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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 honour?' --Now Haman said in his heart: 'Whom would the king delight to honour besides 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 honour,

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 whose head 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 honour, and cause him to ride on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim

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 honour.'

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

And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine: 'Whatever thy petition, queen Esther, it shall be granted thee; and whatever 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 favour 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, for the adversary is not worthy that the king be endamaged.'

בְּנֵ֥זֶק (בְּ) be. “for”

And the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden; but Haman remained 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 m

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 spoke 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 favour 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

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 concerning the Jews, as it liketh 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, which is the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded concerning the Jews, even to the satraps, and the governor

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

And they wrote in the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts 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>”

that the king had granted the Jews that were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, and to slay, and to cause to perish, all the forces of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones a

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “[were] in”

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

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

The copy of the writing, to be given out for a decree in every province, was to be 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 castle.

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 rob of fine linen and purple; and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad.

בִּלְב֤וּשׁ (בִּ) bi “in”