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Esther 2:21-23

21In thoseהָהֵ֔םha.HemH1992daysבַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.MimH3117,while Mordecaiוּמָרְדֳּכַ֖יu.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782was sittingיֹשֵׁ֣בyo.ShevH3427at the king’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428gateבְּשַֽׁעַר־be.sha.'ar-H8179,Bigthanבִּגְתָ֨ןbig.TanH904and Tereshוָתֶ֜רֶשׁva.Te.reshH8657,twoשְׁנֵֽי־she.nei-H8147of the king’sהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428eunuchsסָרִיסֵ֤יsa.ri.SeiH5631who guardedמִשֹּׁמְרֵ֣יmi.sho.me.ReiH8104the entranceהַסַּ֔ףha.SafH5592,grew angryקָצַף֩ka.TzafH7107and conspiredוַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙vay.vak.ShuH1245to assassinateלִשְׁלֹ֣חַ יָ֔דlish.Lo.ach YadH7971 H3027Kingבַּמֶּ֖לֶךְba.Me.lekhH4428Xerxesאֲחַשְׁוֵֽרֹשׁ׃'a.chash.Ve.roshH325.

22When Mordecaiלְמָרְדֳּכַ֔יle.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782learnedוַיִּוָּדַ֤עvai.yi.va.Da'H3045of the plotהַדָּבָר֙ha.da.VarH1697,he reportedוַיַּגֵּ֖דvai.ya.GedH5046it to Queenהַמַּלְכָּ֑הha.mal.KahH4436Estherלְאֶסְתֵּ֣רle.'es.TerH635,and sheאֶסְתֵּ֛ר'es.TerH635informedוַתֹּ֧אמֶרva.To.merH559the kingלַמֶּ֖לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428on Mordecai’s behalfבְּשֵׁ֥ם מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃be.Shem ma.re.do.KhaiH4782 H8034.

23After the reportהַדָּבָר֙ha.da.VarH1697had been investigatedוַיְבֻקַּ֤שׁvay.vu.KashH1245and verifiedוַיִּמָּצֵ֔אvai.yi.ma.Tze'H4672,bothשְׁנֵיהֶ֖םshe.nei.HemH8147officialswere hangedוַיִּתָּל֥וּvai.yi.ta.LuH8518onעַל־'al-H5921the gallowsעֵ֑ץ'EtzH6086.And all this was recordedוַיִּכָּתֵ֗בvai.yi.ka.TevH3789in the Bookבְּסֵ֛פֶרbe.Se.ferH5612of the Chroniclesדִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖יםdiv.Rei hai.ya.MimH1697 H3117in the presenceלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440of the kingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ פha.Me.lekhH4428.

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