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Esther 4:5-7

5Then calledוַתִּקְרָא֩va.tik.Ra'H7121Estherאֶסְתֵּ֨ר'es.TerH635for Hatachלַהֲתָ֜ךְla.ha.TakhH2047, oneof the king’sהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428chamberlainsמִסָּרִיסֵ֤יmi.sa.ri.SeiH5631,whom he had appointedהֶעֱמִ֣ידhe.'e.MidH5975to attendלְפָנֶ֔יהָle.fa.Nei.haH6440upon her, and gave him a commandmentוַתְּצַוֵּ֖הוּva.te.tza.Ve.huH6680to Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכָ֑יma.re.do.KhaiH4782,to knowלָדַ֥עַתla.Da.'atH3045what it was, and why it was.

6So Hatachהֲתָ֖ךְha.TakhH2047went forthוַיֵּצֵ֥אvai.ye.Tze'H3318to Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכָ֑יma.re.do.KhaiH4782unto the streetרְח֣וֹבre.ChovH7339of the cityהָעִ֔ירha.'IrH5892, which wasbeforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440the king’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428gateשַֽׁעַר־sha.'ar-H8179.

7And Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֔יma.re.do.KhaiH4782toldוַיַּגֶּד־vai.ya.ged-H5046him of all that had happenedקָרָ֑הוּka.Ra.huH7136unto him, and of the sumפָּרָשַׁ֣תpa.ra.ShatH6575of the moneyהַכֶּ֗סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701that Hamanהָמָן֙ha.ManH2001had promisedאָמַ֤ר'a.MarH559to payלִ֠שְׁקוֹלLish.kolH8254to the king’sהַמֶּ֛לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428treasuriesגִּנְזֵ֥יgin.ZeiH1595for the Jewsבַּיְּהוּדִ֖יםbai.ye.hu.di.yimH3064,to destroyלְאַבְּדָֽם׃le.'a.be.DamH6them.

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