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Esther 6:1-3

1Onthatnightבַּלַּ֣יְלָהba.Lay.lahH3915couldnotthekingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428sleepשְׁנַ֣תshe.NatH8142;andhecommandedtobringלְהָבִ֞יאle.ha.Vi'H935thebookסֵ֤פֶרSe.ferH5612ofrecordsofthechronicles,andtheywereH1961readנִקְרָאִ֖יםnik.ra.'ImH7121beforethekingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428.

2AnditwasfoundH4672writtenH3789,thatMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֜יma.re.do.KhaiH4782hadtoldH5046ofBigthanaandTereshוָתֶ֗רֶשׁva.Te.reshH8657,twoשְׁנֵי֙she.NeiH8147oftheking’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428chamberlains,ofthosethatkeptH8104thethreshold,whohadsoughtH1245tolayhandsיָ֔דYadH3027onthekingבַּמֶּ֖לֶךְba.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325.

3Andthekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidH559,Whathonorיְקָ֧רye.KarH3366anddignityhathbeenbestowedonMordecaiלְמָרְדֳּכַ֖יle.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782forthis?ThensaidH559theking’sהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428servantsH5288thatministereduntohim,Thereisnothingdoneforhim.

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