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Esther 4:4-10

4AndEsther’sH635maidensנַעֲר֨וֹתna.'a.RotH5291andherH7971chamberlainscameH935andtoldוַיַּגִּ֣ידוּvai.ya.Gi.duH5046itherH7971; and thequeenהַמַּלְכָּ֖הha.mal.KahH4436wasexceedinglyמְאֹ֑דme.'OdH3966grieved: andsheH635sentH7971raiment toclotheלְהַלְבִּ֣ישׁle.hal.BishH3847Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֗יma.re.do.KhaiH4782, and totakeוּלְהָסִ֥ירu.le.ha.SirH5493hissackclothשַׂקּ֛וֹsa.KoH8242fromoffמֵעָלָ֖יוme.'a.LavH5921him: but hereceivedH935itnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808.

5Thencalledוַתִּקְרָא֩va.tik.Ra'H7121Estherאֶסְתֵּ֨ר'es.TerH635forHathachלַהֲתָ֜ךְla.ha.TakhH2047, one of theking’sהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428chamberlains,whomאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834he hadappointedהֶעֱמִ֣ידhe.'e.MidH5975toattendלְפָנֶ֔יהָle.fa.Nei.haH6440uponעַֽל־'al-H5921herוְעַל־ve.'al-H5921, andchargedוַתְּצַוֵּ֖הוּva.te.tza.Ve.huH6680him to go toMordecaiמָרְדֳּכָ֑יma.re.do.KhaiH4782, toknowלָדַ֥עַתla.Da.'atH3045whatמַה־mah-H4100this was, andwhyמַה־mah-H4100it was.

6SoH3318Hathachהֲתָ֖ךְha.TakhH2047wentH3318forthH3318toMordecaiמָרְדֳּכָ֑יma.re.do.KhaiH4782unto the broad place of thecityהָעִ֔ירha.'IrH5892,whichאֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherH834wasbeforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440theking’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428gateשַֽׁעַר־sha.'ar-H8179.

7AndMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֔יma.re.do.KhaiH4782toldוַיַּגֶּד־vai.ya.ged-H5046him ofallכָּל־kol-H3605that hadhappenedקָרָ֑הוּka.Ra.huH7136unto him, and theexactפָּרָשַׁ֣תpa.ra.ShatH6575sum of themoneyהַכֶּ֗סֶףha.Ke.sefH3701thatHamanהָמָן֙ha.ManH2001hadpromisedאָמַ֤ר'a.MarH559topayלִ֠שְׁקוֹלLish.kolH8254to theking’sהַמֶּ֛לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428treasuriesגִּנְזֵ֥יgin.ZeiH1595for theJewsבַּיְּהוּדִ֖יםbai.ye.hu.di.yimH3064, todestroyלְאַבְּדָֽם׃le.'a.be.DamH6them.

8Also hegaveH5414him thecopyפַּתְשֶׁ֣גֶןpat.She.genH6572of thewritingכְּתָֽב־ke.tav-H3791of thedecreeהַ֠דָּתHa.dotH1881that wasgivenH5414outH6440in Shushan todestroyלְהַשְׁמִידָם֙le.hash.mi.DamH8045them, to shew it untoEstherאֶסְתֵּ֖ר'es.TerH635, and todeclareוּלְהַגִּ֣ידu.le.ha.GidH5046it untoherH413; and tochargeH5921herH413thatsheאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834shouldgoלָב֨וֹאla.Vo'H935in unto thekingהַמֶּ֧לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, tomakeH5414supplication unto him, and tomakeH5414requestוּלְבַקֵּ֥שׁu.le.va.KeshH1245beforeH6440him, forherH413peopleעַמָּֽהּ׃'a.MahH5971.

9AndHathachהֲתָ֑ךְha.TakhH2047cameוַיָּב֖וֹאvai.ya.Vo'H935andtoldוַיַּגֵּ֣דvai.ya.GedH5046Estherלְאֶסְתֵּ֔רle.'es.TerH635thewordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697ofMordecaiמָרְדֳּכָֽי׃ma.re.do.KhaiH4782.

10ThenEstherאֶסְתֵּר֙'es.TerH635spake untoHathachלַהֲתָ֔ךְla.ha.TakhH2047, andgaveוַתְּצַוֵּ֖הוּva.te.tza.Ve.huH6680him a message untoMordecaiמָרְדֳּכָֽי׃ma.re.do.KhaiH4782,sayingוַתֹּ֤אמֶרva.To.merH559:

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