Esther 1
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Esther 1:20-22

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.
21And thesayingהַדָּבָ֔רha.da.VarH1697pleasedוַיִּיטַב֙ בְּעֵינֵ֥יvai.yi.Tav be.'ei.NeiH3190H5869thekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428and theprincesוְהַשָּׂרִ֑יםve.ha.sa.RimH8269; and thekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428didוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213according to thewordכִּדְבַ֥רkid.VarH1697ofMemucanמְמוּכָֽן׃me.mu.KhanH4462:
22For hesentוַיִּשְׁלַ֤חvai.yish.LachH7971lettersסְפָרִים֙se.fa.RimH5612into all theking’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428provincesH4082, into everyprovinceH4082according to thewritingכִּכְתָבָ֔הּkikh.ta.VahH3791of it, and to everypeopleH5971after theirlanguageכִּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹkil.sho.NoH3956, that everymanאִישׁ֙'ishH376should bearruleשֹׂרֵ֣רso.RerH8323in his ownhouseבְּבֵית֔וֹbe.vei.ToH1004, and that it should beproclaimedוּמְדַבֵּ֖רu.me.da.BerH1696in thelanguageכִּלְשׁ֥וֹןkil.ShonH3956of everypeopleH5971.
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