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And the king's servants said to him, Behold, Haman is standing in the court. 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 with the man whom the king delights to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to me?

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

And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delights to honour,

בִּיקָרֽוֹ׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

let the royal apparel be brought with which the king arrays himself, and the horse that the king rides upon, and on the head of which the royal crown is set;

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

and let the apparel and horse be delivered into the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, and let them array the man whom the king delights to honour, and cause him to ride on the horse through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honour!

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

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

בְּשַׁ֣עַר (בְּ) be. “at”

And Haman took 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 to the man whom the king delights to honour!

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

And the king said again to 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 done.

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

And Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found grace 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 tongue, although the adversary could not compensate the king's damage.

בְּנֵ֥זֶק (בְּ) be. “for”

And the king in his wrath rose up from the banquet of wine, [ergänzt: and went] into the palace garden; but Haman stayed 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”

And the king returned out of the palace garden into the house of the banquet of wine, and Haman was fallen upon the couch on which Esther was. And the king said, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? The word went forth out of the king's mouth, and they covered Haman's face.

בַּבָּ֑יִת (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold, also, the gallows fifty cubits high, that Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, stands in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him on it!

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “at”

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

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

and said, If it please the king and if I have found grace before him, and the thing seem right to the king, and I be pleasing in his sight, 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 shall I endure to see the evil that shall befall my people? and how shall I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

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

And king Ahasuerus said to queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he stretched forth his hand against the Jews.

בַּיְּהוּדִֽים׃ (בַּ) ba “on the”

Write ye then for the Jews as seems good to you, in the king's name, and seal [ergänzt: it] with the king's ring. For a writing that is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, cannot be reversed.

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, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth [ergänzt: day] thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors, and the princes of the provinces which are from India even to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to 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 in the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed [ergänzt: it] with the king's ring, and sent letters by couriers on horseback riding on coursers, horses of blood reared in the breeding studs:

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

[ergänzt: stating] that 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 might assault them, [ergänzt: their] little ones and women, and to [ergänzt: take] the spoil of them for a prey,

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “[were] in”

upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, upon the thirteenth of the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.

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

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

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

The couriers mounted on coursers [ergänzt: and] horses of blood went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the fortress.

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

And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a mantle of byssus and purple; and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad.

בִּלְב֤וּשׁ (בִּ) bi “in”