Revised Version 1895

Esther 3:2-5

2Andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605theking’sהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428servantsעַבְדֵ֨י'av.DeiH5650, that were in theking’sהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428gateבְּשַׁ֣עַרbe.Sha.'arH8179,bowedH7812downוּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִים֙u.mish.ta.cha.VimH7812, anddidH834reverence toHamanלְהָמָ֔ןle.ha.ManH2001: for thekingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428hadsoכֵ֖ןkhenH3651commandedצִוָּה־tzi.vah-H6680concerning him. ButMordecaiוּמָ֨רְדֳּכַ֔יu.Ma.re.do.KhaiH4782bowedH7812notלֹ֥אlo'H3808downיִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶֽה׃Yish.ta.cha.VehH7812,norוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808didH834him reverence.

3Then theking’sהַמֶּ֛לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428servantsעַבְדֵ֥י'av.DeiH5650, that were in theking’sהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428gateבְּשַׁ֥עַרbe.Sha.'arH8179,saidוַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּvai.Yo.me.RuH559untoMordecaiלְמָרְדֳּכָ֑יle.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782,Whyמַדּ֙וּעַ֙ma.Du.a'H4069transgressest thou theking’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428commandmentמִצְוַ֥תmitz.VatH4687?

4NowH1961itcameH1961topassH1961, when they spakedailyH3117unto him, and he hearkenednotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808unto them, that theytoldוַיַּגִּ֣ידוּvai.ya.Gi.duH5046Hamanלְהָמָ֗ןle.ha.ManH2001, toseeלִרְאוֹת֙lir.'OtH7200whetherH7200Mordecai’sמָרְדֳּכַ֔יma.re.do.KhaiH4782mattersדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697wouldstandהֲיַֽעַמְדוּ֙ha.ya.'am.DuH5975: for he hadtoldהִגִּ֥ידhi.GidH5046them that he was aJewיְהוּדִֽי׃ye.hu.DiH3064.

5And whenHamanהָמָ֔ןha.ManH2001sawוַיַּ֣רְאvai.Yar'H7200thatMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֔יma.re.do.KhaiH4782bowedH7812notH369downוּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖הu.mish.ta.cha.VehH7812,norH369didH7812him reverence, then wasHamanהָמָ֖ןha.ManH2001fullוַיִּמָּלֵ֥אvai.yi.ma.Le'H4390ofwrathחֵמָֽה׃che.MahH2534.

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