Esther 1
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Esther 1:16-18

16ThensaidH559Memucanמְמוּכָ֗ןmu.me.khanH4462beforethekingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428andtheprincesH8269,Thequeenהַמַּלְכָּ֑הha.mal.KahH4436Vashtiוַשְׁתִּ֣יvash.TiH2060hasnotdonewrongtothekingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428onlyלְבַדּ֔וֹle.va.DoH905,butalsotoalltheprincesH8269,andtoallthepeoplesH5971thatareinalltheprovincesH4082ofthekingהַמֶּ֥לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325.
17Fortheactofthequeenהַמַּלְכָּה֙ha.mal.KahH4436willcomeH935abroadtoallwomenH802,soastorendertheirhusbandsבַּעְלֵיהֶ֖ןba'.lei.HenH1167contemptibleintheireyesH5869,whentheyshallsayH559,Thekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֡וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325commandedthequeenהַמַּלְכָּ֛הha.mal.KahH4436Vashtiוַשְׁתִּ֧יvash.TiH2060tobebroughtH935inbeforehim,andshecameH935not!
18AndtheprincessesofPersiaפָּֽרַס־pa.ras-H6539andMediaוּמָדַ֗יu.ma.DaiH4074whohaveheardH8085ofthequeen'sact,willsayתֹּאמַ֣רְנָה׀to.Mar.nahH559itthisdayוְֽהַיּ֨וֹםve.hai.YomH3117toalltheking'sprincesH8269,andtherewillbecontemptandangerenough.
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