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Esther 1:10-12

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,

11tobringלְ֠הָבִיאLe.ha.vi'H935Vashtiוַשְׁתִּ֧יvash.TiH2060thequeenהַמַּלְכָּ֛הha.mal.KahH4436beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440thekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428with thecrownבְּכֶ֣תֶרbe.Khe.terH3804royalמַלְכ֑וּתmal.KhutH4438, to shew thepeoplesהָֽעַמִּ֤יםha.'a.MimH5971and theprincesוְהַשָּׂרִים֙ve.ha.sa.RimH8269herH7200beautyיָפְיָ֔הּya.fe.YahH3308: forsheהִֽיא׃Hi'H1931was fair tolookH7200on.

12But thequeenהַמַּלְכָּ֣הha.mal.KahH4436Vashtiוַשְׁתִּ֗יvash.TiH2060refusedוַתְּמָאֵ֞ןva.te.ma.'EnH3985tocomeלָבוֹא֙la.Vo'H935at theking’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428commandmentבִּדְבַ֣רbid.VarH1697by the chamberlains: therefore was thekingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428veryמְאֹ֔דme.'OdH3966wroth, and hisangerוַחֲמָת֖וֹva.cha.ma.ToH2534burnedבָּעֲרָ֥הba.'a.RahH1197in him.

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