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

לַיְּהוּדִ֔ים (לַ) la “[belonged] to the”

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

לְהֵעָשׂ֑וֹת (לְ) le. “to”לִשְׁל֣וֹט (לִ) li “to”

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

לִשְׁלֹ֣חַ (לִ) li “to”לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם (לִ) li “<to>”

And all the princes of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors, and they that did the king's business, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai was fallen upon them.

לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (לַ) la. “[belonged] to the”

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

לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

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

לְאֶסְתֵּ֣ר (לְ) le. “to”לָ֔ךְ (לָ֔) La “to”

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

לַיְּהוּדִים֙ (לַ) la “to the”לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

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

לְהֵֽעָשׂ֣וֹת (לְ) le. “to”

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

לְחֹ֣דֶשׁ (לְ) le. “of”

[ergänzt: This was done] on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

לְחֹ֣דֶשׁ (לְ) le. “of”

Therefore do the Jews of the villages, that dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar [ergänzt: a day of] gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

לְחֹ֣דֶשׁ (לְ) le. “of”לְרֵעֵֽהוּ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

לְקַיֵּם֮ (לְ) le. “to”לִהְי֣וֹת (לִ) li “to”לְחֹ֣דֶשׁ (לְ) le. “of”

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

לָהֶ֤ם (לָ) la. “for”לְשִׂמְחָ֔ה (לְ) le. “into”לְי֣וֹם (לְ) le. “into”לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לְרֵעֵ֔הוּ (לְ) le. “to”לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִֽים׃ (לָֽ) La. “to the”

And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

לְאַבְּדָ֑ם (לְ) le. “to”לְהֻמָּ֖ם (לְ) le. “to”וּֽלְאַבְּדָֽם׃ (לְ) le. “to”

but when [ergänzt: the matter] 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 that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”

Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur. Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come unto them,

לַיָּמִ֨ים (לַ) la “<to> the”

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

לִהְי֣וֹת (לִ) li “to”

Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim.

לְקַיֵּ֗ם (לְ) le. “to”

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

לְקַיֵּ֡ם (לְ) le. “to”

And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

לְמַלְכֵ֖י (לְ) le. “of”

For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the good of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (לַ) la. “to the”לַיְּהוּדִ֔ים (לַ) la “to the”לְרֹ֣ב (לְ) le. “to”לְעַמּ֔וֹ (לְ) le. “for”לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”

And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

ל֛וֹ (ל֛) l “to”

And his sons went and held a feast in the house of each one upon his day; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

לִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת (לִ) li “<to>”לֶאֱכֹ֥ל (לֶ) le. “to”וְלִשְׁתּ֖וֹת (לִ) li “to”

Now it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, that Satan also came among them.

לְהִתְיַצֵּ֖ב (לְ) le. “to”