H9024–הּ–h

and the God who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples who shall put forth their hand to alter [ergänzt: the same], to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.

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

They said to me, The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates of it are burned with fire.

וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

I said to the king, Let the king live forever: why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies waste, and the gates of it are consumed with fire?

וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal's well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates of it were consumed with fire.

וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

Then said I to them, You see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and the gates of it 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”

So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half [ergänzt: the height] of it: for the people had a mind to work.

חֶצְיָ֑הּ (הּ) h “its”

Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.

בְּתוֹכָ֑הּ (הּ) h “it”

Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat the fruit of it and the good of it, behold, we are servants in it.

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

It yields much increase to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins: also they have power over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

וּתְבוּאָתָ֣הּ (הּ) h “its”

As for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba and the towns of it, and in Dibon and the towns of it, and in Jekabzeel and the villages of it,

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

and in Hazar Shual, and in Beersheba and the towns of it,

וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ (הָ) ha “its”

and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in the towns of it,

וּבִבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ (הָ) ha “its”

Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and the fields of it, Azekah and the towns of it. So they encamped from Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom.

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

The children of Benjamin also [ergänzt: lived] from Geba [ergänzt: onward], at Michmash and Aija, and at Bethel and the towns of it,

וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ (הָ) ha “its”

to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was beautiful to look on.

יָפְיָ֔הּ (הּ) h “her”

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

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

for he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing of it, and to every people after 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”

He brought up Hadassah, who 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”

The maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her things for her purification, with her portions, and the seven maidens who were meet to be given her out of the king's house: and he removed her and her maidens to the best 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 relatives; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.

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

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 on her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

בְּרֹאשָׁ֔הּ (הּ) h “her”

Esther had not yet made known her relatives nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, 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 it; and there was written according to all that Haman commanded to the king's satraps, and to the governors who were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to the writing of it, 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.

כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ (הּ) h “its”

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

וְסָרִיסֶ֙יהָ֙ (הָ֙) ha “her”

Then called Esther for Hathach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend on her, and charged him to go to Mordecai, to know what this was, and why it was.

לְפָנֶ֔יהָ (הָ) ha “her”