New American Standard Bible 1995

Esther 6:1-3

1During that nightבַּלַּ֣יְלָהba.Lay.lahH3915the kingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428couldנָדְדָ֖הna.de.DahH5074not sleepשְׁנַ֣תshe.NatH8142so he gaveH559an orderH559to bringלְהָבִ֞יאle.ha.Vi'H935the bookסֵ֤פֶרSe.ferH5612of recordsהַזִּכְרֹנוֹת֙ha.zikh.ro.nOtH2146,the chroniclesדִּבְרֵ֣י הַיָּמִ֔יםdiv.Rei hai.ya.MimH1697 H3117,and they were readנִקְרָאִ֖יםnik.ra.'ImH7121beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440the kingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428.

2It was foundוַיִּמָּצֵ֣אvai.yi.ma.Tze'H4672writtenכָת֗וּבkha.TuvH3789whatH834Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֜יma.re.do.KhaiH4782had reportedהִגִּ֨ידhi.GidH5046concerningעַל־'al-H5921Bigthanaבִּגְתָ֣נָאbig.Ta.na'H904and Tereshוָתֶ֗רֶשׁva.Te.reshH8657,twoשְׁנֵי֙she.NeiH8147of the king’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428eunuchsסָרִיסֵ֣יsa.ri.SeiH5631who were doorkeepersמִשֹּׁמְרֵ֖י הַסַּ֑ףmi.sho.me.Rei ha.SafH8104 H5592,that they had soughtבִּקְשׁוּ֙bik.ShuH1245to layלִשְׁלֹ֣חַlish.Lo.achH7971handsיָ֔דYadH3027on Kingבַּמֶּ֖לֶךְba.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325.

3The kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Whatמַֽה־mah-H4100honorיְקָ֧רye.KarH3366or dignityוּגְדוּלָּ֛הu.ge.du.LahH1420has been bestowedנַּעֲשָׂ֞הna.'a.SahH6213on Mordecaiלְמָרְדֳּכַ֖יle.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782for thisזֶ֑הZehH2088?”Then the king’sהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428servantsנַעֲרֵ֤יna.'a.ReiH5288who attendedמְשָׁ֣רְתָ֔יוme.Sha.re.TavH8334him saidוַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּvai.Yo.me.RuH559, “Nothingלֹא־ דָּבָֽר׃lo'- da.VarH3808 H1697has been doneנַעֲשָׂ֥הna.'a.SahH6213for him.”

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