New American Standard Bible 2020

Esther 7:2-4

2And the kingהַמֶּ֨לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidוַיֹּאמֶר֩vai.yo.MerH559to Estherלְאֶסְתֵּ֜רle.'es.TerH635on the secondהַשֵּׁנִי֙ha.she.NiH8145dayבַּיּ֤וֹםbai.YomH3117alsoגַּ֣םgamH1571as they drankH4960their wineהַיַּ֔יִןhai.Ya.yinH3196atH4960theH4960banquetH4960, “Whatמַה־mah-H4100is your requestשְּׁאֵלָתֵ֛ךְshe.'e.la.TekhH7596,Queenהַמַּלְכָּ֖הha.mal.KahH4436Estherאֶסְתֵּ֥ר'es.TerH635?It shall be grantedוְתִנָּ֣תֵֽןve.ti.Na.tenH5414you. And whatוּמַה־u.mah-H4100is your wishבַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛ךְba.ka.sha.TekhH1246?Up to halfחֲצִ֥יcha.TziH2677of the kingdomהַמַּלְכ֖וּתha.mal.KhutH4438it shall be doneוְתֵעָֽשׂ׃ve.te.'AsH6213.”

3Then Queenהַמַּלְכָּה֙ha.mal.KahH4436Estherאֶסְתֵּ֤ר'es.TerH635repliedוַתַּ֨עַןva.Ta.'anH6030, “Ifאִם־'im-H518I have foundמָצָ֨אתִיma.Tza.tiH4672favorחֵ֤ןchenH2580in your sightבְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙be.'ei.Nei.khaH5869,O kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,and ifוְאִם־ve.'im-H518it pleasesH2895the kingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,let my lifeנַפְשִׁי֙naf.ShiH5315be givenתִּנָּֽתֶן־ti.na.ten-H5414me as my requestבִּשְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔יbish.'E.la.TiH7596,and my peopleוְעַמִּ֖יve.'a.MiH5971as my wishבְּבַקָּשָׁתִֽי׃be.va.ka.sha.TiH1246;

4forwe have been soldנִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙nim.Kar.nuH4376,I and my peopleוְעַמִּ֔יve.'a.MiH5971,to be destroyedלְהַשְׁמִ֖ידle.hash.MidH8045,killedלַהֲר֣וֹגla.ha.RogH2026,and eliminatedוּלְאַבֵּ֑דu.le.'a.BedH6.Now ifוְ֠אִלּוּVe.'i.luH432we had only been soldנִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙nim.Kar.nuH4376as slavesH8198 H5650,menH5650and womenH8198,I would have keptH2790silentH2790,becauseH3588the distressהַצָּ֛רha.TzarH6862would not be sufficientשֹׁוֶ֖הsho.VehH7737reasonto burdenבְּנֵ֥זֶקbe.Ne.zekH5143the kingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ סha.Me.lekhH4428.”

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