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Esther 2

1Afterthesethingsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697,whenH834thefuryofkingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325wasappeased,herememberedזָכַ֤רza.KharH2142Vashtiוַשְׁתִּי֙vash.TiH2060,andwhatshehaddone,andwhatwasdecreedagainsther.

2ThensaidH559theking'sservantsH5288thatattendeduponhim, Let therebemaidens,virginsבְּתוּל֖וֹתbe.tu.LotH1330ofbeautifulcountenance,soughtיְבַקְשׁ֥וּye.vak.ShuH1245forthekingH4428;

3andletthekingH4428appointוְיַפְקֵ֨דve.yaf.KedH6485officersH6485inalltheprovincesH4082ofhiskingdomמַלְכוּתוֹ֒mal.khu.ToH4438,thattheymaygatherוְיִקְבְּצ֣וּve.yik.be.TzuH6908togetherH6908alltheyoungH5291virginsבְ֠תוּלָהVe.tu.lahH1330ofbeautifulcountenancetoShushanthefortress,tothehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofthewomenH802, untothecustodyofHegaiהֵגֶ֛אhe.Ge'H1896theking's chamberlain,keeperשֹׁמֵ֣רsho.MerH8104ofthewomenH802;andlettheirthingsforpurificationbegivenוְנָת֖וֹןve.na.TonH5414.

4Andletthemaidenthatpleaseththekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428bequeeninsteadofVashtiוַשְׁתִּ֑יvash.TiH2060.AndthethingH1697pleasedthekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428;andhedidsoH3651.

5TherewasinShushanthefortressacertainJewH3064,whosenameוּשְׁמ֣וֹu.she.MoH8034wasMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֗יma.re.do.KhaiH4782,thesonבֶּ֣ןbenH1121ofJairיָאִ֧ירya.'IrH2971,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofShimeiשִׁמְעִ֛יshim.'IH8096,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofKishקִ֖ישׁkishH7027,aBenjaminite,

6whohadbeencarriedawayfromJerusalemמִיר֣וּשָׁלַ֔יִםmi.Ru.sha.La.yimH3389withthecaptiveswhohadbeencarriedawaywithJeconiahיְכָנְיָ֣הye.kha.ne.YahH3204kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063,whomNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֖רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5019thekingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofBabylonבָּבֶֽל׃ba.VelH894hadcarriedaway.

7AndhebroughtupHadassah,thatis,Estherאֶסְתֵּר֙'es.TerH635,hisuncle'sdaughterבַּת־bat-H1323;forshehadneitherfatherאָ֣ב'avH1normotherוָאֵ֑םva.'EmH517—andthemaidenwasfairandbeautifulיְפַת־ye.fat-H3303—andwhenherfatherאָבִ֙יהָ֙'a.Vi.haH1andmotherוְאִמָּ֔הּve.'i.MahH517wereH1961dead,Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֛יma.re.do.KhaiH4782tookH3947herforhisowndaughterלְבַֽת׃le.VatH1323.

8Anditcametopasswhentheking'scommandmentandhisdecreewasH1961heardH8085,andwhenmanyרַבּ֛וֹתra.BotH7227maidenswereH1961gatheredוּֽבְהִקָּבֵ֞ץu.ve.hi.ka.VetzH6908togetherH6908unto Shushanthefortress, untothecustodyofHegaiהֵגָ֑יhe.GaiH1896,thatEstherאֶסְתֵּר֙'es.TerH635alsowasH1961broughtintotheking'shouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004, untothecustodyofHegaiהֵגַ֖יhe.GaiH1896,keeperשֹׁמֵ֥רsho.MerH8104ofthewomenH802.

9Andthemaidenpleasedhim,andobtainedfavourbeforehim;andhespeedilygaveלָתֵ֣תla.TetH5414herherthingsforpurification,andherportionsמָנוֹתֶ֙הָ֙ma.no.Te.haH4490,andthesevenשֶׁ֣בַעShe.va'H7651maidensselectedtobegivenלָֽתֶת־la.tet-H5414her,outoftheking'shouseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004;andheremovedherandhermaidsH5291tothebestלְט֖וֹבle.TovH2896[place]ofthehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofthewomenH802.

10Estherאֶסְתֵּ֔ר'es.TerH635hadnotmadeknownherpeopleעַמָּ֖הּ'a.MahH5971norherbirthH4138;forMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֛יma.re.do.KhaiH4782hadchargedherthatsheshouldnotmakeitknown.

11AndMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַי֙ma.re.do.KhaiH4782walkedמִתְהַלֵּ֔ךְmit.ha.LekhH1980everydayH3117beforethecourtחֲצַ֣רcha.TzarH2691ofthewomen'shouseבֵּית־beit-H1004,toknowלָדַ֙עַת֙la.Da.'atH3045howH4100Estherאֶסְתֵּ֔ר'es.TerH635did,andwhatshouldbecomeofher.

12Andwheneverymaiden'sturncameH935togoלָב֣וֹא׀la.Vo'H935intokingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325afterthatshehadbeenהֱי֨וֹתhe.YotH1961treatedfortwelvemonthsחֹ֔דֶשׁCho.deshH2320,accordingtothemannerofthewomenH802(forsoH3651wereH1961thedaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117oftheirpurificationaccomplished—sixשִׁשָּׁ֤הshi.ShahH8337monthsחֳדָשִׁים֙cho.da.ShimH2320withoilבְּשֶׁ֣מֶןbe.She.menH8081ofmyrrhהַמֹּ֔רha.MorH4753,andsixוְשִׁשָּׁ֤הve.shi.ShahH8337monthsחֳדָשִׁים֙cho.da.ShimH2320withspicesH1314,andwiththingsforthepurifyingofthewomenH802,

13andthuscameH935themaideninuntothekingH4428),whatevershedesiredwasgivenH5414hertogoH935withheroutofthehouseמִבֵּ֥יתmi.BeitH1004ofthewomenH802totheking'shouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004.

14Intheeveningבָּעֶ֣רֶב׀ba.'E.revH6153shewentH935,andonthemorrowshereturnedH7725intothesecondשֵׁנִ֔יshe.NiH8145houseבֵּ֤יתbeitH1004ofthewomenH802, untothecustodyofShaashgaz,theking's chamberlain,keeperשֹׁמֵ֣רsho.MerH8104oftheconcubinesH6370.ShecameH935intothekingH4428nomore,unlessthekingH4428delightedinher,andshewerecalledH7121bynameבְשֵֽׁם׃ve.ShemH8034.

15AndwhentheturnofEstherאֶסְתֵּ֣ר'es.TerH635,thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofAbihailאֲבִיחַ֣יִל'a.vi.Cha.yilH32theuncleדֹּ֣דdodH1730ofMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֡יma.re.do.KhaiH4782,whohadtakenH3947herforhisdaughterלְבַ֜תle.VatH1323,cameH935togoלָב֣וֹאla.Vo'H935intothekingH4428,sherequirednothingbutwhatHegaiהֵגַ֥יhe.GaiH1896theking's chamberlain,keeperשֹׁמֵ֣רsho.MerH8104ofthewomenH802, appointed.AndEstherאֶסְתֵּר֙'es.TerH635obtainedgraceH2580inthesightofallthemthatsawH7200her.

16SoEstherאֶסְתֵּ֜ר'es.TerH635wastakenH3947tokingהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙'a.chash.ve.ro.VoshH325,intohisroyalhouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004,inthetenthהָעֲשִׂירִ֖יha.'a.si.RiH6224monthבַּחֹ֥דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320,thatis,themonthחֹ֣דֶשׁCho.deshH2320Tebeth,intheseventhyearבִּשְׁנַת־bish.nat-H8141ofhisreignH4438.

17Andthekingהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428lovedH157Estherאֶסְתֵּר֙'es.TerH635aboveallthewomenH802,andsheobtainedgraceH2580andfavourinhissightmorethanallthevirginsהַבְּתוּלֹ֑תha.be.tu.LotH1330,andhesetH7760theroyalcrownכֶּֽתֶר־ke.ter-H3804uponherheadבְּרֹאשָׁ֔הּbe.ro.ShahH7218,andmadeH7760herqueeninsteadofVashtiוַשְׁתִּֽי׃vash.TiH2060.

18AndthekingH4428madeH6213agreatגָד֗וֹלga.DolH1419feastמִשְׁתֶּ֣הmish.TehH4960toallhisprincesH8269andhisservantsוַעֲבָדָ֔יוva.'a.va.DavH5650, Esther'sfeastמִשְׁתֵּ֣הmish.TehH4960;andhemadeH6213areleasetotheprovincesH4082,andgaveH5414presentsaccordingtotheking'sbounty.

19Andwhenthevirginsבְּתוּל֖וֹתbe.tu.LotH1330weregatheredוּבְהִקָּבֵ֥ץu.ve.hi.ka.VetzH6908togetherH6908thesecondשֵׁנִ֑יתshe.NitH8145timeH8145,Mordecaiוּמָרְדֳּכַ֖יu.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782satH3427intheking'sgateבְּשַֽׁעַר־be.sha.'ar-H8179.

20(Estherאֶסְתֵּ֗ר'es.TerH635,asMordecaiמָרְדֳּכָ֑יma.re.do.KhaiH4782hadchargedher,hadnotyetmadeH6213knownherbirthH4138norherpeopleעַמָּ֔הּ'a.MahH5971;forEstherאֶסְתֵּ֣ר'es.TerH635didwhatMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַי֙ma.re.do.KhaiH4782toldמַגֶּ֤דֶתma.Ge.detH5046her,likeaswhenshewasbroughtupwithhim.)

21Inthosedaysבַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.MimH3117,whileMordecaiוּמָרְדֳּכַ֖יu.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782satH3427intheking'sgateבְּשַֽׁעַר־be.sha.'ar-H8179,twoשְׁנֵֽי־she.nei-H8147oftheking's chamberlains,BigthanandTereshוָתֶ֜רֶשׁva.Te.reshH8657,ofthosewhichkeptH8104thethreshold,werewroth,andsoughtH1245tolayhandיָ֔דYadH3027onthekingH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵֽרֹשׁ׃'a.chash.Ve.roshH325.

22AndthethingH1697becameknownH3045toMordecaiH4782,andherelatedittoEstherלְאֶסְתֵּ֣רle.'es.TerH635thequeenהַמַּלְכָּ֑הha.mal.KahH4436,andEstherאֶסְתֵּ֛ר'es.TerH635toldH5046ittothekingלַמֶּ֖לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428inMordecai'snameבְּשֵׁ֥םbe.ShemH8034.

23AndthematterH1697wasinvestigatedandfoundH4672out;andtheywerebothhangedוַיִּתָּל֥וּvai.yi.ta.LuH8518onatreeH6086.AnditwaswrittenH3789inthebookבְּסֵ֛פֶרbe.Se.ferH5612ofthechroniclesbeforethekingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ פha.Me.lekhH4428.

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