Esther 3
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Esther 3:8-9

8Then Hamanהָמָן֙ha.ManH2001saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Kingלַמֶּ֣לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325, “ThereH3426isH3426a certainאֶחָ֗ד'e.ChadH259peopleעַם־'am-H5971scatteredמְפֻזָּ֤רme.fu.ZarH6340and dispersedוּמְפֹרָד֙u.me.fo.RadH6504amongבֵּ֣יןbeinH996the peoplesהָֽעַמִּ֔יםha.'a.MimH5971in allבְּכֹ֖לbe.KholH3605the provincesמְדִינ֣וֹתme.di.NotH4082of your kingdomמַלְכוּתֶ֑ךָmal.khu.Te.khaH4438;their lawsוְדָתֵיהֶ֞םve.da.tei.HemH1881are differentH8132from thoseof allמִכָּל־mi.kolH3605otherpeopleעָ֗ם'AmH5971and they do notcomplyH6213withH6213the king’sהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428lawsדָּתֵ֤יda.TeiH1881,so it is not in the king’sוְלַמֶּ֥לֶךְve.la.Me.lekhH4428interestשֹׁוֶ֖הsho.VehH7737to letH5117them remainלְהַנִּיחָֽם׃le.ha.ni.ChamH5117.
9Ifאִם־'im-H518it is pleasingH2895to the kingH4428, let it bedecreedיִכָּתֵ֖בyi.ka.TevH3789that they be eliminatedלְאַבְּדָ֑םle.'a.be.DamH6,and I will payאֶשְׁקוֹל֙'esh.kOlH8254tenוַעֲשֶׂ֨רֶתva.'a.Se.retH6235thousandאֲלָפִ֜ים'a.la.FimH505talentsכִּכַּר־ki.kar-H3603of silverכֶּ֗סֶףKe.sefH3701into the handsיְדֵי֙ye.DeiH3027of those who carryH6213outH6213the king’sbusinessהַמְּלָאכָ֔הha.me.la.KhahH4399,to putלְהָבִ֖יאle.ha.Vi'H935into the king’s treasuriesגִּנְזֵ֥יgin.ZeiH1595.”
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