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Esther 1:1-10

1Nowitcametopassinthedaysבִּימֵ֣יbi.MeiH3117ofAhasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325(thisisAhasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325whoreignedהַמֹּלֵךְ֙ha.mo.leKhH4427fromIndiaמֵהֹ֣דּוּme.Ho.duH1912evenuntoEthiopia,overahundredוּמֵאָ֖הu.me.'AhH3967andsevenשֶׁ֛בַעShe.va'H7651andtwentyוְעֶשְׂרִ֥יםve.'es.RimH6242provincesמְדִינָֽה׃me.di.NahH4082),

2thatinthosedaysבַּיָּמִ֖יםbai.ya.MimH3117,whenthekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325satonthethroneכִּסֵּ֣אki.Se'H3678ofhiskingdomH4438,whichwasinShushanthepalace,

3inthethirdyearבִּשְׁנַ֤תbish.NatH8141ofhisreignלְמָלְכ֔וֹle.ma.le.KhoH4427,hemadeH6213afeastמִשְׁתֶּ֔הmish.TehH4960untoallhisprincesH8269andhisservantsוַעֲבָדָ֑יוva.'a.va.DavH5650;thepowerofPersiaפָּרַ֣סpa.RasH6539andMediaוּמָדַ֗יu.ma.DaiH4074,thenoblesandprincesH8269oftheprovincesH4082, beingbeforehim;

4whenheshowedבְּהַרְאֹת֗וֹbe.har.'o.ToH7200therichesH6239ofhisgloriouskingdomמַלְכוּת֔וֹmal.khu.ToH4438andthehonorH3519ofhisexcellentmajestymanyרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227daysיָמִ֣יםya.MimH3117,evenahundredוּמְאַ֖תu.me.'AtH3967andfourscoredaysיֽוֹם׃YomH3117.

5Andwhenthesedaysהַיָּמִ֣יםhai.ya.MimH3117werefulfilled,thekingהַמֶּ֡לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428madeH6213afeastמִשְׁתֶּ֖הmish.TehH4960untoallthepeopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971thatwerepresentinShushanthepalaceבִּיתַ֖ןbi.TanH1055,bothgreatלְמִגָּ֧דוֹלle.mi.Ga.dolH1419andsmallH6996,sevenשִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'AtH7651daysיָמִ֑יםya.MimH3117,inthecourtבַּחֲצַ֕רba.cha.TzarH2691ofthegardenגִּנַּ֥תgi.NatH1594oftheking’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428palaceH1055.

6Therewerehangingsofwhiteח֣וּר׀churH2353cloth,ofgreen,andofblueH8504,fastenedwithcordsבְּחַבְלֵי־be.chav.lei-H2256offineH8336linenH8336andpurpleוְאַרְגָּמָ֔ןve.'ar.ga.ManH713tosilverכֶ֖סֶףKhe.sefH3701ringsandpillarsוְעַמּ֣וּדֵיve.'a.Mu.deiH5982ofmarble:thecouchesH4296wereofgoldזָהָ֣בza.HavH2091andsilverוָכֶ֗סֶףva.Khe.sefH3701,uponapavementרִֽצְפַ֥תritz.FatH7531ofred,andwhiteH2353,andyellow,andblack marble.

7AndtheygaveH8248themdrinkוְהַשְׁקוֹת֙ve.hash.kOtH8248invesselsH3627ofgoldזָהָ֔בza.HavH2091(thevesselsH3627being diverseonefromanother),androyalwineוְיֵ֥יןve.YeinH3196inabundance,accordingtothebountyofthekingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428.

8Andthedrinkingwasaccordingtothelawכַדָּ֖תkha.DatH1881;nonecouldcompel:forsothekingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428hadappointedיִסַּ֣דyi.SadH3245toalltheofficersofhishouseבֵּית֔וֹbei.ToH1004,thattheyshoulddoaccordingtoeveryman’sH376pleasureכִּרְצ֥וֹןkir.TzonH7522.

9Alsoגַּ֚םgamH1571Vashtiוַשְׁתִּ֣יvash.TiH2060thequeenהַמַּלְכָּ֔הha.mal.KahH4436madeH6213afeastמִשְׁתֵּ֣הmish.TehH4960forthewomenH802intheroyalhouseבֵּ֚יתbeitH1004whichbelongedtokingלַמֶּ֥לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃ ס'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325.

10Ontheseventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יha.she.vi.'IH7637dayבַּיּוֹם֙bai.yOmH3117,whentheheartלֵב־lev-H3820ofthekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428wasmerrywithwineבַּיָּ֑יִןbai.Ya.yinH3196,hecommandedMehuman,Biztha,Harbonaחַרְבוֹנָ֜אchar.vo.Na'H2726,Bigtha,andAbagtha,Zethar,andCarcas,thesevenשִׁבְעַת֙shiv.'AtH7651chamberlainsthatministeredinthepresenceH6440ofAhasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325thekingהַמֶּ֥לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,

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