הַנָּשִׁ֖ים women han·nā·šîm אוֹת֣וֹ vvv ’ō·w·ṯōw הֶחֱטִ֔יאוּ drew him into sin . he·ḥĕ·ṭî·’ū Nehemiah 13:27 וְלָכֶ֣ם vvv wə·lā·ḵem הֲנִשְׁמַ֗ע Must we now hear hă·niš·ma‘ לַעֲשֹׂת֙ that you too are doing la·‘ă·śōṯ אֵ֣ת - ’êṯ כָּל־ all kāl- הַזֹּ֔את this haz·zōṯ הַגְּדוֹלָה֙ terrible hag·gə·ḏō·w·lāh הָרָעָ֤ה evil hā·rā·‘āh לִמְעֹ֖ל and acting unfaithfully lim·‘ōl בֵּֽאלֹהֵ֑ינוּ against our God bê·lō·hê·nū לְהֹשִׁ֖יב by marrying lə·hō·šîḇ נָכְרִיּֽוֹת׃ foreign nā·ḵə·rî·yō·wṯ נָשִׁ֥ים women ? ” nā·šîm Nehemiah 13:28 וּמִבְּנֵ֨י Even one of the sons ū·mib·bə·nê יוֹיָדָ֤ע of Jehoiada yō·w·yā·ḏā‘ בֶּן־ son ben- אֶלְיָשִׁיב֙ of Eliashib ’el·yā·šîḇ הַגָּד֔וֹל the high hag·gā·ḏō·wl הַכֹּהֵ֣ן priest hak·kō·hên חָתָ֖ן had become a son-in-law ḥā·ṯān לְסַנְבַלַּ֣ט to Sanballat lə·san·ḇal·laṭ הַחֹרֹנִ֑י the Horonite . ha·ḥō·rō·nî וָאַבְרִיחֵ֖הוּ Therefore I drove him away wā·’aḇ·rî·ḥê·hū מֵעָלָֽי׃ from me . mê·‘ā·lāy Nehemiah 13:29 זָכְרָ֥ה Remember zā·ḵə·rāh לָהֶ֖ם them , lā·hem אֱלֹהָ֑י O my God , ’ĕ·lō·hāy עַ֚ל because ‘al גָּאֳלֵ֣י they have defiled gā·’o·lê הַכְּהֻנָּ֔ה the priesthood hak·kə·hun·nāh וּבְרִ֥ית and the covenant ū·ḇə·rîṯ הַכְּהֻנָּ֖ה of the priesthood hak·kə·hun·nāh וְהַלְוִיִּֽם׃ and of the Levites . wə·hal·wî·yim Nehemiah 13:30 וְטִֽהַרְתִּ֖ים Thus I purified [the priests and Levites] wə·ṭi·har·tîm מִכָּל־ from everything mik·kāl נֵכָ֑ר foreign , nê·ḵār וָאַעֲמִ֧ידָה and I assigned wā·’a·‘ă·mî·ḏāh בִּמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃ specific bim·laḵ·tōw מִשְׁמָר֛וֹת duties miš·mā·rō·wṯ אִ֥ישׁ to each ’îš לַכֹּהֲנִ֥ים of the priests lak·kō·hă·nîm וְלַלְוִיִּ֖ם and Levites . wə·lal·wî·yim Nehemiah 13:31 וּלְקֻרְבַּ֧ן I also arranged for contributions ū·lə·qur·ban הָעֵצִ֛ים of wood hā·‘ê·ṣîm מְזֻמָּנ֖וֹת at the appointed mə·zum·mā·nō·wṯ בְּעִתִּ֥ים times , bə·‘it·tîm וְלַבִּכּוּרִ֑ים and for the firstfruits . wə·lab·bik·kū·rîm זָכְרָה־ Remember zā·ḵə·rāh- לִּ֥י me , lî אֱלֹהַ֖י O my God , ’ĕ·lō·hay לְטוֹבָֽה׃ with favor . lə·ṭō·w·ḇāh Esther 1:1 וַיְהִ֖י This is what happened way·hî בִּימֵ֣י in the days bî·mê אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ of Xerxes , ’ă·ḥaš·wê·rō·wōš ה֣וּא . . . hū אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ . . . ’ă·ḥaš·wê·rō·wōš הַמֹּלֵךְ֙ who reigned over ham·mō·lêḵ שֶׁ֛בַע 127 še·ḇa‘ וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים . . . wə·‘eś·rîm וּמֵאָ֖ה . . . ū·mê·’āh מְדִינָֽה׃ provinces mə·ḏî·nāh מֵהֹ֣דּוּ from India mê·hōd·dū וְעַד־ to wə·‘aḏ- כּ֔וּשׁ Cush . kūš Esther 1:2 הָהֵ֑ם In those hā·hêm בַּיָּמִ֖ים days bay·yā·mîm הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ King ham·me·leḵ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ Xerxes ’ă·ḥaš·wê·rō·wōš כְּשֶׁ֣בֶת׀ sat kə·še·ḇeṯ עַ֚ל on ‘al מַלְכוּת֔וֹ his royal mal·ḵū·ṯōw אֲשֶׁ֖ר - ’ă·šer כִּסֵּ֣א throne kis·sê הַבִּירָֽה׃ in the citadel hab·bî·rāh בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ן of Susa . bə·šū·šan

