Revised Literal Translation

Esther 4:13-16

13Then Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֖יma.re.do.KhaiH4782commandedוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to answerלְהָשִׁ֣יבle.ha.ShivH7725Estherאֶסְתֵּ֑ר'es.TerH635,Thinkתְּדַמִּ֣יte.da.MiH1819not with thyselfבְנַפְשֵׁ֔ךְve.naf.ShekhH5315that thou shalt escapeלְהִמָּלֵ֥טle.hi.ma.LetH4422in the king’sהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseבֵּית־beit-H1004,more than all the Jewsהַיְּהוּדִֽים׃hai.ye.hu.DimH3064.

14For if thou altogetherהַחֲרֵ֣שׁha.cha.ReshH2790holdest thy peaceתַּחֲרִישִׁי֮ta.cha.ri.ShiH2790at this timeבָּעֵ֣תba.'EtH6256, thenshall there enlargementרֶ֣וַחRe.vachH7305and deliveranceוְהַצָּלָ֞הve.ha.tza.LahH2020ariseיַעֲמ֤וֹדya.'a.ModH5975to the Jewsלַיְּהוּדִים֙lai.ye.hu.DimH3064from anotherאַחֵ֔ר'a.CherH312placeמִמָּק֣וֹםmi.ma.KomH4725;but thou and thy father’sאָבִ֖יךְ'a.VikhH1houseוּבֵית־u.veit-H1004shall be destroyedתֹּאבֵ֑דוּto.Ve.duH6:and who knowethיוֹדֵ֔עַyo.De.a'H3045whether thou art comeהִגַּ֖עַתְּhi.Ga.'atH5060to the kingdomלַמַּלְכֽוּת׃la.mal.KhutH4438for sucha timeלְעֵ֣תle.'EtH6256as this?

15Then Estherאֶסְתֵּ֖ר'es.TerH635badeוַתֹּ֥אמֶרva.To.merH559themreturnלְהָשִׁ֥יבle.ha.ShivH7725Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכָֽי׃ma.re.do.KhaiH4782this answer,

16GoH3212,gather togetherכְּנ֨וֹסke.NosH3664all the Jewsהַיְּהוּדִ֜יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064that are presentהַֽנִּמְצְאִ֣יםha.nim.tze.'ImH4672in Shushanבְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ןbe.shu.ShanH7800,and fastוְצ֣וּמוּve.Tzu.muH6684ye for me, and neither eatתֹּאכְל֨וּto.khe.LuH398nor drinkתִּשְׁתּ֜וּtish.TuH8354threeשְׁלֹ֤שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetH7969daysיָמִים֙ya.MimH3117,nightלַ֣יְלָהLay.lahH3915or dayוָי֔וֹםva.YomH3117:I also and my maidensוְנַעֲרֹתַ֖יve.na.'a.ro.TaiH5291will fastאָצ֣וּם'a.TzumH6684likewise; and soH3651will I goאָב֤וֹא'a.Vo'H935in unto the kingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428, which isnot according to the lawכַדָּ֔תkha.DatH1881:and if I perishאָבַ֖דְתִּי'a.Vad.tiH6,I perishאָבָֽדְתִּי׃'a.Va.de.tiH6.

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