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Esther 2:18-20

18Thenthe kingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428heldוַיַּ֨עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213a greatגָד֗וֹלga.DolH1419banquetמִשְׁתֶּ֣הmish.TehH4960,Esther’sאֶסְתֵּ֑ר'es.TerH635banquetמִשְׁתֵּ֣הmish.TehH4960,for allלְכָל־le.kholH3605his officialsשָׂרָיו֙sa.RavH8269and his servantsוַעֲבָדָ֔יוva.'a.va.DavH5650;he also madeעָשָׂ֔ה'a.SahH6213a holidayוַהֲנָחָ֤הva.ha.na.ChahH2010for the provincesלַמְּדִינוֹת֙la.me.di.nOtH4082and gaveוַיִּתֵּ֥ןvai.yi.TenH5414giftsמַשְׂאֵ֖תmas.'EtH4864in proportion to the king’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428bountyכְּיַ֥דke.YadH3027.

19Now when the virginsבְּתוּל֖וֹתbe.tu.LotH1330were gatheredוּבְהִקָּבֵ֥ץu.ve.hi.ka.VetzH6908together for the secondשֵׁנִ֑יתshe.NitH8145timeH8145,then Mordecaiוּמָרְדֳּכַ֖יu.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782was sittingיֹשֵׁ֥בyo.ShevH3427at the king’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428gateבְּשַֽׁעַר־be.sha.'ar-H8179.

20Estherאֶסְתֵּ֗ר'es.TerH635stillhad not revealedH5046her relativesמֽוֹלַדְתָּהּ֙mo.lad.TahH4138or her peopleעַמָּ֔הּ'a.MahH5971,justH3512asH3512Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכָ֑יma.re.do.KhaiH4782had instructedצִוָּ֥הtzi.VahH6680her; for Estherאֶסְתֵּ֣ר'es.TerH635didעֹשָׂ֔ה'o.SahH6213whatמַאֲמַ֤רma.'a.MarH3982Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַי֙ma.re.do.KhaiH4782toldמַגֶּ֤דֶתma.Ge.detH5046her justH3512asH3512she hadהָיְתָ֥הha.ye.TahH1961whenH3512under his careבְאָמְנָ֖הve.'a.me.NahH545.

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