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Esther 2:5-7

5אִ֣ישׁ'isha manH376יְהוּדִ֔יye.hu.DiJewishH3064הָיָ֖הha.Yahhe wasH1961בְּשׁוּשַׁ֣ןbe.shu.Shanin SusaH9003 H7800הַבִּירָ֑הha.bi.Rahthe citadelH9009 H1002וּשְׁמ֣וֹu.she.Moand name hisH9002 H8034 H9023מָרְדֳּכַ֗יma.re.do.Khai[was] MordecaiH4782בֶּ֣ןben[the] son ofH1121יָאִ֧ירya.'IrJairH2971בֶּן־ben-[the] son ofH1121שִׁמְעִ֛יshim.'IShimeiH8096בֶּן־ben-[the] son ofH1121קִ֖ישׁkishKishH7027אִ֥ישׁ'isha manH376יְמִינִֽי׃ye.mi.Nia JaminiteH1145

6אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhoH834הָגְלָה֙ha.ge.Lahhe had been taken into exileH1540מִיר֣וּשָׁלַ֔יִםmi.Ru.sha.La.yimfrom JerusalemH9006 H3389עִם־'im-withH5973הַגֹּלָה֙ha.go.Lahthe exile[s]H9009 H1473אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834הָגְלְתָ֔הha.ge.le.Tahit had been taken into exileH1540עִ֖ם'imwithH5973יְכָנְיָ֣הye.kha.ne.YahJeconiahH3204מֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428יְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahJudahH3063אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhomH834הֶגְלָ֔הheg.Lahhe had taken into exileH1540נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֖רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarNebuchadnezzarH5019מֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428בָּבֶֽל׃ba.VelBabylonH894

7וַיְהִ֨יvay.Hiand he wasH9001 H1961אֹמֵ֜ן'o.MenraisingH539אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הֲדַסָּ֗הha.da.SahHadassahH1919הִ֤יאhi'thatH1931אֶסְתֵּר֙'es.Ter[is] EstherH635בַּת־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323דֹּד֔וֹdo.Douncle hisH1730 H9023כִּ֛יkiforH3588אֵ֥ין'einnotH369לָ֖הּlah[belonged] to <the> herH9005 H9034אָ֣ב'ava fatherH1וָאֵ֑םva.'Emand a motherH9002 H517וְהַנַּעֲרָ֤הve.ha.na.'a.Rahand the young womanH9002 H9009 H5291יְפַת־ye.fat-[was] beautiful ofH3303תֹּ֙אַר֙to.'arshapeH8389וְטוֹבַ֣תve.to.Vatand good ofH9002 H2896מַרְאֶ֔הmar.'EhappearanceH4758וּבְמ֤וֹתu.ve.Motand at [the] death ofH9002 H9003 H4194אָבִ֙יהָ֙'a.Vi.hafather herH1 H9024וְאִמָּ֔הּve.'i.Mahand mother herH9002 H517 H9024לְקָחָ֧הּle.ka.Chahhe took herH3947 H9034מָרְדֳּכַ֛יma.re.do.KhaiMordecaiH4782ל֖וֹloof himH9005 H9033לְבַֽת׃le.Vatto a daughterH9005 H1323

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