TBESH · H9009
/ה · ha · [the]
Prefix hé article: "the" for a subject, not object
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/ה (ha) means “[the]” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: ha STEP transliteration; pronunciation varies by reading tradition.
/ה · ha · [the]
Prefix hé article: "the" for a subject, not object
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So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.
Read word by wordOn the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
Read word by wordThe rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
Read word by wordThe Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.
Read word by wordThis is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.
Read word by wordMordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far,
Read word by wordas the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.
Read word by wordSo the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.
Read word by wordFor Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.
Read word by wordBut when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
Read word by wordTherefore these days are called Purim, from the word Pur. Because of all the instructions in this letter, and because of all they had seen and experienced,
Read word by wordthe Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation.
Read word by wordThese days should be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, nor should the memory of them fade from their descendants.
Read word by wordSo Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim.
Read word by wordAnd Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes,
Read word by wordin order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation.
Read word by wordSo Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about Purim, which were written into the record.
Read word by wordNow King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the land, even to its farthest shores.
Read word by wordAnd all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?
Read word by wordFor Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.
Read word by wordThere was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
Read word by wordand he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.
Read word by wordAnd when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
Read word by wordOne day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.
Read word by word“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”
Read word by wordThen the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”
Read word by wordSatan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
Read word by word“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
Read word by wordOne day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
Read word by worda messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
Read word by wordthe Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
Read word by wordWhile he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
Read word by wordWhile he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
Read word by wordWhile he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
Read word by wordwhen suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
Read word by wordOn another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him.
Read word by word“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”
Read word by wordThen the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
Read word by word“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
Read word by word“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”
Read word by wordSo Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
Read word by wordAnd Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
Read word by word“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
Read word by wordNow when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.
Read word by wordWhen they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.
Read word by wordThen they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.
Read word by word“May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’
Read word by wordIf only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.
Read word by wordIf only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.
Read word by wordBehold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.
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