Esther 1
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Esther 1:19-20

19If itpleasethH2895thekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, let aroyalמַלְכוּת֙mal.KhutH4438commandmentדְבַר־de.var-H1697goיֵצֵ֤אye.Tze'H3318fromhimמִלְּפָנָ֔יוmi.le.fa.NavH6440, and let it bewrittenוְיִכָּתֵ֛בve.yi.ka.TevH3789among thelawsבְּדָתֵ֥יbe.da.TeiH1881of thePersiansפָֽרַס־fa.ras-H6539and theMedesוּמָדַ֖יu.ma.DaiH4074, that it be notalteredיַעֲב֑וֹרya.'a.VorH5674, ThatVashtiוַשְׁתִּ֗יvash.TiH2060comeתָב֜וֹאta.Vo'H935no morebeforeלִפְנֵי֙lif.NeiH6440kingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325; and let thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428giveיִתֵּ֣ןyi.TenH5414her royalestateוּמַלְכוּתָהּ֙u.mal.khu.TahH4438toanotherלִרְעוּתָ֖הּlir.'u.TahH7468that isbetterH2896than she.
20And when theking’sהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428decreeפִּתְגָ֨םpit.GamH6599which he shallmakeיַעֲשֶׂה֙ya.'a.SehH6213shall beproclaimedוְנִשְׁמַע֩ve.nish.Ma'H8085throughout all hisempireמַלְכוּת֔וֹmal.khu.ToH4438, (for it isgreatרַבָּ֖הra.BahH7227,) all thewivesהַנָּשִׁ֗יםha.na.ShimH802shallgiveיִתְּנ֤וּyi.te.NuH5414to theirhusbandsלְבַעְלֵיהֶ֔ןle.va'.lei.HenH1167honourיְקָר֙ye.KarH3366, both togreatלְמִגָּד֖וֹלle.mi.ga.DolH1419andsmallקָטָֽן׃ka.TanH6996.
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