H9023–הוּ–hu

and the king loveth Esther above all the women, and she receiveth grace and kindness before him above all the virgins, and he setteth a royal crown on her head, and causeth her to reign instead of Vashti,

לְפָנָ֖יו (ו) v “him”

and the king maketh a great banquet to all his heads and his servants -- the banquet of Esther -- and a release to the provinces hath made, and giveth gifts as a memorial of the king.

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

After these things hath the king Ahasuerus exalted Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and lifteth him up, and setteth his throne above all the heads who `are' with him,

כִּסְא֔וֹ (וֹ) O “his”

and it is contemptible in his eyes to put forth a hand on Mordecai by himself, for they have declared to him the people of Mordecai, and Haman seeketh to destroy all the Jews who `are' in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus -- the people of Mordecai.

בְּעֵינָ֗יו (ו) v “his”

And the king turneth aside his signet from off his hand, and giveth it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, adversary of the Jews;

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

And scribes of the king are called, on the first month, on the thirteenth day of it, and it is written according to all that Haman hath commanded, unto lieutenants of the king, and unto the governors who `are' over province and province, and unto the heads of people and people, province and province, according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, in the name of the king Ahasuerus it hath been written and sealed with the signet of the king,

כִּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “its”

And Mordecai hath known all that hath been done, and Mordecai rendeth his garments, and putteth on sackcloth and ashes, and goeth forth into the midst of the city and crieth -- a cry loud and bitter,

בְּגָדָ֔יו (ו) v “his”

And in every province and province, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, a great mourning have the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and lamenting: sackcloth and ashes are spread for many.

וְדָתוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

And young women of Esther come in and her eunuchs, and declare `it' to her, and the queen is exceedingly pained, and sendeth garments to clothe Mordecai, and to turn aside his sackcloth from off him, and he hath not received `them'.

שַׂקּ֛וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

and the copy of the writing of the law that had been given in Shushan to destroy them he hath given to him, to shew Esther, and to declare `it' to her, and to lay a charge on her to go in unto the king, to make supplication to him, and to seek from before him, for her people.

מִלְּפָנָ֖יו (ו) v “him”

`All servants of the king, and people of the provinces of the king, do know that any man and woman, who cometh in unto the king, unto the inner court, who is not called -- one law `of' his `is' to put `them' to death, apart from him to whom the king holdeth out the golden sceptre, then he hath lived; and I -- I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.'

דָּתוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

And it cometh to pass on the third day, that Esther putteth on royalty, and standeth in the inner-court of the house of the king over-against the house of the king, and the king is sitting on his royal throne, in the royal-house, over-against the opening of the house,

מַלְכוּתוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

and it cometh to pass, at the king's seeing Esther the queen standing in the court, she hath received grace in his eyes, and the king holdeth out to Esther the golden sceptre that `is' in his hand, and Esther draweth near, and toucheth the top of the sceptre.

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

And Haman forceth himself, and cometh in unto his house, and sendeth, and bringeth in his friends, and Zeresh his wife,

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

and Haman recounteth to them the glory of his wealth, and the abundance of his sons, and all that with which the king made him great, and with which he lifted him up above the heads and servants of the king.

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

And Zeresh his wife saith to him, and all his friends, `Let them prepare a tree, in height fifty cubits, and in the morning speak to the king, and they hang Mordecai on it, and go thou in with the king unto the banquet rejoicing;' and the thing is good before Haman, and he prepareth the tree.

אִשְׁתּ֜וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And Haman cometh in, and the king saith to him, `What -- to do with the man in whose honour the king hath delighted?' And Haman saith in his heart, `To whom doth the king delight to do honour more than myself?'

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

And Haman saith unto the king, `The man in whose honour the king hath delighted,

בִּיקָרֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

let them bring in royal clothing that the king hath put on himself, and a horse on which the king hath ridden, and that the royal crown be put on his head,

בְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “its”

and to give the clothing and the horse into the hand of a man of the heads of the king, the chiefs, and they have clothed the man in whose honour the king hath delighted, and caused him to ride on the horse in a broad place of the city, and called before him: Thus it is done to the man in whose honour the king hath delighted.'

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

And Haman taketh the clothing, and the horse, and clothed Mordecai, and causeth him to ride in a broad place of the city, and calleth before him, `Thus it is done to the man in whose honour the king hath delighted.'

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

And Mordecai turneth back unto the gate of the king, and Haman hath been hastened unto his house mourning, and with covered head,

בֵּית֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

and Haman recounteth to Zeresh his wife, and to all his friends, all that hath met him, and his wise men say to him, and Zeresh his wife, `If Mordecai `is' of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou art not able for him, but dost 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 the king Ahasuerus saith, yea, he saith to Esther the queen, `Who `is' he -- this one? and where `is' this one? -- he whose heart hath filled him to do so?'

לִבּ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And the king hath risen, in his fury, from the banquet of wine, unto the garden of the house, and Haman hath remained to seek for his life from Esther the queen, for he hath seen that evil hath been determined against him by the king.

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