Revised Literal Translation

Esther 1:14-16

14And the nextוְהַקָּרֹ֣בve.ha.ka.RoH7138unto him wasCarshenaכַּרְשְׁנָ֤אkar.she.Na'H3771,Shetharשֵׁתָר֙she.TarH8369,Admathaאַדְמָ֣תָא'ad.Ma.ta'H133,Tarshishתַרְשִׁ֔ישׁtar.ShishH8659,Meresמֶ֥רֶסMe.resH4825,Marsenaמַרְסְנָ֖אmar.se.Na'H4826, andMemucanמְמוּכָ֑ןme.mu.KhanH4462,the sevenשִׁבְעַ֞תshiv.'AtH7651princesשָׂרֵ֣י׀sa.ReiH8269of Persiaפָּרַ֣סpa.RasH6539and Mediaוּמָדַ֗יu.ma.DaiH4074,which sawרֹאֵי֙ro.'EiH7200the king’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428faceפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440, andwhich satהַיֹּשְׁבִ֥יםhai.yo.she.VimH3427the firstרִאשֹׁנָ֖הri.sho.NahH7223in the kingdomבַּמַּלְכֽוּת׃ba.mal.KhutH4438;)

15What shall we doלַּעֲשׂ֔וֹתla.'a.SotH6213unto the queenבַּמַּלְכָּ֖הba.mal.KahH4436Vashtiוַשְׁתִּ֑יvash.TiH2060according to lawכְּדָת֙ke.DatH1881,because she hath not performedעָשְׂתָ֗ה'a.se.TahH6213the commandmentמַאֲמַר֙ma.'a.MarH3982of the kingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325byבְּיַ֖דbe.YadH3027the chamberlainsהַסָּרִיסִֽים׃ סha.sa.ri.SimH5631?

16And Memucanמְמוּכָ֗ןmu.me.khanH4462answeredוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559beforeלִפְנֵ֤יlif.NeiH6440the kingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428and the princesוְהַשָּׂרִ֔יםve.ha.sa.RimH8269,Vashtiוַשְׁתִּ֣יvash.TiH2060the queenהַמַּלְכָּ֑הha.mal.KahH4436hath not done wrongעָוְתָ֖ה'a.ve.TahH5753to the kingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428only, but also to all the princesהַשָּׂרִים֙ha.sa.RimH8269,and to all the peopleהָ֣עַמִּ֔יםha.'a.MimH5971that arein all the provincesמְדִינ֖וֹתme.di.NotH4082of the kingהַמֶּ֥לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325.

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