H9023–הוּ–hu

And 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 upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

לְפָנָ֖יו (ו) v “him”

Then the king made a great feast unto 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.

שָׂרָיו֙ (ו֙) v “his”וַעֲבָדָ֔יו (ו) v “his”

After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.

כִּסְא֔וֹ (וֹ) O “his”

But he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

בְּעֵינָ֗יו (ו) v “his”

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

טַבַּעְתּ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”יָד֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Then were the king's scribes called in the first month, on the thirteenth day thereof; and there was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the king's satraps, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and it was sealed with the king's ring.

כִּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “its”

Now when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;

בְּגָדָ֔יו (ו) v “his”

And in every province, whithersoever 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.

וְדָתוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

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

שַׂקּ֛וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in Shushan to destroy them, to show it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him, for her people.

מִלְּפָנָ֖יו (ו) v “him”

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

דָּתוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the entrance of the house.

מַלְכוּתוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

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

בְּעֵינָ֑יו (ו) v “his”בְּיָד֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Nevertheless Haman refrained himself, and went home; and he sent and fetched his friends and Zeresh his wife.

בֵּית֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”אִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

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

עָשְׁר֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”בָּנָ֑יו (ו) v “his”

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

אִשְׁתּ֜וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor? Now Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself?

בִּיקָר֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”בְּלִבּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And Haman said unto the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honor,

בִּיקָרֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

let royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and on the head of which a crown royal is set:

בְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “its”

and let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man therewith whom the king delighteth to honor, and cause him to ride on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honor.

בִּֽיקָר֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”לְפָנָ֔יו (ו) v “him”בִּיקָרֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and caused him to ride through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor.

לְפָנָ֔יו (ו) v “him”בִּיקָרֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered.

בֵּית֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai, before whom thou hast begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

אִשְׁתּוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”חֲכָמָ֜יו (ו) v “his”אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ (וֹ) o “his”לְפָנָיו֙ (ו֙) v “him”לְפָנָֽיו׃ (ו) v “him”

Then spake the king Ahasuerus and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?

לִבּ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine [ergänzt: and went] into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.

בַּחֲמָתוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”נַפְשׁוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”