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Esther 4:5-10

5ThenEstherאֶסְתֵּ֨ר'es.TerH635calledH7121forHatach, [oneH2088]oftheking's chamberlains,whomhehadappointedH5975towaituponher,andgavehimacommandmenttoMordecaiמָרְדֳּכָ֑יma.re.do.KhaiH4782,toknowלָדַ֥עַתla.Da.'atH3045whatitwas,andwhyH4100itwas.

6AndHatachwentH3318forthH3318toMordecaiמָרְדֳּכָ֑יma.re.do.KhaiH4782, untothepublic placeofthecityהָעִ֔ירha.'IrH5892whichwasbeforetheking'sgateשַֽׁעַר־sha.'ar-H8179.

7AndMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֔יma.re.do.KhaiH4782toldH5046himofallthathadhappenedקָרָ֑הוּka.Ra.huH7136tohim,andofthesumofmoneyH3701thatHamanהָמָן֙ha.ManH2001hadpromisedtopaytotheking'streasuriesגִּנְזֵ֥יgin.ZeiH1595fortheJewsבַּיְּהוּדִ֖יםbai.ye.hu.di.yimH3064,todestroyלְאַבְּדָֽם׃le.'a.be.DamH6them.

8AndhegaveH5414himacopyפַּתְשֶׁ֣גֶןpat.She.genH6572ofthewritingofthedecreethathadbeengivenH5414atShushantodestroyH8045them,toshew [it]toEstherאֶסְתֵּ֖ר'es.TerH635,andtodeclareH5046[it]toher,andtochargeherthatsheshouldgoלָב֨וֹאla.Vo'H935inuntothekingהַמֶּ֧לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,tomakeH5414supplicationtohim,andtomakeH5414requestbeforehim,forherpeopleעַמָּֽהּ׃'a.MahH5971.

9AndHatachcameH935andtoldH5046Estherלְאֶסְתֵּ֔רle.'es.TerH635thewordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697ofMordecaiמָרְדֳּכָֽי׃ma.re.do.KhaiH4782.

10AndEstherאֶסְתֵּר֙'es.TerH635spoketoHatach,andgavehimcommandmentuntoMordecaiמָרְדֳּכָֽי׃ma.re.do.KhaiH4782:

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