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Esther 1:1-4

1This is what happenedוַיְהִ֖יvay.HiH1961in the daysבִּימֵ֣יbi.MeiH3117of Xerxesה֣וּאhu'H325 H1931,who reigned overהַמֹּלֵךְ֙ha.mo.leKhH4427127שֶׁ֛בַע וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּמֵאָ֖הShe.va' ve.'es.Rim u.me.'AhH7651 H6242 H3967provincesמְדִינָֽה׃me.di.NahH4082from Indiaמֵהֹ֣דּוּme.Ho.duH1912toוְעַד־ve.'ad-H5704Cushכּ֔וּשׁKushH3568.

2In thoseהָהֵ֑םha.HemH1992daysבַּיָּמִ֖יםbai.ya.MimH3117Kingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Xerxesאֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325satכְּשֶׁ֣בֶת׀ke.She.vetH3427onעַ֚ל'alH5921his royalמַלְכוּת֔וֹmal.khu.ToH4438אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherH834throneכִּסֵּ֣אki.Se'H3678in the citadelהַבִּירָֽה׃ha.bi.RahH1002of Susaבְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ןbe.shu.ShanH7800.

3In the thirdשָׁלוֹשׁ֙sha.lo.VoshH7969yearבִּשְׁנַ֤תbish.NatH8141of his reignלְמָלְכ֔וֹle.ma.le.KhoH4427, Xerxesheldעָשָׂ֣ה'a.SahH6213a feastמִשְׁתֶּ֔הmish.TehH4960for allלְכָל־le.kholH3605his officialsשָׂרָ֖יוsa.RavH8269and servantsוַעֲבָדָ֑יוva.'a.va.DavH5650.The military leadersחֵ֣יל׀cheilH2428of Persiaפָּרַ֣סpa.RasH6539and Mediaוּמָדַ֗יu.ma.DaiH4074were thereלְפָנָֽיו׃le.fa.NavH6440,along with the noblesהַֽפַּרְתְּמִ֛יםha.par.te.MimH6579and princesוְשָׂרֵ֥יve.sa.ReiH8269of the provincesהַמְּדִינ֖וֹתha.me.di.NotH4082.

4And for a fullרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227180יָמִ֣ים שְׁמוֹנִ֥ים וּמְאַ֖תya.Mim she.mo.Nim u.me.'AtH8084 H3967 H3117daysיֽוֹם׃YomH3117he displayedבְּהַרְאֹת֗וֹbe.har.'o.ToH7200אֶת־'et-H853the gloriousכְּב֣וֹדke.VodH3519richesעֹ֙שֶׁר֙'o.sherH6239of his kingdomמַלְכוּת֔וֹmal.khu.ToH4438andוְאֶ֨ת־ve.'EtH853the magnificentתִּפְאֶ֖רֶתtif.'E.retH8597splendorיְקָ֔רye.KarH3366of his greatnessגְּדוּלָּת֑וֹge.du.la.ToH1420.

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