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Esther 3:2-5

2Andalltheking'sservantsעַבְדֵ֨י'av.DeiH5650thatwereintheking'sgateבְּשַׁ֣עַרbe.Sha.'arH8179bowedוּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִים֙u.mish.ta.cha.VimH7812anddidHamanלְהָמָ֔ןle.ha.ManH2001reverence,forthekingH4428hadsoH3651commandedצִוָּה־tzi.vah-H6680concerninghim.ButMordecaiוּמָ֨רְדֳּכַ֔יu.Ma.re.do.KhaiH4782bowedיִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶֽה׃Yish.ta.cha.VehH7812not,nordid[him] reverence.

3Thentheking'sservantsעַבְדֵ֥י'av.DeiH5650,whowereintheking'sgateבְּשַׁ֥עַרbe.Sha.'arH8179,saidH559toMordecaiלְמָרְדֳּכָ֑יle.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782,Whyמַדּ֙וּעַ֙ma.Du.a'H4069transgressest thoutheking'scommandmentמִצְוַ֥תmitz.VatH4687?

4Anditcametopassastheyspokedailytohim,andhehearkenednottothem,thattheyinformedHamanלְהָמָ֗ןle.ha.ManH2001,toseeלִרְאוֹת֙lir.'OtH7200whetherMordecai'smattersH1697wouldstandהֲיַֽעַמְדוּ֙ha.ya.'am.DuH5975;forhehadtoldH5046themthathewasH1961aJewיְהוּדִֽי׃ye.hu.DiH3064.

5AndwhenHamanהָמָ֔ןha.ManH2001sawH7200thatMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֔יma.re.do.KhaiH4782bowedוּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖הu.mish.ta.cha.VehH7812not,nordidhimreverence,Hamanהָמָ֖ןha.ManH2001wasfullH4390offury.

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