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So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

לְמַלְכוּתֽוֹ׃ (לְ) le. “of”

And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

לְפָנָ֖יו (לְ) le. “<to>”

Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the bounty of the king.

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “for”לַמְּדִינוֹת֙ (לַ) la. “for the”

In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those that kept the threshold, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.

לִשְׁלֹ֣חַ (לִ) li “to”

And the thing became known to Mordecai, who showed it unto Esther the queen; and Esther told the king [ergänzt: thereof] in Mordecai's name.

לְמָרְדֳּכַ֔י (לְ) le. “to”לְאֶסְתֵּ֣ר (לְ) le. “to”לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (לַ) la. “to the”

And when inquisition was made of the matter, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.

לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed down, and did reverence to Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence.

לְהָמָ֔ן (לְ) le. “to”ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “to <the>”

Then the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?

לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑י (לְ) le. “to”

Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.

לְהָמָ֗ן (לְ) le. “to”לִרְאוֹת֙ (לִ) li “to”לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.

ל֑וֹ (ל֑) l “to <the>”

But he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

לִשְׁלֹ֤ח (לִ) li “to”לְבַדּ֔וֹ (לְ) le. “to”ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to <the>”לְהַשְׁמִ֧יד (לְ) le. “to”

In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, [ergänzt: to] the twelfth [ergänzt: month], which is the month Adar.

לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (לַ) la. “of the”לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לְי֛וֹם (לְ) le. “to”לְחֹ֥דֶשׁ (לְ) le. “to”לְחֹדֶשׁ (לְ) le. “of”

And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from [ergänzt: those of] every people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.

לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (לַ) la. “to the”וְלַמֶּ֥לֶךְ (לַ) la. “for the”לְהַנִּיחָֽם׃ (לְ) le. “to”

If it please the king, let it be written that they be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those that have the charge of the [ergänzt: king's] business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.

לְאַבְּדָ֑ם (לְ) le. “to”לְהָבִ֖יא (לְ) le. “to”

And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.

לְהָמָ֧ן (לְ) le. “to”

And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.

לְהָמָ֔ן (לְ) le. “to”לָ֑ךְ (לָ֑) La “to <the>”לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

And letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth [ergänzt: day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

לְהַשְׁמִ֡יד (לְ) le. “to”לַהֲרֹ֣ג (לַ) la. “to”וּלְאַבֵּ֣ד (לְ) le. “to”לְחֹ֥דֶשׁ (לְ) le. “of”לָבֽוֹז׃ (לָ) la. “to”

A copy of the writing, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published unto all the peoples, that they should be ready against that day.

לְהִנָּ֤תֵֽן (לְ) le. “[was] to”לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”לִהְי֥וֹת (לִ) li “to”לַיּ֥וֹם (לַ) la “for the”

The posts went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.

לִשְׁתּ֔וֹת (לִ) li “to”

and he came even before the king's gate: for none might enter within the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לָב֛וֹא (לָ) la. “to”

And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

לַיְּהוּדִ֔ים (לַ) la “[belonged] to the”לָֽרַבִּֽים׃ (לָֽ) La. “by <the>”

And Esther's maidens and her chamberlains came and told it her; and the queen was exceedingly grieved: and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take his sackcloth from off him; but he received it not.

לָ֔הּ (לָ֔) La “to”לְהַלְבִּ֣ישׁ (לְ) le. “to”וּלְהָסִ֥יר (לְ) le. “to”

Then called Esther for Hathach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and charged him to go to Mordecai, to know what this was, and why it was.

לַהֲתָ֜ךְ (לַ) la. “<to>”לְפָנֶ֔יהָ (לְ) le. “<to>”לָדַ֥עַת (לָ) la. “to”

So Hathach went forth to Mordecai unto the broad place of the city, which was before the king's gate.

לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “[was] <to>”

And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.

ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “to”לִ֠שְׁקוֹל (לִ֠) Li “to”לְאַבְּדָֽם׃ (לְ) le. “to”