H9005–/ל–l

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.

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

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),

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

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.

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

And all the princes of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors and officers of the king, helped the Jews; for the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.

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

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

לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

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.

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

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.

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

And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at 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 at Shushan; but they laid not their hand on the prey.

לְחֹ֣דֶשׁ (לְ) le. “of”

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.

לְחֹ֣דֶשׁ (לְ) le. “of”

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.

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

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,

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

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.

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 to them.

לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

For Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the oppressor of all the Jews, had devised 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”

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.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”

Therefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore, according to all the words of this letter, and for what they had seen concerning this matter and what had happened to them,

לַיָּמִ֨ים (לַ) la “<to> the”

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;

לִהְי֣וֹת (לִ) li “to”

And queen Esther 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 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.

לְקַיֵּ֡ם (לְ) le. “to”

And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, to which 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 second to king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the welfare 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 to him seven sons and three daughters.

ל֛וֹ (ל֛) l “to”

And his sons went and made a feast in the house of each one on his day; and they sent and invited their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

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

And there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah; and Satan came also among them.

לְהִתְיַצֵּ֖ב (לְ) le. “to”