Revised Version 1895

Esther 1:1-10

1NowH1961itcameH1961topassH1961in thedaysבִּימֵ֣יbi.MeiH3117ofAhasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325, (this isAhasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325whichה֣וּאhu'H1931reignedהַמֹּלֵךְ֙ha.mo.leKhH4427, fromIndiaמֵהֹ֣דּוּme.Ho.duH1912evenוְעַד־ve.'ad-H5704untoEthiopiaכּ֔וּשׁKushH3568, over anhundredוּמֵאָ֖הu.me.'AhH3967andsevenשֶׁ֛בַעShe.va'H7651andtwentyוְעֶשְׂרִ֥יםve.'es.RimH6242provincesמְדִינָֽה׃me.di.NahH4082:)

2that inthoseH834daysבַּיָּמִ֖יםbai.ya.MimH3117, when thekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325satH7675on thethroneכִּסֵּ֣אki.Se'H3678of hiskingdomמַלְכוּת֔וֹmal.khu.ToH4438,whichH834was in Shushan the palace,

3in thethirdשָׁלוֹשׁ֙sha.lo.VoshH7969yearבִּשְׁנַ֤תbish.NatH8141of hisreignלְמָלְכ֔וֹle.ma.le.KhoH4427, hemadeעָשָׂ֣ה'a.SahH6213afeastמִשְׁתֶּ֔הmish.TehH4960untoallלְכָל־le.kholH3605hisprincesשָׂרָ֖יוsa.RavH8269and hisservantsוַעֲבָדָ֑יוva.'a.va.DavH5650; the power ofPersiaפָּרַ֣סpa.RasH6539andMediaוּמָדַ֗יu.ma.DaiH4074, thenoblesהַֽפַּרְתְּמִ֛יםha.par.te.MimH6579andprincesוְשָׂרֵ֥יve.sa.ReiH8269of theprovincesהַמְּדִינ֖וֹתha.me.di.NotH4082, beingbeforeלְפָנָֽיו׃le.fa.NavH6440him:

4when he shewed therichesעֹ֙שֶׁר֙'o.sherH6239of hisgloriousתִּפְאֶ֖רֶתtif.'E.retH8597kingdomמַלְכוּת֔וֹmal.khu.ToH4438and the honour of his excellentmajestyגְּדוּלָּת֑וֹge.du.la.ToH1420manyרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227daysיָמִ֣יםya.MimH3117,evenH853anhundredוּמְאַ֖תu.me.'AtH3967and fourscoredaysיֽוֹם׃YomH3117.

5And whentheseהָאֵ֗לֶּהha.'E.lehH428daysהַיָּמִ֣יםhai.ya.MimH3117werefulfilledוּבִמְל֣וֹאת׀u.vim.LotH4390, hekingהַמֶּ֡לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428madeעָשָׂ֣ה'a.SahH6213afeastמִשְׁתֶּ֖הmish.TehH4960untoallH3605thepeopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971that werepresentהַנִּמְצְאִים֩ha.nim.tze.'ImH4672in Shushan thepalaceבִּיתַ֖ןbi.TanH1055,bothH3605greatלְמִגָּ֧דוֹלle.mi.Ga.dolH1419andsmallקָטָ֛ןka.TanH6996,sevenשִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'AtH7651daysיָמִ֑יםya.MimH3117, in thecourtבַּחֲצַ֕רba.cha.TzarH2691of thegardenגִּנַּ֥תgi.NatH1594of theking’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428palaceH1055;

6There were hangings ofwhiteח֣וּר׀churH2353cloth, of green, and ofblueוּתְכֵ֗לֶתu.te.Khe.letH8504,fastenedאָחוּז֙'a.ChuzH270withcordsבְּחַבְלֵי־be.chav.lei-H2256offineשֵׁ֑שׁSheshH8336linenוָשֵׁ֖שׁva.SheshH8336andpurpleוְאַרְגָּמָ֔ןve.'ar.ga.ManH713tosilverכֶ֖סֶףKhe.sefH3701ringsגְּלִ֥ילֵיge.Li.leiH1550andpillarsוְעַמּ֣וּדֵיve.'a.Mu.deiH5982of marble: thecouchesמִטּ֣וֹת׀mi.TotH4296were ofgoldזָהָ֣בza.HavH2091andsilverוָכֶ֗סֶףva.Khe.sefH3701,uponH5921apavementרִֽצְפַ֥תritz.FatH7531of red, andwhiteH2353, and yellow, and black marble.

7And theygaveH8248themdrinkוְהַשְׁקוֹת֙ve.hash.kOtH8248invesselsH3627ofgoldזָהָ֔בza.HavH2091, (thevesselsH3627being diverse one from another,) androyalמַלְכ֛וּתmal.KhutH4438wineוְיֵ֥יןve.YeinH3196in abundance,accordingH3027to thebountyH3027of thekingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428.

8And thedrinkingוְהַשְּׁתִיָּ֥הve.ha.she.ti.YahH8360wasaccordingH5921to thelawכַדָּ֖תkha.DatH1881;noneאֵ֣ין'einH369couldאִישׁ־'ish-H376compel: forsoכֵ֣ן׀khenH3651thekingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428hadappointedיִסַּ֣דyi.SadH3245toallH3605the officers of hishouseבֵּית֔וֹbei.ToH1004, that they shoulddoלַעֲשׂ֖וֹתla.'a.SotH6213accordingH5921toeveryH3605man’sוָאִֽישׁ׃va.'IshH376pleasureכִּרְצ֥וֹןkir.TzonH7522.

9AlsoVashtiוַשְׁתִּ֣יvash.TiH2060thequeenהַמַּלְכָּ֔הha.mal.KahH4436madeעָשְׂתָ֖ה'a.se.TahH6213afeastמִשְׁתֵּ֣הmish.TehH4960for thewomenנָשִׁ֑יםna.ShimH802in theroyalהַמַּלְכ֔וּתha.mal.KhutH4438houseבֵּ֚יתbeitH1004whichאֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherH834belonged tokingלַמֶּ֥לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃ ס'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325.

10On theseventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יha.she.vi.'IH7637dayבַּיּוֹם֙bai.yOmH3117, when theheartלֵב־lev-H3820of thekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428was merry withwineבַּיָּ֑יִןbai.Ya.yinH3196, hecommandedאָמַ֡ר'a.MarH559Mehumanלִ֠מְהוּמָןLim.hu.monH4104,Bizthaבִּזְּתָ֨אbi.ze.Ta'H968,Harbonaחַרְבוֹנָ֜אchar.vo.Na'H2726,Bigthaבִּגְתָ֤אbig.Ta'H903, andAbagthaוַאֲבַגְתָא֙va.'a.vag.Ta'H5,Zetharזֵתַ֣רze.TarH2242, and Carcas, thesevenשִׁבְעַת֙shiv.'AtH7651chamberlains thatministeredהַמְשָׁ֣רְתִ֔יםham.Sha.re.TimH8334in thepresenceפְּנֵ֖יpe.NeiH6440ofAhasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325thekingהַמֶּ֥לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,

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