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Esther 1:13-15

13Then thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to thewiseלַחֲכָמִ֖יםla.cha.kha.MimH2450menH2450,whichH1697knewיֹדְעֵ֣יyo.de.'EiH3045thetimesהָֽעִתִּ֑יםha.'i.TimH6256, (forsoכֵן֙khenH3651was theking’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428mannerדְּבַ֣רde.VarH1697towardלִפְנֵ֕יlif.NeiH6440allכָּל־kol-H3605thatknewיֹדְעֵ֖יyo.de.'EiH3045lawדָּ֥תdatH1881andjudgmentוָדִֽין׃va.DinH1779;

14and thenextH7200unto him wasCarshenaכַּרְשְׁנָ֤אkar.she.Na'H3771,Shetharשֵׁתָר֙she.TarH8369,Admathaאַדְמָ֣תָא'ad.Ma.ta'H133,Tarshishתַרְשִׁ֔ישׁtar.ShishH8659,Meresמֶ֥רֶסMe.resH4825,Marsenaמַרְסְנָ֖אmar.se.Na'H4826, andMemucanמְמוּכָ֑ןme.mu.KhanH4462, thesevenשִׁבְעַ֞תshiv.'AtH7651princesשָׂרֵ֣י׀sa.ReiH8269ofPersiaפָּרַ֣סpa.RasH6539andMediaוּמָדַ֗יu.ma.DaiH4074, whichsawH7200theking’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428faceפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440, andsatהַיֹּשְׁבִ֥יםhai.yo.she.VimH3427firstרִאשֹׁנָ֖הri.sho.NahH7223in thekingdomבַּמַּלְכֽוּת׃ba.mal.KhutH4438:)

15Whatמַֽה־mah-H4100shallweH834doלַּעֲשׂ֔וֹתla.'a.SotH6213unto thequeenבַּמַּלְכָּ֖הba.mal.KahH4436Vashtiוַשְׁתִּ֑יvash.TiH2060accordingH5921tolawכְּדָת֙ke.DatH1881,becauseH5921sheH834hathnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808doneעָשְׂתָ֗ה'a.se.TahH6213the bidding of thekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325by the chamberlains?

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