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And in every province, and in every city, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.

וּבְכָל־ (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְכָל־ (בְ) ve. “in”

And in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day thereof, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them (but it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had power over them that hated them),

וּבִשְׁנֵים֩ (בִ) vi “in”בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֨ה (בִּ) bi “on”בּ֔וֹ (בּ֔) b “in”בַּיּ֗וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”בָּהֶ֔ם (בָּ) ba. “over”בְּשֹׂנְאֵיהֶֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “over”

the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout the provinces of king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt. And no man could withstand them; for the fear of them had fallen upon all the peoples.

בְּעָרֵיהֶ֗ם (בְּ) be. “in”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”בִּמְבַקְשֵׁ֖י (בִּ) bi “on”

For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went forth throughout the provinces; for the man Mordecai became continually greater.

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “in”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword and slaughter and destruction, and did what they would to those that hated them.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “<in>”בְשֹׂנְאֵיהֶ֖ם (בְ) ve. “over”

And in Shushan the fortress the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

וּבְשׁוּשַׁ֣ן (בְ) ve. “in”

the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the oppressor of the Jews, they slew; but they laid not their hands on the prey.

וּבַ֨בִּזָּ֔ה (בַ֨) Va “on the”

On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the fortress was brought before the king.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ן (בְּ) be. “in”

And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the fortress, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? And what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee; and what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

בְּשׁוּשַׁ֣ן (בְּ) be. “in”בִּשְׁאָ֛ר (בִּ) bi “in”

And Esther said, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews that are in Shushan to do to-morrow also according to this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.

בְּשׁוּשָׁ֔ן (בְּ) be. “[are] in”

And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

בְּשׁוּשָׁ֑ן (בְּ) be. “in”

And the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but they laid not their hand on the prey.

בְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ן (בְּ) be. “[were] in”בְּי֣וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”בְשׁוּשָׁ֔ן (בְ) ve. “in”וּבַ֨בִּזָּ֔ה (בַ֨) Va “on the”

And the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their life, and had rest from their enemies; and they slew of them that hated them seventy-five thousand (but they laid not their hand on the prey),

בִּמְדִינ֨וֹת (בִּ) bi “[were] in”בְּשֹׂ֣נְאֵיהֶ֔ם (בְּ) be. “among”וּבַ֨בִּזָּ֔ה (בַ֨) Va “on the”

on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and joy.

בְּיוֹם־ (בְּ) be. “on”בְּאַרְבָּעָ֤ה (בְּ) be. “on”בּ֔וֹ (בּ֔) b “in”

But the Jews that were at Shushan gathered themselves together on the thirteenth [ergänzt: day] thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and joy.

בְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ן (בְּ) be. “[were] in”בִּשְׁלֹשָׁ֤ה (בִּ) bi “on”בּ֔וֹ (בּ֔) b “in”וּבְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה (בְ) ve. “on”בּ֑וֹ (בּ֑) b “in”בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֤ה (בַּ) ba. “on”בּ֔וֹ (בּ֔) b “in”

Therefore the Jews of the villages that dwell in the country towns make the fourteenth of the month Adar a day of joy and feasting, and a good day, and on which they send portions one to another.

בְּעָרֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”

And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters to all the Jews near and far that were in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus,

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “[were] in”

to establish [ergänzt: this] among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

בּ֑וֹ (בּ֑) b “in”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

as the days on which the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month that was turned to them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

בָהֶ֤ם (בָ) va. “on”

and when [ergänzt: Esther] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head; and they hanged him and his sons on the gallows.

וּבְבֹאָהּ֮ (בְ) ve. “when”

the Jews ordained and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves to them, so that it should not fail, that they would observe these two days according to their writing and according to their fixed time, every year;

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

and that these days should be remembered and observed throughout every generation, in every family, every province, and every city, and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them cease from among their seed.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

to confirm these days of Purim in their fixed times, according as Mordecai the Jew and queen Esther had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, as to the matters of the fastings and their cry.

בִּזְמַנֵּיהֶ֗ם (בִּ) bi “at”

And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

בַּסֵּֽפֶר׃ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and this man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and abstained from evil.

בְאֶֽרֶץ־ (בְ) ve. “in”