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Esther 1:1-3

1Anditcametopassinthedaysבִּימֵ֣יbi.MeiH3117ofAhasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325(thatis,theAhasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325thatreignedהַמֹּלֵךְ֙ha.mo.leKhH4427fromIndiaמֵהֹ֣דּוּme.Ho.duH1912eventoEthiopia,overahundredוּמֵאָ֖הu.me.'AhH3967andtwenty-sevenprovincesמְדִינָֽה׃me.di.NahH4082),

2inthosedaysבַּיָּמִ֖יםbai.ya.MimH3117,whenthekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325satonthethroneכִּסֵּ֣אki.Se'H3678ofhiskingdomH4438,whichwasinShushanthefortress,

3inthethirdyearבִּשְׁנַ֤תbish.NatH8141ofhisreignלְמָלְכ֔וֹle.ma.le.KhoH4427,hemadeH6213afeastמִשְׁתֶּ֔הmish.TehH4960toallhisprincesH8269andhisservantsוַעֲבָדָ֑יוva.'a.va.DavH5650;thepowerofPersiaפָּרַ֣סpa.RasH6539andMediaוּמָדַ֗יu.ma.DaiH4074,thenoblesandtheprincesH8269oftheprovincesH4082beingbeforehim;

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