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Esther 2:3-8

3andletthekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428appointוְיַפְקֵ֨דve.yaf.KedH6485officersH6485inalltheprovincesH4082ofhiskingdomמַלְכוּתוֹ֒mal.khu.ToH4438,thattheymaygatherוְיִקְבְּצ֣וּve.yik.be.TzuH6908togetherH6908allthefairyoungH5291virginsבְ֠תוּלָהVe.tu.lahH1330unto Shushanthepalace,tothehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofthewomenH802, untothecustodyofHegaiהֵגֶ֛אhe.Ge'H1896theking’sהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428chamberlain,keeperשֹׁמֵ֣רsho.MerH8104ofthewomenH802;andlettheirthingsforpurificationbegivenוְנָת֖וֹןve.na.TonH5414them;

4andletthemaidenthatpleaseththekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428bequeeninsteadofVashtiוַשְׁתִּ֑יvash.TiH2060.AndthethingH1697pleasedthekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428;andhedidsoH3651.

5TherewasacertainJewH3064inShushanthepalace,whosenameוּשְׁמ֣וֹu.she.MoH8034wasMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֗יma.re.do.KhaiH4782,thesonבֶּ֣ןbenH1121ofJairיָאִ֧ירya.'IrH2971,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofShimeiשִׁמְעִ֛יshim.'IH8096,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofKishקִ֖ישׁkishH7027,aBenjamite,

6whohadbeencarriedawayfromJerusalemמִיר֣וּשָׁלַ֔יִםmi.Ru.sha.La.yimH3389withthecaptivesthathadbeencarriedawaywithJeconiahיְכָנְיָ֣הye.kha.ne.YahH3204kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063,whomNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֖רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5019thekingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofBabylonבָּבֶֽל׃ba.VelH894hadcarriedaway.

7AndhebroughtupHadassah,thatis,Estherאֶסְתֵּר֙'es.TerH635,hisuncle’sדֹּד֔וֹdo.DoH1730daughterבַּת־bat-H1323:forshehadneitherfatherאָ֣ב'avH1normotherוָאֵ֑םva.'EmH517,andthemaidenwasfairandbeautifulיְפַת־ye.fat-H3303;andwhenherfatherאָבִ֙יהָ֙'a.Vi.haH1andmotherוְאִמָּ֔הּve.'i.MahH517wereH1961dead,Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֛יma.re.do.KhaiH4782tookH3947herforhisowndaughterלְבַֽת׃le.VatH1323.

8Soitcametopass,whentheking’sהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428commandmentandhisdecreewasH1961heardH8085,andwhenmanyרַבּ֛וֹתra.BotH7227maidenswereH1961gatheredוּֽבְהִקָּבֵ֞ץu.ve.hi.ka.VetzH6908togetherH6908unto Shushanthepalace,tothecustodyofHegaiהֵגָ֑יhe.GaiH1896,thatEstherאֶסְתֵּר֙'es.TerH635wasH1961takenH3947intotheking’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004,tothecustodyofHegaiהֵגַ֖יhe.GaiH1896,keeperשֹׁמֵ֥רsho.MerH8104ofthewomenH802.

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