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Esther 1:14-16

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?

16AndMemucanמְמוּכָ֗ןmu.me.khanH4462answeredוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559beforeלִפְנֵ֤יlif.NeiH6440thekingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428and theprincesוְהַשָּׂרִ֔יםve.ha.sa.RimH8269,Vashtiוַשְׁתִּ֣יvash.TiH2060thequeenהַמַּלְכָּ֑הha.mal.KahH4436hathnotלֹ֤אlo'H3808doneH3605wrong to thekingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428onlyלְבַדּ֔וֹle.va.DoH905, but also toallH3605theprincesהַשָּׂרִים֙ha.sa.RimH8269, and toallH3605thepeoplesהָ֣עַמִּ֔יםha.'a.MimH5971that are inallH3605theprovincesמְדִינ֖וֹתme.di.NotH4082of thekingהַמֶּ֥לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325.

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