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Esther 7:2-4

2And the kingהַמֶּ֨לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidוַיֹּאמֶר֩vai.yo.MerH559again unto Estherלְאֶסְתֵּ֜רle.'es.TerH635on the secondהַשֵּׁנִי֙ha.she.NiH8145dayבַּיּ֤וֹםbai.YomH3117at the banquetבְּמִשְׁתֵּ֣הbe.mish.TehH4960of wineהַיַּ֔יִןhai.Ya.yinH3196, What isthy petitionשְּׁאֵלָתֵ֛ךְshe.'e.la.TekhH7596,queenהַמַּלְכָּ֖הha.mal.KahH4436Estherאֶסְתֵּ֥ר'es.TerH635?and it shall be grantedוְתִנָּ֣תֵֽןve.ti.Na.tenH5414thee: and what isthy requestבַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛ךְba.ka.sha.TekhH1246?and it shall be performedוְתֵעָֽשׂ׃ve.te.'AsH6213, evento the halfחֲצִ֥יcha.TziH2677of the kingdomהַמַּלְכ֖וּתha.mal.KhutH4438.

3Then Estherאֶסְתֵּ֤ר'es.TerH635the queenהַמַּלְכָּה֙ha.mal.KahH4436answeredוַתַּ֨עַןva.Ta.'anH6030and saidוַתֹּאמַ֔רva.to.MarH559,If I have foundמָצָ֨אתִיma.Tza.tiH4672favourחֵ֤ןchenH2580in thy sightבְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙be.'ei.Nei.khaH5869,O kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,and if it pleaseH2895the kingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,let my lifeנַפְשִׁי֙naf.ShiH5315be givenתִּנָּֽתֶן־ti.na.ten-H5414me at my petitionבִּשְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔יbish.'E.la.TiH7596,and my peopleוְעַמִּ֖יve.'a.MiH5971at my requestבְּבַקָּשָׁתִֽי׃be.va.ka.sha.TiH1246:

4For we are soldנִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙nim.Kar.nuH4376,I and my peopleוְעַמִּ֔יve.'a.MiH5971,to be destroyedלְהַשְׁמִ֖ידle.hash.MidH8045,to be slainלַהֲר֣וֹגla.ha.RogH2026,and to perishוּלְאַבֵּ֑דu.le.'a.BedH6.But ifוְ֠אִלּוּVe.'i.luH432we had been soldנִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙nim.Kar.nuH4376for bondmenלַעֲבָדִ֨יםla.'a.va.DimH5650and bondwomenוְלִשְׁפָח֤וֹתve.lish.fa.ChotH8198,I had held my tongueהֶחֱרַ֔שְׁתִּיhe.che.Rash.tiH2790,although the enemyהַצָּ֛רha.TzarH6862could not countervailשֹׁוֶ֖הsho.VehH7737the king’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ סha.Me.lekhH4428damageבְּנֵ֥זֶקbe.Ne.zekH5143.

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