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And he gave him a copy of the writing of the decree that had been given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew [ergänzt: it] to Esther, and to declare [ergänzt: it] to her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication to him, and to make request before him, for her people.

לְהַשְׁמִידָם֙ (לְ) le. “to”ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “to”לְהַרְא֥וֹת (לְ) le. “to”וּלְהַגִּ֣יד (לְ) le. “to”לָ֑הּ (לָ֑) La “to”וּלְצַוּ֣וֹת (לְ) le. “to”לָב֨וֹא (לָ) la. “to”לְהִֽתְחַנֶּן־ (לְ) le. “to”ל֛וֹ (ל֛) l “to”וּלְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (לְ) le. “to”מִלְּפָנָ֖יו (לְּ) le. “to”

And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.

לְאֶסְתֵּ֔ר (לְ) le. “to”

And Esther spoke to Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai:

לַהֲתָ֔ךְ (לַ) la. “to”

All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces do know that whoever, whether man or woman, shall come to the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is *one* law, to put [ergänzt: him] to death, except [ergänzt: such] to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live; and I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.

לְהָמִ֔ית (לְ) le. “to”לְ֠בַד (לְ֠) Le. “<to>”ל֥וֹ (ל֥) l “to”לָב֣וֹא (לָ) la. “to”

And they told Mordecai Esther's words.

לְמָרְדֳּכָ֔י (לְ) le. “to”

And Mordecai bade to answer Esther: Imagine not in thy heart that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.

לְהָשִׁ֣יב (לְ) le. “to”לְהִמָּלֵ֥ט (לְ) le. “to”

For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there arise relief and deliverance to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall perish. And who knows whether thou art [ergänzt: not] come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

לַיְּהוּדִים֙ (לַ) la “for the”לְעֵ֣ת (לְ) le. “for”לַמַּלְכֽוּת׃ (לַ) la. “<to> the”

And Esther bade to answer Mordecai:

לְהָשִׁ֥יב (לְ) le. “to”

And it was so, when the king saw the queen Esther standing in the court, that she obtained grace in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand; and Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.

לְאֶסְתֵּ֗ר (לְ) le. “to”

And the king said to her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be given thee even to the half of the kingdom.

לָהּ֙ (לָ) la “to”לָּ֖ךְ (לָּ֖) la “[is] to”לָֽךְ׃ (לָֽ) La “to”

And Esther said, If it seem good to the king, let the king and Haman come this day to the banquet that I have prepared for him.

לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “for”

And the king said, Hasten Haman, that it may be done as Esther has said. And the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

And the king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee; and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be done.

לְאֶסְתֵּר֙ (לְ) le. “to”לָ֑ךְ (לָ֑) La “to”

If I have found grace in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to-morrow according to the king's word.

לָתֵת֙ (לָ) la. “to”וְלַעֲשׂ֖וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “for”

And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

לָהֶ֥ם (לָ) la. “to”

And Haman said, Yea, Esther the queen let no man come in with the king to the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to-morrow also I am invited to her with the king.

לְמָחָ֛ר (לְ) le. “for”לָ֖הּ (לָ֖) la “by”

Yet all this is of no avail to me so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.

לִ֑י (לִ֑) L “for”

Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends to him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king that Mordecai may be hanged on it: then go in merrily with the king to the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

לוֹ֩ (ל) l “to”לַמֶּ֗לֶךְ (לַ) la. “to the”לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

On that night sleep fled from the king. And he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

לְהָבִ֞יא (לְ) le. “to”לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, keepers of the threshold, who had sought to lay hand on king Ahasuerus.

לִשְׁלֹ֣חַ (לִ) li “to”

And the king said, What honour and dignity has been done to Mordecai for this? And the king's servants that attended upon him said, Nothing has been done for him.

לְמָרְדֳּכַ֖י (לְ) le. “for”

And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman had come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak to the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

לַחֲצַ֤ר (לַ) la. “to”לֵאמֹ֣ר (לֵ) le. “to”לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (לַ) la. “to the”לִתְלוֹת֙ (לִ) li “to”לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “for”

So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What is to be done with the man whom the king delights to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to me?

לוֹ֙ (ל) l “to”לַעֲשׂ֕וֹת (לַ) la. “[is] to”לְמִ֞י (לְ) le. “to”לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

and let the apparel and horse be delivered into the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, and let them array the man whom the king delights to honour, and cause him to ride on the horse through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honour!

לְפָנָ֔יו (לְ) le. “<to>”לָאִ֔ישׁ (לָ) la. “for the”

And the king said to Haman, Make haste, take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast said.

לְהָמָ֗ן (לְ) le. “to”לְמָרְדֳּכַ֣י (לְ) le. “for”