Esther 1:22

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For he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.He sent letters to all the provinces of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be master of his own household.

In other translations

For he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.He sent letters to all the provinces of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be master of his own household.

Hebrew words

וַיִּשְׁלַחvaiyishlachand he sent outH7971סְפָרִיםsefarimdocumentsH5612אֶל־'el-toH413כָּל־kol-allH3605מְדִינוֹתmedinot[the] provinces ofH4082הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428אֶל־'el-toH413מְדִינָהmedinahprovinceH4082וּמְדִינָהumedinahand provinceH4082כִּכְתָבָהּkikhtavahaccording to writing itsH3791וְאֶל־ve'el-and toH413עַם'ampeopleH5971וָעָםva'amand peopleH5971כִּלְשׁוֹנוֹkilshonoaccording to language itsH3956לִהְיוֹתlihyotto beH1961כָּל־kol-everyH3605אִישׁ'ishmanH376שֹׂרֵרsorerrulerH8323בְּבֵיתוֹbeveitoin own household hisH1004וּמְדַבֵּרumedaberand speakingH1696כִּלְשׁוֹןkilshonaccording to [the] language ofH3956עַמּוֹ׃ פamopeople hisH5971

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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