Revised Literal Translation

Esther 6:1-3

1On that nightבַּלַּ֣יְלָהba.Lay.lahH3915could notנָדְדָ֖הna.de.DahH5074the kingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428sleepשְׁנַ֣תshe.NatH8142,and he commandedוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to bringלְהָבִ֞יאle.ha.Vi'H935the bookסֵ֤פֶרSe.ferH5612of recordsהַזִּכְרֹנוֹת֙ha.zikh.ro.nOtH2146of the chroniclesדִּבְרֵ֣י הַיָּמִ֔יםdiv.Rei hai.ya.MimH3117 H1697;and they were readנִקְרָאִ֖יםnik.ra.'ImH7121beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440the kingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428.

2And it was foundוַיִּמָּצֵ֣אvai.yi.ma.Tze'H4672writtenכָת֗וּבkha.TuvH3789,that Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֜יma.re.do.KhaiH4782had toldהִגִּ֨ידhi.GidH5046of Bigthanaבִּגְתָ֣נָאbig.Ta.na'H904and Tereshוָתֶ֗רֶשׁva.Te.reshH8657,twoשְׁנֵי֙she.NeiH8147of the king’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428chamberlainsסָרִיסֵ֣יsa.ri.SeiH5631,the keepersמִשֹּׁמְרֵ֖יmi.sho.me.ReiH8104of the doorהַסַּ֑ףha.SafH5592,who soughtבִּקְשׁוּ֙bik.ShuH1245to layלִשְׁלֹ֣חַlish.Lo.achH7971handיָ֔דYadH3027on the kingבַּמֶּ֖לֶךְba.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325.

3And the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,What honourיְקָ֧רye.KarH3366and dignityוּגְדוּלָּ֛הu.ge.du.LahH1420hath been doneנַּעֲשָׂ֞הna.'a.SahH6213to Mordecaiלְמָרְדֳּכַ֖יle.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782for this? Then saidוַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּvai.Yo.me.RuH559the king’sהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428servantsנַעֲרֵ֤יna.'a.ReiH5288that ministeredמְשָׁ֣רְתָ֔יוme.Sha.re.TavH8334unto him, There is nothingדָּבָֽר׃da.VarH1697doneנַעֲשָׂ֥הna.'a.SahH6213for him.

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