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Esther 2:8-14

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

9Andthemaidenpleasedhim,andsheobtainedkindnessofhim;andhespeedilygaveלָתֵ֣תla.TetH5414herherthingsforpurification,withherportionsמָנוֹתֶ֙הָ֙ma.no.Te.haH4490,andthesevenשֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'H7651maidenswhoweremeettobegivenלָֽתֶת־la.tet-H5414heroutoftheking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004:andheremovedherandhermaidenstothebestלְט֖וֹבle.TovH2896placeofthehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofthewomenH802.

10Estherאֶסְתֵּ֔ר'es.TerH635hadnotmadeknownherpeopleעַמָּ֖הּ'a.MahH5971norherkindredמֽוֹלַדְתָּ֑הּmo.lad.TahH4138;forMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֛יma.re.do.KhaiH4782hadchargedherthatsheshouldnotmakeitknown.

11AndMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַי֙ma.re.do.KhaiH4782walkedמִתְהַלֵּ֔ךְmit.ha.LekhH1980everydayH3117beforethecourtחֲצַ֣רcha.TzarH2691ofthewomen’shouseבֵּית־beit-H1004,toknowלָדַ֙עַת֙la.Da.'atH3045howH4100Estherאֶסְתֵּ֔ר'es.TerH635did,andwhatwouldbecomeofher.

12Nowwhentheturnofeverymaidenwasהֱי֨וֹתhe.YotH1961comeH935togoלָב֣וֹא׀la.Vo'H935intokingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325,afterthatithadbeenH1961donetoheraccordingtothelawH1881forthewomenH802twelvemonthsחֹ֔דֶשׁCho.deshH2320(forsoH3651wereH1961thedaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117oftheirpurificationsaccomplished,towit,sixשִׁשָּׁ֤הshi.ShahH8337monthsחֳדָשִׁים֙cho.da.ShimH2320withoilבְּשֶׁ֣מֶןbe.She.menH8081ofmyrrhהַמֹּ֔רha.MorH4753,andsixוְשִׁשָּׁ֤הve.shi.ShahH8337monthsחֳדָשִׁים֙cho.da.ShimH2320withsweetodorsandwiththethingsforthepurifyingofthewomenH802),

13theninthiswisecameH935themaiden untothekingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428:WhatsoevershedesiredwasgivenH5414hertogoH935withheroutofthehouseמִבֵּ֥יתmi.BeitH1004ofthewomenH802untotheking’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428houseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004.

14Intheeveningבָּעֶ֣רֶב׀ba.'E.revH6153shewentH935,andonthemorrowshereturnedH7725intothesecondשֵׁנִ֔יshe.NiH8145houseבֵּ֤יתbeitH1004ofthewomenH802,tothecustodyofShaashgaz,theking’sהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428chamberlain,whokeptH8104theconcubinesH6370:shecameH935inuntothekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428nomore,exceptthekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428delightedinher,andshewerecalledH7121bynameבְשֵֽׁם׃ve.ShemH8034.

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