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Esther 7:3-4

3Queenהַמַּלְכָּה֙ha.mal.KahH4436Estherאֶסְתֵּ֤ר'es.TerH635repliedוַתַּ֨עַןva.Ta.'anH6030וַתֹּאמַ֔רva.to.MarH559, “Ifאִם־'im-H518I have foundמָצָ֨אתִיma.Tza.tiH4672favorחֵ֤ןchenH2580in your sightבְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙be.'ei.Nei.khaH5869,O kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,and ifוְאִם־ve.'im-H518it pleasesט֑וֹבTovH2896the kingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428עַל־'al-H5921,grantתִּנָּֽתֶן־ti.na.ten-H5414memy lifeנַפְשִׁי֙naf.ShiH5315as my petitionבִּשְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔יbish.'E.la.TiH7596,and the lives of my peopleוְעַמִּ֖יve.'a.MiH5971as my requestבְּבַקָּשָׁתִֽי׃be.va.ka.sha.TiH1246.

4Forכִּ֤יkiH3588my peopleוְעַמִּ֔יve.'a.MiH5971and Iאֲנִ֣י'a.NiH589have been sold outנִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙nim.Kar.nuH4376to destructionלְהַשְׁמִ֖ידle.hash.MidH8045,deathלַהֲר֣וֹגla.ha.RogH2026,and annihilationוּלְאַבֵּ֑דu.le.'a.BedH6.Ifוְ֠אִלּוּVe.'i.luH432we had merely been soldנִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙nim.Kar.nuH4376as menservantsלַעֲבָדִ֨יםla.'a.va.DimH5650and maidservantsוְלִשְׁפָח֤וֹתve.lish.fa.ChotH8198,I would have remained silentהֶחֱרַ֔שְׁתִּיhe.che.Rash.tiH2790,becauseכִּ֣יkiH3588noאֵ֥ין'einH369such distressהַצָּ֛רha.TzarH6862would justifyשֹׁוֶ֖הsho.VehH7737burdeningבְּנֵ֥זֶקbe.Ne.zekH5143the kingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ סha.Me.lekhH4428.”

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