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Esther 3:1-6

1Afterאַחַ֣ר׀'a.CharH310these thingsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697did kingהַמֶּ֨לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֜וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325promoteגִּדַּל֩gi.DalH1431Hamanהָמָ֧ןha.ManH2001the sonבֶּֽן־ben-H1121of Hammedathaהַמְּדָ֛תָאha.me.Da.ta'H4099the Agagiteהָאֲגָגִ֖יha.'a.ga.GiH91,and advancedוַֽיְנַשְּׂאֵ֑הוּvay.na.se.'E.huH5375him, and setוַיָּ֙שֶׂם֙vai.Ya.semH7760his seatכִּסְא֔וֹkis.'OH3678above all the princesהַשָּׂרִ֖יםha.sa.RimH8269that were with him.

2And all the king’sהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428servantsעַבְדֵ֨י'av.DeiH5650, that werein the king’sהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428gateבְּשַׁ֣עַרbe.Sha.'arH8179,bowedכֹּרְעִ֤יםko.re.'ImH3766,and reverencedוּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִים֙u.mish.ta.cha.VimH7812Hamanלְהָמָ֔ןle.ha.ManH2001:for the kingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428had so commandedצִוָּה־tzi.vah-H6680concerning him. But Mordecaiוּמָ֨רְדֳּכַ֔יu.Ma.re.do.KhaiH4782bowedיִכְרַ֖עyikh.Ra'H3766not, nor did himreverenceיִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶֽה׃Yish.ta.cha.VehH7812.

3Then the king’sהַמֶּ֛לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428servantsעַבְדֵ֥י'av.DeiH5650, which werein the king’sהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428gateבְּשַׁ֥עַרbe.Sha.'arH8179,saidוַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּvai.Yo.me.RuH559unto Mordecaiלְמָרְדֳּכָ֑יle.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782,Why transgressestעוֹבֵ֔רo.VerH5674thou the king’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428commandmentמִצְוַ֥תmitz.VatH4687?

4Now it came to pass, when they spakeכְּאָמְרָ֤םke.'a.me.ramH559dailyH3117unto him, and he hearkenedשָׁמַ֖עsha.Ma'H8085not unto them, that they toldוַיַּגִּ֣ידוּvai.ya.Gi.duH5046Hamanלְהָמָ֗ןle.ha.ManH2001,to seeלִרְאוֹת֙lir.'OtH7200whether Mordecai’sמָרְדֳּכַ֔יma.re.do.KhaiH4782mattersדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697would standהֲיַֽעַמְדוּ֙ha.ya.'am.DuH5975:for he had toldהִגִּ֥ידhi.GidH5046them that he wasa Jewיְהוּדִֽי׃ye.hu.DiH3064.

5And when Hamanהָמָ֔ןha.ManH2001sawוַיַּ֣רְאvai.Yar'H7200that Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֔יma.re.do.KhaiH4782bowedכֹּרֵ֥עַko.Re.a'H3766not, nor did him reverenceוּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖הu.mish.ta.cha.VehH7812,then was Hamanהָמָ֖ןha.ManH2001fullוַיִּמָּלֵ֥אvai.yi.ma.Le'H4390of wrathחֵמָֽה׃che.MahH2534.

6And he thoughtבְּעֵינָ֗יוbe.'ei.NavH5869scornוַיִּ֣בֶזvai.Yi.vezH959to layלִשְׁלֹ֤חlish.LochH7971handsיָד֙yadH3027on Mordecaiבְּמָרְדֳּכַ֣יbe.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782alone; for they had shewedהִגִּ֥ידוּhi.Gi.duH5046him the peopleעַ֣ם'amH5971of Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכָ֑יma.re.do.KhaiH4782:wherefore Hamanהָמָ֗ןha.ManH2001soughtוַיְבַקֵּ֣שׁvay.va.KeshH1245to destroyלְהַשְׁמִ֧ידle.hash.MidH8045all the Jewsהַיְּהוּדִ֛יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064that werethroughout the whole kingdomמַלְכ֥וּתmal.KhutH4438of Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֖וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325, eventhe peopleעַ֥ם'amH5971of Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכָֽי׃ma.re.do.KhaiH4782.

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