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Esther 1:6-10

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,

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