Revised Version 1895

Esther 2:3-8

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.

5There was acertainH376Jewיְהוּדִ֔יye.hu.DiH3064in Shushan the palace,whoseH1121nameוּשְׁמ֣וֹu.she.MoH8034wasMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֗יma.re.do.KhaiH4782, thesonבֶּ֣ןbenH1121ofJairיָאִ֧ירya.'IrH2971, thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofShimeiשִׁמְעִ֛יshim.'IH8096, thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofKishקִ֖ישׁkishH7027, aBenjamiteיְמִינִֽי׃ye.mi.NiH1145;

6who had beencarriedH1540awayH1540fromJerusalemמִיר֣וּשָׁלַ֔יִםmi.Ru.sha.La.yimH3389with thecaptivesH1540whichH834had beencarriedH1540awayH1540withJeconiahיְכָנְיָ֣הye.kha.ne.YahH3204kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063,whomH834Nebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֖רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5019hekingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofBabylonבָּבֶֽל׃ba.VelH894hadcarriedH1540awayH1540.

7And hebroughtH3947upאֶת־'et-H853Hadassahהֲדַסָּ֗הha.da.SahH1919, that is,Estherאֶסְתֵּר֙'es.TerH635, hisuncle’sדֹּד֔וֹdo.DoH1730daughterבַּת־bat-H1323: forsheהִ֤יאhi'H1931hadneitherH369fatherאָ֣ב'avH1norH369motherוָאֵ֑םva.'EmH517, and the maiden wasfairH3303andbeautifulיְפַת־ye.fat-H3303; and whenherH3947fatherאָבִ֙יהָ֙'a.Vi.haH1andmotherוְאִמָּ֔הּve.'i.MahH517weredeadוּבְמ֤וֹתu.ve.MotH4194,Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֛יma.re.do.KhaiH4782tookH3947herH3947for hisownוַיְהִ֨יvay.HiH1961daughterלְבַֽת׃le.VatH1323.

8SoH3947itcameH1961topassH1961, when theking’sהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428commandmentדְּבַר־de.var-H1697and hisdecreeוְדָת֔וֹve.da.ToH1881washeardבְּהִשָּׁמַ֤עbe.hi.sha.Ma'H8085, and whenmanyרַבּ֛וֹתra.BotH7227maidensנְעָר֥וֹתne.'a.RotH5291weregatheredוּֽבְהִקָּבֵ֞ץu.ve.hi.ka.VetzH6908togetherH6908unto Shushan thepalaceH1004, to thecustodyיַ֣דyadH3027ofHegaiהֵגָ֑יhe.GaiH1896, thatEstherאֶסְתֵּר֙'es.TerH635wastakenH3947intoH413theking’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004, to thecustodyיַ֥דyadH3027ofHegaiהֵגַ֖יhe.GaiH1896,keeperשֹׁמֵ֥רsho.MerH8104of thewomenהַנָּשִֽׁים׃ha.na.ShimH802.

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