H9023–הוּ–hu

And the residue of Israel, the priests, [ergänzt: and] the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

בְּנַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

For it was the king's commandment concerning them, and there was a settled portion for the singers, due for each day.

בְּיוֹמֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “its”

And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah, [ergänzt: who was] over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren;

וְאֶחָֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

and his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azareel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe before them.

וְֽאֶחָ֡יו (ו) v “his”

And, with the singers and the doorkeepers, they kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David [ergänzt: and] of Solomon his son.

בְנֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

And all Israel, in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the doorkeepers, every day what was needed, and they consecrated things for the Levites; and the Levites consecrated for the children of Aaron.

בְּיוֹמ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “its”

And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given, and that the Levites and the singers that did the work had fled every one to his field.

לְשָׂדֵ֛הוּ (הוּ) hu “his”

Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds which I have done for the house of my God, and for the charges thereof!

וּבְמִשְׁמָרָֽיו׃ (ו) v “its”

Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among the many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel; but even him did foreign wives cause to sin.

לֵֽאלֹהָיו֙ (ו֙) v “his”

And I purified them from all foreigners, and appointed the charges of the priests and the Levites, every one in his service;

בִּמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the fortress,

מַלְכוּת֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

in the third year of his reign, he made a feast to all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and the princes of the provinces being before him;

שָׂרָ֖יו (ו) v “his”וַעֲבָדָ֑יו (ו) v “his”לְפָנָֽיו׃ (ו) v “him”

when he shewed the glorious wealth of his kingdom and the splendid magnificence of his grandeur many days, a hundred and eighty days.

מַלְכוּת֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”גְּדוּלָּת֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And the drinking was, according to commandment, without constraint; for so the king had appointed to all the magnates of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

בֵּית֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the word of the king which was [ergänzt: sent] by the chamberlains; and the king was very wroth, and his fury burned in him.

וַחֲמָת֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

For the act of the queen will come abroad to all women, so as to render their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when they shall say, The king Ahasuerus commanded the queen Vashti to be brought in before him, and she came not!

לְפָנָ֖יו (ו) v “him”

If it please the king, let a royal order go forth from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it may not pass, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another that is better than she;

מִלְּפָנָ֔יו (ו) v “him”

and when the king's edict which he shall make shall be heard throughout his realm -- for it is great -- all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, from the greatest to the least.

מַלְכוּת֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language, That every man should bear rule in his own house, and should speak according to the language of his people.

כִּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “its”בְּבֵית֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”עַמּֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the young virgins of beautiful countenance to Shushan the fortress, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given.

מַלְכוּתוֹ֒ (וֹ֒) o “his”

There was in Shushan the fortress a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjaminite,

וּשְׁמ֣וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter; for she had neither father nor mother -- and the maiden was fair and beautiful -- and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.

דֹּד֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And it came to pass when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the fortress, unto the custody of Hegai, that Esther also was brought into the king's house, unto the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

וְדָת֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And the maiden pleased him, and obtained favour before him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, and her portions, and the seven maidens selected to be given her, out of the king's house; and he removed her and her maids to the best [ergänzt: place] of the house of the women.

בְעֵינָיו֮ (ו֮) v “his”לְפָנָיו֒ (ו֒) v “him”

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

מַלְכוּת֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”לְמַלְכוּתֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”