Esther 1
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Esther 1:19-20

19Ifitpleasethekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,lettheregoיֵצֵ֤אye.Tze'H3318forthH3318aroyalcommandmentfromhim,andletitbewrittenH3789amongthelawsבְּדָתֵ֥יbe.da.TeiH1881ofthePersiansandtheMedes,thatitbenotaltered,thatVashtiוַשְׁתִּ֗יvash.TiH2060comeתָב֜וֹאta.Vo'H935nomoreמִמֶּֽנָּה׃mi.Me.nahH4480beforekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325;andletthekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428giveיִתֵּ֣ןyi.TenH5414herroyalestate untoanotherthatisbetterH2896thanshe.
20Andwhentheking’sהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428decreewhichheshallmakeH5414shallbepublishedthroughoutallhiskingdomמַלְכוּת֔וֹmal.khu.ToH4438(foritisgreatלְמִגָּד֖וֹלle.mi.ga.DolH1419),allthewivesH802willgiveיִתְּנ֤וּyi.te.NuH5414totheirhusbandsלְבַעְלֵיהֶ֔ןle.va'.lei.HenH1167honorיְקָר֙ye.KarH3366,bothtogreatH1419andsmallH6996.
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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain