Rashi, on Esth 3:9

“If it please thee, decree that they may he destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents to thy treasurers.”

“let it be written to destroy them Let letters be written to be sent to the governors of the provinces to destroy them.”

Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.