Esther 1
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Esther 1:13-14

13Then the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559tothe wiseלַחֲכָמִ֖יםla.cha.kha.MimH2450menH2450who understoodיֹדְעֵ֣יyo.de.'EiH3045the timesהָֽעִתִּ֑יםha.'i.TimH6256--for it was the customדְּבַ֣רde.VarH1697of the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428soכֵן֙khenH3651to speakbeforeלִפְנֵ֕יlif.NeiH6440allכָּל־kol-H3605who knewיֹדְעֵ֖יyo.de.'EiH3045lawדָּ֥תdatH1881and justiceוָדִֽין׃va.DinH1779
14and were closeוְהַקָּרֹ֣בve.ha.ka.RoH7138to him: Carshenaכַּרְשְׁנָ֤אkar.she.Na'H3771,Shetharשֵׁתָר֙she.TarH8369,Admathaאַדְמָ֣תָא'ad.Ma.ta'H133,Tarshishתַרְשִׁ֔ישׁtar.ShishH8659,Meresמֶ֥רֶסMe.resH4825,Marsenaמַרְסְנָ֖אmar.se.Na'H4826and Memucanמְמוּכָ֑ןme.mu.KhanH4462,the sevenשִׁבְעַ֞תshiv.'AtH7651princesשָׂרֵ֣י׀sa.ReiH8269of Persiaפָּרַ֣סpa.RasH6539and Mediaוּמָדַ֗יu.ma.DaiH4074whohad accessרֹאֵי֙ro.'EiH7200to the king’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428presenceפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440and satהַיֹּשְׁבִ֥יםhai.yo.she.VimH3427in the firstרִאשֹׁנָ֖הri.sho.NahH7223place in the kingdomבַּמַּלְכֽוּת׃ba.mal.KhutH4438--
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