Verse 8

Esther 9:8

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

8 And Phoratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אֵ֧ת פּוֹרָ֛תָא וְ/אֵ֥ת אֲדַלְיָ֖א וְ/אֵ֥ת אֲרִידָֽתָא
English Translation
And / the potah and / the adalyah and / the aridatah.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 9 Context
1 So on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which as we have said above is called Adar, when all... Focus ↗
2 And they gathered themselves together in every city, and town, and place, to lay their hands on thei... Focus ↗
3 And the judges of the provinces, and the governors, and lieutenants, and every one in dignity, that... Focus ↗
4 For they knew him to be prince of the palace, and to have great power: and the fame of his name incr... Focus ↗
5 So the Jews made a great slaughter of their enemies, and killed them, repaying according to what the... Focus ↗
6 Insomuch that even in Susan they killed five hundred men, besides the ten sons of Aman the Agagite,... Focus ↗
7 Pharsandatha, and Delphon, and Esphatha, Focus ↗
8 And Phoratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
9 And Phermesta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Jezatha. Focus ↗
10 And when they had slain them, they would not touch the spoils of their goods. Focus ↗
11 And presently the number of them that were killed in Susan was brought to the king. Focus ↗
12 And he said to the queen: The Jews have killed five hundred men in the city of Susan, besides the te... Focus ↗
13 And she answered: If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews, to do to morrow in Susan as... Focus ↗
14 And the king commanded that it should be so done. And forthwith the edict was hung up in Susan, and... Focus ↗
15 ,15And on the fourteenth day of the month Adar the Jews gathered themselves together, and they kille... Focus ↗
16 Moreover through all the provinces which were subject to the king's dominion the Jews stood for thei... Focus ↗
17 Now the thirteenth day of the month Adar was the first day with them all of the slaughter, and on th... Focus ↗
18 But they that were killing in the city of Susan, were employed in the slaughter on the thirteenth an... Focus ↗
19 But those Jews that dwelt in towns not walled and in villages, appointed the fourteenth day of the m... Focus ↗
20 And Mardochai wrote all these things, and sent them comprised in letters to the Jews that abode in a... Focus ↗
21 ,21That they should receive the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the month Adar for holy days, and al... Focus ↗
22 Because on those days the Jews revenged themselves of their enemies, and their mourning and sorrow w... Focus ↗
23 And the Jews undertook to observe with solemnity all they had begun to do at that time, which Mardoc... Focus ↗
24 For Aman, the son of Amadathi of the race of Agag, the enemy and adversary of the Jews, had devised... Focus ↗
25 And afterwards Esther went in to the king, beseeching him that his endeavours might be made void by... Focus ↗
26 And since that time these days are called Phurim, that is, of lots: because Phur, that is, the lot,... Focus ↗
27 And the things that they suffered, and that were afterwards changed, the Jews took upon themselves a... Focus ↗
28 These are the days which shall never be forgot: and which all provinces in the whole world shall cel... Focus ↗
29 And Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mardochai the Jew, wrote also a second epistle, t... Focus ↗
30 And they sent to all the Jews that were in the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of king Assuerus,... Focus ↗
31 And observe the days of lots, and celebrate them with joy in their proper time: as Mardochai and Est... Focus ↗
32 And all things which are contained in the history of this book, which is called Esther. Focus ↗