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Esther 1:3-12

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

4whenheshewedthegloriouswealthעֹ֙שֶׁר֙'o.sherH6239ofhiskingdomמַלְכוּת֔וֹmal.khu.ToH4438andthesplendid magnificenceofhisgrandeurmanyרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227daysיָמִ֣יםya.MimH3117,ahundredוּמְאַ֖תu.me.'AtH3967andeightyשְׁמוֹנִ֥יםshe.mo.NimH8084daysיֽוֹם׃YomH3117.

5Andwhenthesedaysהַיָּמִ֣יםhai.ya.MimH3117wereexpired,thekingH4428madeH6213afeastמִשְׁתֶּ֖הmish.TehH4960toallthepeopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971thatwerepresentinShushanthefortress,bothtogreatלְמִגָּ֧דוֹלle.mi.Ga.dolH1419andsmallH6996,sevenשִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'AtH7651daysיָמִ֑יםya.MimH3117,inthecourtבַּחֲצַ֕רba.cha.TzarH2691ofthegardenגִּנַּ֥תgi.NatH1594oftheking'spalaceבִּיתַ֖ןbi.TanH1055.

6Whiteח֣וּר׀churH2353, green,andblueH8504[hangings]werefastenedwithcordsבְּחַבְלֵי־be.chav.lei-H2256ofbyssusandpurpleוְאַרְגָּמָ֔ןve.'ar.ga.ManH713tosilverכֶ֖סֶףKhe.sefH3701ringsandpillarsוְעַמּ֣וּדֵיve.'a.Mu.deiH5982ofwhiteH2353marble;couchesH4296ofgoldזָהָ֣בza.HavH2091andsilverוָכֶ֗סֶףva.Khe.sefH3701[lay]uponapavementרִֽצְפַ֥תritz.FatH7531ofredandwhiteH2353marble,andalabaster,andblack marble.

7AndtheygaveH8248drinkוְהַשְׁקוֹת֙ve.hash.kOtH8248invesselsH3627ofgoldזָהָ֔בza.HavH2091(thevesselsH3627being diverseonefromanother),androyalwineוְיֵ֥יןve.YeinH3196inabundance,accordingtotheking'sbounty.

8Andthedrinkingwas,accordingtocommandment,withoutconstraint;forsothekingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428hadappointedיִסַּ֣דyi.SadH3245toallthemagnatesofhishouseבֵּית֔וֹbei.ToH1004,thattheyshoulddoaccordingtoeveryman'spleasureכִּרְצ֥וֹןkir.TzonH7522.

9Alsoגַּ֚םgamH1571thequeenהַמַּלְכָּ֔הha.mal.KahH4436Vashtiוַשְׁתִּ֣יvash.TiH2060madeH6213afeastמִשְׁתֵּ֣הmish.TehH4960forthewomenH802oftheroyalhouseבֵּ֚יתbeitH1004whichbelongedtokingלַמֶּ֥לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃ ס'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325.

10Ontheseventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יha.she.vi.'IH7637dayבַּיּוֹם֙bai.yOmH3117,whentheking'sheartלֵב־lev-H3820wasmerrywithwineבַּיָּ֑יִןbai.Ya.yinH3196,hecommandedMehuman,Biztha,Harbonaחַרְבוֹנָ֜אchar.vo.Na'H2726,Bigtha,andAbagtha,Zethar,andCarcas,thesevenשִׁבְעַת֙shiv.'AtH7651chamberlainsthatservedH8334inthepresenceH6440ofkingH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325,

11tobringלְ֠הָבִיאLe.ha.vi'H935Vashtiוַשְׁתִּ֧יvash.TiH2060thequeenהַמַּלְכָּ֛הha.mal.KahH4436beforethekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428withtheroyalcrownבְּכֶ֣תֶרbe.Khe.terH3804toshewthepeoplesH5971andtheprincesH8269herbeautyיָפְיָ֔הּya.fe.YahH3308;forshewasofbeautifulcountenance.

12Butthequeenהַמַּלְכָּ֣הha.mal.KahH4436Vashtiוַשְׁתִּ֗יvash.TiH2060refusedH3985tocomeלָבוֹא֙la.Vo'H935atthewordבִּדְבַ֣רbid.VarH1697ofthekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428whichwas[sent]bythechamberlains;andthekingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428wasveryH3966wroth,andhisfuryburnedבָּעֲרָ֥הba.'a.RahH1197inhim.

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