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Esther 2:21-23

21Inthosedaysבַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.MimH3117,whileMordecaiוּמָרְדֳּכַ֖יu.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782wassittingH3427intheking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428gateבְּשַֽׁעַר־be.sha.'ar-H8179,twoשְׁנֵֽי־she.nei-H8147oftheking’sהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428chamberlains,BigthanandTereshוָתֶ֜רֶשׁva.Te.reshH8657,ofthosethatkeptH8104thethreshold,werewroth,andsoughtH1245tolayhandsיָ֔דYadH3027onthekingבַּמֶּ֖לֶךְba.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵֽרֹשׁ׃'a.chash.Ve.roshH325.

22AndthethingH1697becameknownH3045toMordecaiH4782,whoshowedituntoEstherלְאֶסְתֵּ֣רle.'es.TerH635thequeenהַמַּלְכָּ֑הha.mal.KahH4436;andEstherאֶסְתֵּ֛ר'es.TerH635toldH5046thekingלַמֶּ֖לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428thereofinMordecai’snameבְּשֵׁ֥םbe.ShemH8034.

23AndwheninquisitionwasmadeofthematterH1697,anditwasfoundH4672tobeso,theywerebothhangedוַיִּתָּל֥וּvai.yi.ta.LuH8518onatreeH6086:anditwaswrittenH3789inthebookבְּסֵ֛פֶרbe.Se.ferH5612ofthechroniclesbeforethekingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ פha.Me.lekhH4428.

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