Revised Version 1895

Esther 6:1-3

1On thatnightבַּלַּ֣יְלָהba.Lay.lahH3915couldH1697notוַיִּהְי֥וּvai.yih.YuH1961thekingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428sleepשְׁנַ֣תshe.NatH8142; and hecommandedוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559tobringלְהָבִ֞יאle.ha.Vi'H935thebookסֵ֤פֶרSe.ferH5612ofrecordsH1697of thechroniclesH1697, and they werereadנִקְרָאִ֖יםnik.ra.'ImH7121beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440thekingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428.

2And it wasfoundוַיִּמָּצֵ֣אvai.yi.ma.Tze'H4672writtenכָת֗וּבkha.TuvH3789, thatMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֜יma.re.do.KhaiH4782hadtoldהִגִּ֨ידhi.GidH5046ofBigthanaבִּגְתָ֣נָאbig.Ta.na'H904andTereshוָתֶ֗רֶשׁva.Te.reshH8657,twoשְׁנֵי֙she.NeiH8147of theking’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428chamberlains, ofthoseH834thatkeptמִשֹּׁמְרֵ֖יmi.sho.me.ReiH8104the door, who hadsoughtבִּקְשׁוּ֙bik.ShuH1245tolayלִשְׁלֹ֣חַlish.Lo.achH7971handsיָ֔דYadH3027on thekingבַּמֶּ֖לֶךְba.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325.

3And thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Whatמַֽה־mah-H4100honour anddignityוּגְדוּלָּ֛הu.ge.du.LahH1420hath beendoneנַּעֲשָׂ֞הna.'a.SahH6213toMordecaiלְמָרְדֳּכַ֖יle.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782for this? Thensaidוַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּvai.Yo.me.RuH559theking’sהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428servantsנַעֲרֵ֤יna.'a.ReiH5288thatministeredמְשָׁ֣רְתָ֔יוme.Sha.re.TavH8334unto him, There isnothingלֹא־lo'-H3808doneנַעֲשָׂ֥הna.'a.SahH6213for him.

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