Revised Version 1895

Esther 2:2-4

2Thensaidוַיֹּאמְר֥וּvai.yo.me.RuH559theking’sהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428servantsH5288thatministeredמְשָׁרְתָ֑יוme.sha.re.TavH8334unto him, Let there be fairyoungנַעֲרֵֽי־na.'a.rei-H5288virginsבְּתוּל֖וֹתbe.tu.LotH1330soughtיְבַקְשׁ֥וּye.vak.ShuH1245for thekingלַמֶּ֛לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428:

3andletH5414thekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428appointוְיַפְקֵ֨דve.yaf.KedH6485officersH6485inallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605theprovincesמְדִינ֣וֹתme.di.NotH4082of hiskingdomמַלְכוּתוֹ֒mal.khu.ToH4438, thatyoungנַעֲרָֽה־na.'a.rah-H5291virginsבְ֠תוּלָהVe.tu.lahH1330unto Shushan thepalaceH1004, they maygatherוְיִקְבְּצ֣וּve.yik.be.TzuH6908togetherH6908allכָּל־kol-H3605the fair to thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of thewomenהַנָּשִׁ֔יםha.na.ShimH802, unto thecustodyיַ֥דyadH3027ofHegaiהֵגֶ֛אhe.Ge'H1896theking’sהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428chamberlain,keeperשֹׁמֵ֣רsho.MerH8104of thewomenהַנָּשִׁ֑יםha.na.ShimH802; andletH5414their things for purification begivenוְנָת֖וֹןve.na.TonH5414them:

4andletH3651the maidenwhichאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834pleaseth thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428be queeninsteadתַּ֣חַתTa.chatH8478ofVashtiוַשְׁתִּ֑יvash.TiH2060. And thethingהַדָּבָ֛רha.da.VarH1697pleasedH3190thekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, and hedidוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213soH3651.

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