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And the king's servants said to him, See, Haman is waiting in the outer room. And the king said, Let him come in.

בֶּחָצֵ֑ר (בֶּ) be. “in the”

So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What is to be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring? Then the thought came into Haman's mind, Whom, more than myself, would the king have pleasure in honouring?

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

And Haman, answering the king, said, For the man whom the king has delight in honouring,

בִּיקָרֽוֹ׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

Let them take the robes which the king generally puts on, and the horse on which the king goes, and the crown which is on his head:

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

And let the robes and the horse be given to one of the king's most noble captains, so that they may put them on the man whom the king has delight in honouring, and let him go on horseback through the streets of the town, with men crying out before him, S

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

Then the king said to Haman, Go quickly, and take the robes and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, who is seated at the king's doorway: see that you do everything as you have said.

בְּשַׁ֣עַר (בְּ) be. “at”

Then Haman took the robes and the horse, and dressing Mordecai in the robes, he made him go on horseback through the streets of the town, crying out before him, So let it be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring.

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

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.

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

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:

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

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.

בְּנֵ֥זֶק (בְּ) be. “for”

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.

בַּחֲמָתוֹ֙ (בַּ) ba. “in”

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

בַּבָּ֑יִת (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Then Harbonah, one of the unsexed servants waiting before the king, said, See, the pillar fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who said a good word for the king, is still in its place in Haman's house. Then the king said, Put him to death by

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “at”

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.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

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

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

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?

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

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.

בַּיְּהוּדִֽים׃ (בַּ) ba “on the”

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.

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

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

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

The letters were sent in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with his ring, and they were taken by men on horseback, going on the quick-running horses used for the king's business, the offspring of his best horses:

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

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,

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “[were] in”

On one day in every division of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, that is, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar.

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

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.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

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.

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

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.

בִּלְב֤וּשׁ (בִּ) bi “in”