New American Standard Bible 1995

Esther 3:2-6

2Allוְכָל־ve.kholH3605the king’sהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428servantsעַבְדֵ֨י'av.DeiH5650whoאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834were at the king’sהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428gateבְּשַׁ֣עַרbe.Sha.'arH8179bowedH3766downH3766and paidH7812homageH7812to Hamanלְהָמָ֔ןle.ha.ManH2001;for soכֵ֖ןkhenH3651the kingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428had commandedצִוָּה־tzi.vah-H6680concerning him. ButMordecaiוּמָ֨רְדֳּכַ֔יu.Ma.re.do.KhaiH4782neitherלֹ֥אlo'H3808bowedH3766downH3766norוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808paidH7812homageH7812.

3Then the king’sהַמֶּ֛לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428servantsעַבְדֵ֥י'av.DeiH5650whoאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834were atthe king’sהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428gateבְּשַׁ֥עַרbe.Sha.'arH8179saidוַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּvai.Yo.me.RuH559to Mordecaiלְמָרְדֳּכָ֑יle.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782, “Whyמַדּ֙וּעַ֙ma.Du.a'H4069are you transgressingעוֹבֵ֔רo.VerH5674the king’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428commandמִצְוַ֥תmitz.VatH4687?”

4Now it was when they had spokenכְּאָמְרָ֤םke.'a.me.ramH559dailyH3117to him and he would not listenשָׁמַ֖עsha.Ma'H8085to them, that they toldוַיַּגִּ֣ידוּvai.ya.Gi.duH5046Hamanלְהָמָ֗ןle.ha.ManH2001to seeלִרְאוֹת֙lir.'OtH7200whether Mordecai’sמָרְדֳּכַ֔יma.re.do.KhaiH4782reasonדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697would standהֲיַֽעַמְדוּ֙ha.ya.'am.DuH5975;for he had toldהִגִּ֥ידhi.GidH5046them that he was a Jewיְהוּדִֽי׃ye.hu.DiH3064.

5When Hamanהָמָ֔ןha.ManH2001sawוַיַּ֣רְאvai.Yar'H7200thatMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֔יma.re.do.KhaiH4782neitherH369bowedH3766downH3766norH369paidH7812homageH7812to him, Hamanהָמָ֖ןha.ManH2001was filledוַיִּמָּלֵ֥אvai.yi.ma.Le'H4390with rageחֵמָֽה׃che.MahH2534.

6But hedisdainedוַיִּ֣בֶז בְּעֵינָ֗יוvai.Yi.vez be.'ei.NavH959 H5869tolayלִשְׁלֹ֤חlish.LochH7971handsיָד֙yadH3027on Mordecaiבְּמָרְדֳּכַ֣יbe.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782aloneלְבַדּ֔וֹle.va.DoH905,for they had toldהִגִּ֥ידוּhi.Gi.duH5046him whothe peopleעַ֣ם'amH5971of Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכָ֑יma.re.do.KhaiH4782were;therefore Hamanהָמָ֗ןha.ManH2001soughtוַיְבַקֵּ֣שׁvay.va.KeshH1245to destroyלְהַשְׁמִ֧ידle.hash.MidH8045allכָּל־kol-H3605the Jewsהַיְּהוּדִ֛יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064,the peopleעַ֥ם'amH5971of Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכָֽי׃ma.re.do.KhaiH4782,whoאֲשֶׁ֛ר'a.SherH834werethroughout the wholeבְּכָל־be.kholH3605kingdomמַלְכ֥וּתmal.KhutH4438of Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֖וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325.

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