H9024–הּ–h

And the God that has caused his name to dwell there overthrow every king and people that shall put forth their hand to alter [ergänzt: or] to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have given [ergänzt: this] order; let it be done diligently.

שְׁמֵ֣הּ (הּ) h “his”יְדֵ֗הּ (הּ) h “his”

And they said to me, Those who remain, that are left of the captivity there in the province, are in great affliction and reproach; and the wall of Jerusalem is in ruins, and its gates are burned with fire.

וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

And I said to the king, Let the king live for ever! Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lies waste, and its gates are consumed with fire?

וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

And I went out by night by the valley-gate, even toward the jackal-fountain, and to the dung-gate; and I viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were in ruins, and its gates were consumed with fire.

וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

And I said to them, Ye see the distress that we are in, that Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

But we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half thereof; for the people had a mind to work.

חֶצְיָ֑הּ (הּ) h “its”

Now the city was large and great; but the people in it were few, and no houses were built.

בְּתוֹכָ֑הּ (הּ) h “it”

Behold, we are servants this day, and the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are bondmen in it.

פִּרְיָהּ֙ (הּ֙) h “its”טוּבָ֔הּ (הּ) h “its”

And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure; and we are in great distress.

וּתְבוּאָתָ֣הּ (הּ) h “its”

And as to the hamlets in their fields, [ergänzt: some] of the children of Judah dwelt in Kirjath-Arba and its dependent villages, and in Dibon and its dependent villages, and in Jekabzeel and its dependent villages,

וּבְנֹתֶ֔יהָ (הָ) ha “its”וּבְנֹתֶ֔יהָ (הָ) ha “its”וַחֲצֵרֶֽיהָ׃ (הָ) ha “its”

and in Hazar-Shual, and in Beer-sheba and its dependent villages,

וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ (הָ) ha “its”

and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and its dependent villages;

וּבִבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ (הָ) ha “its”

Zanoah, Adullam, and their hamlets, in Lachish and its fields, in Azekah and its dependent villages: and they encamped from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.

וּשְׂדֹתֶ֔יהָ (הָ) ha “its”וּבְנֹתֶ֑יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

And the children of Benjamin from Geba [ergänzt: dwelt] in Michmash and Aija and Bethel, and their dependent villages,

וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ (הָ) ha “its”

to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown to shew the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was of beautiful countenance.

יָפְיָ֔הּ (הּ) h “her”

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;

וּמַלְכוּתָהּ֙ (הּ֙) h “her”לִרְעוּתָ֖הּ (הּ) h “her”

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.

כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ (הּ) h “its”

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.

אָבִ֙יהָ֙ (הָ֙) ha “her”וְאִמָּ֔הּ (הּ) h “her”

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.

תַּמְרוּקֶ֤יהָ (הָ) ha “her”מָנוֹתֶ֙הָ֙ (הָ֙) ha “her”נַעֲרוֹתֶ֛יהָ (הָ) ha “her”

Esther had not made known her people nor her birth; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.

עַמָּ֖הּ (הּ) h “her”מֽוֹלַדְתָּ֑הּ (הּ) h “her”

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.

בְּרֹאשָׁ֔הּ (הּ) h “her”

(Esther, as Mordecai had charged her, had not yet made known her birth nor her people; for Esther did what Mordecai told her, like as when she was brought up with him.)

מֽוֹלַדְתָּהּ֙ (הּ֙) h “her”עַמָּ֔הּ (הּ) h “her”

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.

כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ (הּ) h “its”

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.

וְסָרִיסֶ֙יהָ֙ (הָ֙) ha “her”

Then Esther called for Hatach, [ergänzt: one] of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to wait upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.

לְפָנֶ֔יהָ (הָ) ha “her”