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So Esther was taken to 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”

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 on her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

לְפָנָ֖יו (לְ) le. “<to>”

Then the king made a great feast to 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 who kept the threshold, were angry, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.

לִשְׁלֹ֣חַ (לִ) li “to”

The thing became known to Mordecai, who shown it to Esther the queen; and Esther told the king [ergänzt: of it] in Mordecai's name.

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

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>”

All the king's servants, who were in the king's gate, bowed down, and did reverence to Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai didn't bow down, nor did him reverence.

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

Then the king's servants, who were in the king's gate, said to Mordecai, Why disobey you the king's commandment?

לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑י (לְ) le. “to”

Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily to him, and he didn't listen to them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told those who he was a Jew.

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

When Haman saw that Mordecai didn't bow down, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.

ל֑וֹ (ל֑) l “to <the>”

But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who 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”

Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your 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 allow 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 who 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”

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

לְהָמָ֧ן (לְ) le. “to”

The king said to Haman, The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.

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

Letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even on 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 to 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. 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”

In every province, wherever 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>”

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

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 on 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 to the broad place of the city, which was before the king's gate.

לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “[was] <to>”

Mordecai told him of all that had happened to 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”