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Esther 5:4-8

4AndEstherאֶסְתֵּ֔ר'es.TerH635saidH559,IfitseemgoodH2895tothekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, letthekingהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428andHamanוְהָמָן֙ve.ha.ManH2001comeיָב֨וֹאya.Vo'H935thisdayהַיּ֔וֹםhai.YomH3117tothebanquetthatIhavepreparedforhim.

5Andthekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidH559,HastenH4116Hamanהָמָ֔ןha.ManH2001,thatitmaybedoneasEstherאֶסְתֵּ֑ר'es.TerH635hassaidH559.Andthekingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428andHamanוְהָמָ֔ןve.ha.ManH2001cameH935tothebanquetthatEstherאֶסְתֵּֽר׃'es.TerH635hadprepared.

6Andthekingהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidH559toEstherלְאֶסְתֵּר֙le.'es.TerH635atthebanquetofwineהַיַּ֔יִןhai.Ya.yinH3196,Whatisthypetitionשְּׁאֵלָתֵ֖ךְshe.'e.la.TekhH7596?anditshallbegrantedthee;andwhatisthyrequestבַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛ךְba.ka.sha.TekhH1246?eventothehalfחֲצִ֥יcha.TziH2677ofthekingdomהַמַּלְכ֖וּתha.mal.KhutH4438itshallbedone.

7AndEstherאֶסְתֵּ֖ר'es.TerH635answeredandsaidH559,Mypetitionשְׁאֵלָתִ֖יshe.'e.la.TiH7596andmyrequestוּבַקָּשָׁתִֽי׃u.va.ka.sha.TiH1246is,

8IfIhavefoundH4672graceH2580inthesightofthekingH4428,andifitpleasethekingH4428tograntmypetitionשְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔יshe.'E.la.TiH7596,andtoperformmyrequestבַּקָּשָׁתִ֑יba.ka.sha.TiH1246,letthekingH4428andHamanוְהָמָ֗ןve.ha.ManH2001comeיָב֧וֹאya.Vo'H935tothebanquetthatIshallprepareforthem,andIwilldoto-morrowaccordingtotheking'swordכִּדְבַ֥רkid.VarH1697.

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