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Esther 1:6-10

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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