּיקָרֽוֹ׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.

בַּיּ֤וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”בְּמִשְׁתֵּ֣ה (בְּ) be. “at”

Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:

בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ (בְּ) be. “in”בִּשְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔י (בִּ) bi “for”בְּבַקָּשָׁתִֽי׃ (בְּ) be. “for”

for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage.

בְּנֵ֥זֶק (בְּ) be. “for”

And the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine [ergänzt: and went] into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.

בַּחֲמָתוֹ֙ (בַּ) ba. “in”

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.

בַּבָּ֑יִת (בַּ) ba. “in the”

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.

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “at”

On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

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:

בְּעֵינָ֑יו (בְּ) be. “in”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “[are] in”

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?

בָּרָעָ֖ה (בָּ) ba. “on the”בְּאָבְדַ֖ן (בְּ) be. “on”

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.

בַּיְּהוּדִֽים׃ (בַּ) ba “on the”

Write ye also to the Jews, as it pleaseth you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring; for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.

בְּעֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּשֵׁ֣ם (בְּ) be. “in”בְּטַבַּ֣עַת (בְּ) be. “with”בְּשֵׁם־ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּטַבַּ֥עַת (בְּ) be. “with”

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.

בָּֽעֵת־ (בָּֽ) ba. “at the”בַּחֹ֨דֶשׁ (בַּ) ba. “in the”בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֣ה (בִּ) bi “on”בּוֹ֒ (בּ) b “in <the>”

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:

בְּשֵׁם֙ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּטַבַּ֣עַת (בְּ) be. “with”בְּיַד֩ (בְּ) be. “by”בַּסּוּסִ֜ים (בַּ) ba. “on <the>”

wherein the king granted the Jews that were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, [ergänzt: their] little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “[were] in”

upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, [ergänzt: namely], upon the thirteenth [ergänzt: day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

בְּי֣וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֥ה (בִּ) bi “on”

A copy of the writing, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published unto all the peoples, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

So the posts that rode upon swift steeds that were used in the king's service went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment; and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace.

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

And Mordecai went forth from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad.

בִּלְב֤וּשׁ (בִּ) bi “in”