H9023–הוּ–hu

And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins, and he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

לְפָנָ֖יו (ו) v “him”

And the king made a great feast to all his princes and his servants, Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave presents according to the king's bounty.

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

After these things king Ahasuerus promoted 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 scorned to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai; therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus -- the people of Mordecai.

בְּעֵינָ֗יו (ו) v “his”

And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to 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 of the [ergänzt: month], and there was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the king's satraps, and to the governors over every province, and to the princes of every people; to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language: in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.

כִּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “its”

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

בְּגָדָ֔יו (ו) v “his”

And in every province, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing: many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

וְדָתוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

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

שַׂקּ֛וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

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.

מִלְּפָנָ֖יו (ו) v “him”

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.

דָּתוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

And it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on 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 to the house.

מַלְכוּתוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

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.

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

But Haman controlled himself, and came home; and he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.

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

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.

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

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.

אִשְׁתּ֜וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

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?

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

And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delights to honour,

בִּיקָרֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

let the royal apparel be brought with which the king arrays himself, and the horse that the king rides upon, and on the head of which the royal crown is set;

בְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “its”

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!

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

And Haman took 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 to the man whom the king delights to honour!

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

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

And king Ahasuerus spoke and said to Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he that has filled his heart to do so?

לִבּ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And the king in his wrath rose up from the banquet of wine, [ergänzt: and went] into the palace garden; but Haman stayed 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”