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Esther 2:8-14

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.

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