Esther 2
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Esther 2:5-7

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.
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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain