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Esther 1:2-5

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;

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