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Esther 1:6-10

6Where werewhiteח֣וּר׀churH2353,greenכַּרְפַּ֣סkar.PasH3768,and blueH8504, hangings,fastenedאָחוּז֙'a.ChuzH270with cordsבְּחַבְלֵי־be.chav.lei-H2256of fine linenב֣וּץvutzH948and purpleוְאַרְגָּמָ֔ןve.'ar.ga.ManH713to silverכֶ֖סֶףKhe.sefH3701ringsגְּלִ֥ילֵיge.Li.leiH1550and pillarsוְעַמּ֣וּדֵיve.'a.Mu.deiH5982of marbleשֵׁ֑שׁSheshH8336:the bedsמִטּ֣וֹת׀mi.TotH4296were ofgoldזָהָ֣בza.HavH2091and silverוָכֶ֗סֶףva.Khe.sefH3701,upon a pavementרִֽצְפַ֥תritz.FatH7531of redבַּהַט־ba.hat-H923,and blueH8504,and whiteוְדַ֥רve.DarH1858,and blackוְסֹחָֽרֶת׃ve.so.Cha.retH5508,marbleוָשֵׁ֖שׁva.SheshH8336.

7And they gave themdrinkוְהַשְׁקוֹת֙ve.hash.kOtH8248in vesselsבִּכְלֵ֣יbikh.LeiH3627of goldזָהָ֔בza.HavH2091, (the vesselsוְכֵלִ֖יםve.khe.LimH3627being diverseשׁוֹנִ֑יםsho.NimH8138one from anotherמִכֵּלִ֣יםmi.ke.LimH3627,)and royalמַלְכ֛וּתmal.KhutH4438wineוְיֵ֥יןve.YeinH3196in abundanceרָ֖בravH7227,according to the stateכְּיַ֥דke.YadH3027of the kingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428.

8And the drinkingוְהַשְּׁתִיָּ֥הve.ha.she.ti.YahH8360wasaccording to the lawכַדָּ֖תkha.DatH1881;none did compelאֹנֵ֑ס'o.NesH597:for so the kingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428had appointedיִסַּ֣דyi.SadH3245to all the officersרַ֣בravH7227of his houseבֵּית֔וֹbei.ToH1004,that they should doלַעֲשׂ֖וֹתla.'a.SotH6213according to every man’sH376pleasureכִּרְצ֥וֹןkir.TzonH7522.

9Also Vashtiוַשְׁתִּ֣יvash.TiH2060the queenהַמַּלְכָּ֔הha.mal.KahH4436madeעָשְׂתָ֖ה'a.se.TahH6213a feastמִשְׁתֵּ֣הmish.TehH4960for the womenנָשִׁ֑יםna.ShimH802inthe royalהַמַּלְכ֔וּתha.mal.KhutH4438houseבֵּ֚יתbeitH1004which belongedto kingלַמֶּ֥לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃ ס'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325.

10On the seventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יha.she.vi.'IH7637dayבַּיּוֹם֙bai.yOmH3117,when the heartלֵב־lev-H3820of the kingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428was merryH2896with wineבַּיָּ֑יִןbai.Ya.yinH3196,he commandedאָמַ֡ר'a.MarH559Mehumanלִ֠מְהוּמָןLim.hu.monH4104,Bizthaבִּזְּתָ֨אbi.ze.Ta'H968,Harbonaחַרְבוֹנָ֜אchar.vo.Na'H2726,Bigthaבִּגְתָ֤אbig.Ta'H903,and Abagthaוַאֲבַגְתָא֙va.'a.vag.Ta'H5,Zetharזֵתַ֣רze.TarH2242,and Carcasוְכַרְכַּ֔סve.khar.KasH3752,the sevenשִׁבְעַת֙shiv.'AtH7651chamberlainsהַסָּ֣רִיסִ֔יםha.Sa.ri.SimH5631that servedהַמְשָׁ֣רְתִ֔יםham.Sha.re.TimH8334in the presenceפְּנֵ֖יpe.NeiH6440of Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325the kingהַמֶּ֥לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,

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