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Esther 1:1-4

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.

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