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People tagged in the matching LV passage: Ahasuerus
OET-LV In/on_day one in_all the_provinces_of the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh on_day_thir- teen of_month two_plus ten that is_the_month_of Adar.
OET (OET-RV) This was to take place on a certain day in every province throughout the empire: the 13th of March (the same day on which Haman’s law was to take effect).
After Haman’s death, the king gave Esther everything that had belonged to Haman and made Mordecai the chief official in the land. Esther asked the king to cancel Haman’s order to kill the Jews. The king instead permitted her and Mordecai to send letters in his name allowing the Jews to defend themselves and kill their enemies. The news of this order brought great joy to the Jews.
There are many similarities between this passage and the section about Haman’s plot to kill the Jews. You should compare this passage with 3:12–15.
The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
The day which Mordecai chose for the Jews throughout King Xerxes’ kingdom to protect themselves like this was the 13th day of the 12th month, the month called Adar.
the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar: This was the same day that Haman had chosen for the massacre. See note on 3:7d.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
בְּי֣וֹם אֶחָ֔ד
(Some words not found in UHB: in/on=day one(ms) in=all provinces_of the=king ʼAḩashvērōsh on_[day],thir- ten of,month two ten he/it month_of Adar )
This was the day that Haman had set for destroying the Jews in 3:13. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this explicit. Alternate translation: [on the same day that Haman had set for destroying the Jews]
בְּכָל־מְדִינ֖וֹת הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ
(Some words not found in UHB: in/on=day one(ms) in=all provinces_of the=king ʼAḩashvērōsh on_[day],thir- ten of,month two ten he/it month_of Adar )
Alternate translation: [in every province of the kingdom]
Note 2 topic: translate-ordinal
בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר
(Some words not found in UHB: in/on=day one(ms) in=all provinces_of the=king ʼAḩashvērōsh on_[day],thir- ten of,month two ten he/it month_of Adar )
Alternate translation: [on day 13] or [on the thirteenth day]
Note 3 topic: translate-ordinal
לְחֹ֥דֶשׁ שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֖ר
of,month (Some words not found in UHB: in/on=day one(ms) in=all provinces_of the=king ʼAḩashvērōsh on_[day],thir- ten of,month two ten he/it month_of Adar )
Alternate translation: [of month 12] or [of the twelfth month]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
לְחֹ֥דֶשׁ שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֖ר
of,month (Some words not found in UHB: in/on=day one(ms) in=all provinces_of the=king ʼAḩashvērōsh on_[day],thir- ten of,month two ten he/it month_of Adar )
Implicitly, this means “the twelfth month of that same year.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could say that explicitly.
Note 5 topic: translate-hebrewmonths
הוּא־חֹ֥דֶשׁ אֲדָֽר
he/it month_of Adar
This is the name of the twelfth and last month of the Hebrew calendar. See how you translated this in 3:7 and 3:13.
OET-LV In/on_day one in_all the_provinces_of the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh on_day_thir- teen of_month two_plus ten that is_the_month_of Adar.
OET (OET-RV) This was to take place on a certain day in every province throughout the empire: the 13th of March (the same day on which Haman’s law was to take effect).
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.
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