Esther · אֶסְתֵּר

Esther 1:22

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח סְפָרִ֜ים אֶל כָּל מְדִינ֣וֹת הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ אֶל מְדִינָ֤ה וּמְדִינָה֙ כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ וְאֶל עַ֥ם וָעָ֖ם כִּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹ לִֽהְי֤וֹת כָּל אִישׁ֙ שֹׂרֵ֣ר בְּבֵית֔וֹ וּמְדַבֵּ֖ר כִּלְשׁ֥וֹן עַמּֽוֹ׃
vayishlaḥ spariym ʾel kal mdiynvot hamelek ʾel mdiynah vmdiynah kiktabah vʾel ʿam vaʿam kilshvonvo lihyvot kal ʾiysh shorer bbeytvo vmdaber kilshvon ʿamvo
King James Version (KJV)

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.

Modern English

He sent letters to all the royal provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in their own language, that every man be master in his own household and speak according to the language of his people.

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