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And the king's servants said to 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 to him, What shall be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honor? Now Haman thought 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 answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honor,

בִּיקָרֽוֹ׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:

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

And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man whom the king delighteth to honor, and bring him 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 Haman took the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honor.

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? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.

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 shall 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 bond-men and bond-women, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.

בְּנֵ֥זֶק (בְּ) be. “for”

And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath 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 had fallen upon the bed on which Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also 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”

And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him upon it.

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “at”

On that day the king Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews' enemy, 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 shall please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing shall seem right before the king, and I am 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 who 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 will come to 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 to 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 for 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, no man may 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, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day of it; and it was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India to Cush, a hundred twenty and seven provinces, to every province according to the writing of it, and to 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 in the king Ahasuerus's name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:

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

In which the king granted the Jews who were in every city to assemble, 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, both 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, 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 for a commandment, to be given in every province was published to all people, 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 mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.

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 garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced, and was glad:

בִּלְב֤וּשׁ (בִּ) bi “in”