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Now in the twelfth * month (that is, the month Adar ), on the thirteenth * day when the king's command and edict were about to be executed, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, it was turned to the contrary so that the Jews themselves gained the mastery over those who hated them.
h'vw{l.viB r'd]at0143 v,d{xt02320 -a.Wh v,d{xt02320 r'f'[t06240 ~yen.vib.Wt08147 ? w{t'd.wt01881 .$,l,M;ht04428 -r;b.Dt01697 ;[yiGih r,v]a w{B ~w{yt03117 r'f'[ ? ~yid.Wh.Y;ht03064 yeb.y{at0341 .Wr.Bift07663 r,v]a ~w{Y;B tw{f'[eh.l ? .Wj.l.vIyt07980 r,v]a a.Wh .$w{p]h;n.w ~,h'B jw{l.vil ? ~,hyea.n{f.B h'Meh ~yid.Wh.Y;ht03064
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The Jews assembled in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to lay hands on those who sought their harm; and no one could stand before them, for the dread of them had fallen on all the peoples.
tw{nyid.mt04082 -l'k.B ~,hyer'[.B ~yid.Wh.Y;ht03064 .Wl]h.qint06950 ? ~'t'['rt07451 yev.q;b.miBt01245 d'yt03027 ;x{l.vilt07971 vw{rew.v;x\at0325 .$,l,M;ht04428 ? ~'D.x;Pt06343 l;p'nt05307 -yiK ~,hyen.pilt06440 d;m'[t05975 -a{l vyia.wt0376 ? ~yiM;['h -l'K -l;[
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Even all the princes of the provinces, the satraps, the governors and those who were doing the king's business assisted the Jews, because the dread of Mordecai had fallen on them.
tw{x;P;h.w ~yin.P.r;D.v;x]a'h.w tw{nyid.M;ht04082 yer'f -l'k.w ? ~yid.Wh.Y;ht03064 -t,a ~yia.F;n.m .$,l,M;lt04428 r,v]a h'ka'l.M;ht04399 yef{[.w ? ~,hyel][ y;k\D.r'mt04782 -d;x;Pt06343 l;p'nt05307 -yiK
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Indeed, Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai became greater and greater.
w{[.m'v.wt08089 .$,l,M;ht04428 tyeb.Bt01004 y;k\D.r'mt04782 lw{d'gt01419 -yiK ? y;k\D.r'mt04782 vyia'ht0376 -yiK tw{nyid.M;ht04082 -l'k.B .$elw{h ? lw{d'g.w .$elw{h
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Thus the Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying; and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.
b,r,xt02719 -t;K;m ~,hyeb.y{at0341 -l'k.B ~yid.Wh.Y;ht03064 .WK;Y;w ? ~'nw{c.riK ~,hyea.n{f.b .Wf][;Y;w !'d.b;a.wt012 g,r,h.wt02027
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At the citadel in Susa the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,
deB;a.wt06 ~yid.Wh.Y;ht03064 .Wg.r'ht02026 h'ryiB;ht01002 !;v.Wv.b.W ? vyiat0376 tw{aem vem]xt02568
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and Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
a't'P.s;at0630 tea.w !w{p.l;Dt01813 tea.w a't'D.n;v.r;Pt06577 tea.w
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Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
a't'dyir]at0743 tea.w a'y.l;d]at0118 tea.w a't'rw{Pt06334 tea.w
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Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai and Vaizatha,
tea.w y;dir]at0742 tea.w y;syir]at0747 tea.w a'T.v;m.r;Pt06534 tea.w ? a't'z.y;wt02055
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the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews' enemy; but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.
~yid.Wh.Y;ht03064 rer{ct06887 a't'd.M;ht04099 -n,B !'m'h yen.B t,r,f][t06235 ? ~'d'yt03027 -t,a .Wx.l'vt07971 a{l h'ZiB;b.Wt0961 .Wg'r'ht02026
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On that day the number of those who were killed at the citadel in Susa was reported to the king.
!;v.Wv.Bt07800 ~yig.Wr]h;h r;P.simt04557 a'B a.Wh;h ~w{Y;B ? .$,l,M;ht04428 yen.pilt06440 h'ryiB;ht01002
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The king said to Queen Esther, "The Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman at the citadel in Susa. What then have they done in the rest of the king's provinces! Now what is your petition? It shall even be granted you. And what is your further request? It shall also be done."
h'ryiB;ht01002 !;v.Wv.Bt07800 h'K.l;M;ht04436 reT.s,a.lt0635 .$,l,M;ht04428 r,ma{Y;wt0559 ? vyiat0376 tw{aem vem]xt02568 deB;a.wt06 ~yid.Wh.Y;ht03064 .Wg.r'ht02026 ? .$,l,M;ht04428 tw{nyid.mt04082 r'a.viBt07605 !'m'h -yen.B t,r,f][t06235 tea.w ? .$et'v'Q;Bt01246 -h;m.Wt02001 .$'l !et'NIy.w ].ket'lea.Vt07596 -h;m.W .Wf'[ h,m ? f'[et.w dw{[t05750
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Then said Esther, "If it pleases * the king, let tomorrow also be granted to the Jews who are in Susa to do according to the edict of today; and let Haman's ten sons be hanged on the gallows."
!et'NIy bw{j .$,l,M;ht04428 -l;[ -mia reT.s,at0635 r,ma{T;wt0559 ? tw{f][;l !'v.Wv.Bt07800 r,v]a ~yid.Wh.Y;lt03064 r'x'mt04279 -m;G ? .Wl.tIy !'m'h -yen.B t,r,f][ tea.w ~w{Y;ht03117 t'd.Kt01881 ? #e['ht06086 -l;[
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So the king commanded that it should be done so; and an edict was issued in Susa, and Haman's ten sons were hanged.
!'v.Wv.Bt07800 t'Dt01881 !et'NiT;w !eK tw{f'[eh.l .$,l,M;ht04428 r,ma{Y;wt0559 ? .Wl'T !'m'h -yen.B t,r,f][t06235 tea.w
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The Jews who were in Susa assembled also on the fourteenth * day of the month Adar and killed three hundred men in Susa, but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.
~;Gt03117 !'v.Wv.B -r,v]at07800 ~yiYid.Wh.Y;h .Wl]h'QiY;wt03064 t06950 ? .Wg.r;h;Y;wt07800 r'd]at02026 v,d{x.lt0143 r'f'[t02320 h'['B.r;a ~w{y.Bt0702 ? ~'d'yt03027 -t,a .Wx.l'vt07971 a{l h'ZiB;b.Wt0961 vyiat0376 tw{aem v{l.v !'v.Wv.b
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Now the rest of the Jews who were in the king's provinces assembled, to defend their lives and rid themselves of their enemies, and kill 75,000 * * of those who hated them; but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.
.Wl]h.qint06950 .$,l,M;ht04428 tw{nyid.miB r,v]at07605 ~yid.Wh.Y;ht03064 r'a.v.W ? g{r'h.wt02026 ~,hyeb.y{aemt0341 ;xw{n.wt05118 ~'v.p;nt05315 -l;[ d{m'[.wt05975 ? a{l h'ZiB;b.Wt0961 @,l'at0505 ~yi[.biv.wt07657 h'Vim]xt02568 ~,hyea.n{f.B ? ~'d'yt03027 -t,a .Wx.l'vt07971
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This was done on the thirteenth * day of the month Adar, and on the fourteenth * day they rested and made it a day of feasting and rejoicing.
h'['B.r;a.Bt0702 ;xw{n.wt05118 r'd]at0143 v,d{x.lt02320 r'f'[t06240 h'v{l.vt07969 -mw{y.B ? h'x.mif.wt08057 h,T.vimt04960 ~w{yt03117 w{t{a h{f'[.wt06213 w{B r'f'[
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But the Jews who were in Susa assembled on the thirteenth * and the fourteenth * of the same month, and they rested on the fifteenth * day and made it a day of feasting and rejoicing.
h'v{l.viBt07969 .Wl]h.qint06950 !'v.Wv.Bt07800 -r,v]a ~yiYid.Wh.Y;h.wt03064 ? h'Vim]x;Bt02568 ;xw{n.wt05118 w{B r'f'[t06240 h'['B.r;a.b.Wt0702 w{B r'f'[t06240 ? h'x.mif.wt08057 h,T.vimt04960 ~w{yt03117 w{t{a h{f'[.w w{B r'f'[
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Therefore * the Jews of the rural areas, who live in the rural towns, make the fourteenth * day of the month Adar a holiday * for rejoicing and feasting and sending portions of food to one another.
yer'[.Bt05892 ~yib.v{Y;ht03427 ~yizw{r.P;ht06519 ~yid.Wh.Y;ht03064 !eK -l;[ ? v,d{x.lt02320 r'f'[t06240 h'['B.r;at0702 ~w{yt03117 tea ~yif{[ tw{z'r.P;h ? ;xw{l.vim.Wt04916 bw{j ~w{y.w h,T.vim.Wt04960 h'x.mift08057 r'd]at0143 ? @ .Whe[er.lt07453 vyiat0376 tw{n'm
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Then Mordecai recorded these events, and he sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far,
x;l.viY;wt07971 h,Lea'h ~yir'b.D;ht01697 -t,a y;k\D.r'mt04782 b{T.kiY;wt03789 ? tw{nyid.m -l'k.B r,v]a ~yid.Wh.Y;ht03064 -l'K -l,a ~yir'p.st05612 ? ~yiqw{x.r'h.wt07350 ~yibw{r.Q;ht07138 vw{rew.v;x]at0325 .$,l,M;ht04428
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obliging * them to celebrate the fourteenth * day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth * day of the same month, annually *,
h'['B.r;at0702 ~w{yt03117 tea ~yif{[ tw{y.hil ~,hyel][ ~eY;q.l ? r'f'[t06240 h'Vim]xt02568 -mw{y tea.w r'd]at0143 v,d{x.lt02320 r'f'[ ? h'n'v.wt08141 h'n'vt08141 -l'k.B w{B
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because on those days the Jews rid themselves of their enemies, and it was a month which was turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday *; that they should make them days of feasting and rejoicing and sending portions of food to one another and gifts to the poor.
~,hyeb.yw{aem ~yid.Wh.Y;ht03064 ~,h'b .Wx'nt05117 -r,v]a ~yim'Y;K ? h'x.mif.lt08057 !w{g'Yimt03015 ~,h'l .$;P.h,nt02015 r,v]a v,d{x;h.wt02320 ? h,T.vimt04960 yem.y ~'tw{a tw{f][;l bw{j ~w{y.lt03117 l,beaem.Wt060 ? tw{n'T;m.W .Whe[er.lt07453 vyiat0376 tw{n'm ;xw{l.vim.Wt04916 h'x.mif.w ? ~yinw{y.b,a'l
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Thus the Jews undertook what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.
tw{f][;l .WLexeh -r,v]a tea ~yid.Wh.Y;ht03064 leBiq.wt06901 ? ~,hyel]a y;k\D.r'mt04782 b;t'Kt03789 -r,v]a tea.w
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For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the adversary of all the Jews, had schemed against the Jews to destroy them and had cast Pur, that is the lot, to disturb them and destroy them.
~yid.Wh.Y;ht03064 -l'K rer{ct06887 yig'g]a'ht091 a't'd.M;ht04099 -n,B !'m'h yiK ? r.WPt06332 lyiPih.w ~'d.B;a.lt06 ~yid.Wh.Y;ht03064 -l;[ b;v'xt02803 ? ~'d.B;a.l.Wt06 ~'MUh.lt02000 l'rw{G;ht01486 a.Wh
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But when it came to the king's attention, he commanded by letter that his wicked scheme which he had devised against the Jews, should return on his own head and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
r,peS;ht07725 -mi[t05612 r;m'a .$,l,M;ht0559 yen.pilt04428 H'a{b.b.Wt06440 ?t0935 -l;[ b;v'xt03064 -r,v]a h'['r'ht02803 w{T.b;v]x;m b.Wv'yt07451 ?t04284 #e['h -l;[t06086 wy'n'B -t,a.w w{t{a .Wl't.w w{va{r -l;[ ~yid.Wh.Y;h
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Therefore * they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. And because of the instructions in this letter, both what they had seen in this regard and what had happened to them,
~evt08034 -l;[ ~yir.Wpt06332 h,Lea'h ~yim'Y;l .Wa.r'qt07121 !eK -l;[ ? t,r,Gia'ht0107 yer.biDt01697 -l'K -l;[ !eK -l;[ r.WP;ht06332 ? ;[yiGih h'm.W h'k'Kt03602 -l;[ .Wa'r -h'm.W ta{Z;h ? ~,hyel]a
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the Jews established and made a custom for themselves and for their descendants and for all those who allied themselves with them, so that they would not fail to celebrate these two days according to their regulation and according to their appointed time annually *.
~'[.r;zt02233 -l;[.w ~,hyel][ ~yid.Wh.Y;ht03064 leBiq.wt06901 .Wm.Yiq ? rw{b][;y a{l.w ~,hyel][ ~yiw.liN;h -l'K l;[.w ? ~'b't.kiKt03791 h,Lea'h ~yim'Y;h yen.v tea ~yif{[ tw{y.hil ? h'n'v.wt08141 h'n'vt08141 -l'k.B ~'N;m.zik.w
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So these days were to be remembered and celebrated throughout every generation, every family, every province and every city; and these days of Purim were not to fail from among the Jews, or their memory fade from their descendants.
rw{Dt01755 -l'k.B ~yif][;n.w ~yir'K.zint02142 h,Lea'h ~yim'Y;h.wt04082 ? h'nyid.m.W h'nyid.m h'x'P.vim.Wt04940 h'x'P.vim rw{d'wt01755 ? .Wr.b;[;yt05674 a{l h,Lea'h ~yir.WP;ht06332 yemyiw ryi['wt05892 ryi[.w ? ~'[.r;Zimt02233 @.Ws'yt05486 -a{l ~'r.kiz.wt02143 ~yid.Wh.Y;ht03064 .$w{Timt08432
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Then Queen Esther, daughter of Abihail, with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter about Purim.
y;k\D.r'm.Wt04782 lIy;xyib]a -t;bt01323 h'K.l;M;ht04436 reT.s,at0635 b{T.kiT;wt03789 ? t,r,Giat0107 tea ~eY;q.l @,q{Tt08633 -l'K -t,a yid.Wh.Y;ht03064 ? tyineV;ht08145 ta{Z;h ~yir.WP;ht06332
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He sent letters to all the Jews, to the 127 * * provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, namely, words of peace and truth,
[;b,vt07651 -l,a ~yid.Wh.Y;ht03064 -l'K -l,a ~yir'p.st05612 x;l.viY;wt07971 ? vw{rew.v;x]at0325 t.Wk.l;mt04438 h'nyid.mt04082 h'aem.Wt03967 ~yir.f,[.wt06242 ? t,m/a,wt0571 ~w{l'vt07965 yer.biDt01697
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to establish these days of Purim at their appointed times, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established for them, and just as they had established for themselves and for their descendants with instructions for their times of fasting and their lamentations.
~,hyeN;m.ziB h,Lea'h ~yirUP;h yem.y -tea ~eY;q.l ? reT.s,a.wt0635 yid.Wh.Y;ht03064 y;k\D.r'mt04782 ~,hyel][ ~;Yiq r,v]a;K ? ~'[.r;zt02233 -l;[.w ~'v.p;nt05315 -l;[ .Wm.Yiq r,v]a;k.w h'K.l;M;ht04436 ? ~'t'q][;z.w tw{m{C;h yer.biDt01697
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The command of Esther established these customs for Purim, and it was written in the book.
h,Lea'h ~yirUP;h yer.biDt01697 ~;Yiq reT.s,at0635 r;m]a;m.Wt03982 ? r,peS;Bt05612 b'T.kin.wt03789