Revised Literal Translation

Esther 2:5-7

5Nowin Shushanבְּשׁוּשַׁ֣ןbe.shu.ShanH7800the palaceהַבִּירָ֑הha.bi.RahH1002there was a certainH376Jewיְהוּדִ֔יye.hu.DiH3064,whose nameוּשְׁמ֣וֹu.she.MoH8034wasMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֗יma.re.do.KhaiH4782,the sonבֶּ֣ןbenH1121of Jairיָאִ֧ירya.'IrH2971,the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Shimeiשִׁמְעִ֛יshim.'IH8096,the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Kishקִ֖ישׁkishH7027,a Benjamiteיְמִינִֽי׃ye.mi.NiH1145;

6Who had been carried awayהָגְלָה֙ha.ge.LahH1540from Jerusalemמִיר֣וּשָׁלַ֔יִםmi.Ru.sha.La.yimH3389with the captivityהַגֹּלָה֙ha.go.LahH1473which had been carried awayהָגְלְתָ֔הha.ge.le.TahH1540with Jeconiahיְכָנְיָ֣הye.kha.ne.YahH3204kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Judahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063,whom Nebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֖רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5019the kingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Babylonבָּבֶֽל׃ba.VelH894had carried awayהֶגְלָ֔הheg.LahH1540.

7And he brought upאֹמֵ֜ן'o.MenH539Hadassahהֲדַסָּ֗הha.da.SahH1919, that is,Estherאֶסְתֵּר֙'es.TerH635,his uncle’sדֹּד֔וֹdo.DoH1730daughterבַּת־bat-H1323:for she had neither fatherאָ֣ב'avH1nor motherוָאֵ֑םva.'EmH517,and the maidוְהַנַּעֲרָ֤הve.ha.na.'a.RahH5291wasfairיְפַת־ תֹּ֙אַר֙ye.fat- to.'arH8389 H3303and beautifulוְטוֹבַ֣ת מַרְאֶ֔הve.to.Vat mar.'EhH4758 H2896;whom Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֛יma.re.do.KhaiH4782,when her fatherאָבִ֙יהָ֙'a.Vi.haH1and motherוְאִמָּ֔הּve.'i.MahH517were deadוּבְמ֤וֹתu.ve.MotH4194,tookלְקָחָ֧הּle.ka.ChahH3947for his own daughterלְבַֽת׃le.VatH1323.

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