סִיוָן

וַיִּקָּרְא֣וּ סֹפְרֵֽי־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ בָּֽעֵת־הַ֠הִ֠יא בַּחֹ֨דֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֜י הוּא־חֹ֣דֶשׁ סִיוָ֗ן בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֣ה וְעֶשְׂרִים֮ בּוֹ֒ וַיִּכָּתֵ֣ב כְּֽכׇל־אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֣ה מׇרְדֳּכַ֣י אֶל־הַיְּהוּדִ֡ים וְאֶ֣ל הָאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִֽים־וְהַפַּחוֹת֩ וְשָׂרֵ֨י הַמְּדִינ֜וֹת אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ מֵהֹ֣דּוּ וְעַד־כּ֗וּשׁ שֶׁ֣בַע וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים וּמֵאָה֙ מְדִינָ֔ה מְדִינָ֤ה וּמְדִינָה֙ כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ וְעַ֥ם וָעָ֖ם כִּלְשֹׁנ֑וֹ וְאֶ֨ל־הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים כִּכְתָבָ֖ם וְכִלְשׁוֹנָֽם׃

wayyiqqārəʾû sōp̲ərê-hammelek̲ bāʿēt̲-hahîʾ baḥōd̲eš haššəlîšî hûʾ-ḥōd̲eš sîwān bišlôšāh wəʿeśrîm bô wayyikkāt̲ēb̲ kək̲ol-ʾăšer-ṣiwwāh mordŏk̲ai ʾel-hayyəhûd̲îm wəʾel hāʾăḥašdarpənîm-wəhappaḥôt̲ wəśārê hamməd̲înôt̲ ʾăšer  mēhōddû wəʿad̲-kûš šeb̲aʿ wəʿeśrîm ûmēʾāh məd̲înāh məd̲înāh ûməd̲înāh kik̲t̲āb̲āh wəʿam wāʿām kilšōnô wəʾel-hayyəhûd̲îm kik̲t̲āb̲ām wək̲ilšônām.

‘So the king’s scribes were summoned at that time, on the twenty-third day of the third month, that is, the month of Sivan; and letters were written, at Mordecai’s dictation, to the Jews and to the satraps, the governors and the officials of the one hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India to Nubia: to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.’