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Esther 4:15-17

15Then Estherאֶסְתֵּ֖ר'es.TerH635toldוַתֹּ֥אמֶרva.To.merH559themto replyלְהָשִׁ֥יבle.ha.ShivH7725to Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכָֽי׃ma.re.do.KhaiH4782,

16“Goלֵךְ֩leKhH1980,gatherכְּנ֨וֹסke.NosH3664allכָּל־kol-H3605the Jewsהַיְּהוּדִ֜יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064who are foundהַֽנִּמְצְאִ֣יםha.nim.tze.'ImH4672in Susaבְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ןbe.shu.ShanH7800,and fastוְצ֣וּמוּve.Tzu.muH6684for me;do not eatתֹּאכְל֨וּto.khe.LuH398or drinkתִּשְׁתּ֜וּtish.TuH8354forthreeשְׁלֹ֤שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetH7969daysיָמִים֙ya.MimH3117,nightלַ֣יְלָהLay.lahH3915or dayוָי֔וֹםva.YomH3117.I and my attendantsוְנַעֲרֹתַ֖יve.na.'a.ro.TaiH5291alsoגַּם־gam-H1571will fastאָצ֣וּם'a.TzumH6684in the sameH3651wayH3651.And thenH3651I will goאָב֤וֹא'a.Vo'H935inH935to the kingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428,whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834is not in accordance with the lawכַדָּ֔תkha.DatH1881;and ifוְכַאֲשֶׁ֥רve.kha.'a.SherH834I perishאָבַ֖דְתִּי'a.Vad.tiH6,I perishאָבָֽדְתִּי׃'a.Va.de.tiH6.”

17So Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכָ֑יma.re.do.KhaiH4782wentH5674awayH5674and didוַיַּ֕עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213justכְּכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־ke.Khol 'a.Sher-H3605 H834as Estherאֶסְתֵּֽר׃ ס'es.TerH635had commandedצִוְּתָ֥הtzi.ve.TahH6680him.

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