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Esther 1:3-8

3In thethirdשָׁלוֹשׁ֙sha.lo.VoshH7969yearבִּשְׁנַ֤תbish.NatH8141of hisreignלְמָלְכ֔וֹle.ma.le.KhoH4427, hemadeעָשָׂ֣ה'a.SahH6213afeastמִשְׁתֶּ֔הmish.TehH4960to all hisprincesשָׂרָ֖יוsa.RavH8269and hisservantsוַעֲבָדָ֑יוva.'a.va.DavH5650; thepowerחֵ֣יל׀cheilH2428ofPersiaפָּרַ֣סpa.RasH6539andMediaוּמָדַ֗יu.ma.DaiH4074, thenoblesהַֽפַּרְתְּמִ֛יםha.par.te.MimH6579andprincesוְשָׂרֵ֥יve.sa.ReiH8269of theprovincesהַמְּדִינ֖וֹתha.me.di.NotH4082, beingbeforeלְפָנָֽיו׃le.fa.NavH6440him:

4When heshowedבְּהַרְאֹת֗וֹbe.har.'o.ToH7200therichesעֹ֙שֶׁר֙'o.sherH6239of hisgloriousכְּב֣וֹדke.VodH3519kingdomמַלְכוּת֔וֹmal.khu.ToH4438and thehonourיְקָ֔רye.KarH3366of hisexcellentתִּפְאֶ֖רֶתtif.'E.retH8597majestyגְּדוּלָּת֑וֹge.du.la.ToH1420manyרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227daysיָמִ֣יםya.MimH3117, even anhundredוּמְאַ֖תu.me.'AtH3967andeightyשְׁמוֹנִ֥יםshe.mo.NimH8084daysיֽוֹם׃YomH3117.

5And when thesedaysהַיָּמִ֣יםhai.ya.MimH3117hadendedוּבִמְל֣וֹאת׀u.vim.LotH4390, thekingהַמֶּ֡לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428madeעָשָׂ֣ה'a.SahH6213afeastמִשְׁתֶּ֖הmish.TehH4960for all thepeopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971that werepresentהַנִּמְצְאִים֩ha.nim.tze.'ImH4672inShushanבְּשׁוּשַׁ֨ןbe.shu.ShanH7800thepalaceהַבִּירָ֜הha.bi.RahH1002, both forgreatלְמִגָּ֧דוֹלle.mi.Ga.dolH1419andsmallקָטָ֛ןka.TanH6996,sevenשִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'AtH7651daysיָמִ֑יםya.MimH3117, in thecourtבַּחֲצַ֕רba.cha.TzarH2691of thegardenגִּנַּ֥תgi.NatH1594of theking’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428palaceבִּיתַ֖ןbi.TanH1055;

6Where werewhiteח֣וּר׀churH2353,greenכַּרְפַּ֣סkar.PasH3768, andblueH8504, hangings,fastenedאָחוּז֙'a.ChuzH270withcordsבְּחַבְלֵי־be.chav.lei-H2256of finelinenב֣וּץvutzH948andpurpleוְאַרְגָּמָ֔ןve.'ar.ga.ManH713tosilverכֶ֖סֶףKhe.sefH3701ringsגְּלִ֥ילֵיge.Li.leiH1550andpillarsוְעַמּ֣וּדֵיve.'a.Mu.deiH5982ofmarbleשֵׁ֑שׁSheshH8336: thecouchesמִטּ֣וֹת׀mi.TotH4296were ofgoldזָהָ֣בza.HavH2091andsilverוָכֶ֗סֶףva.Khe.sefH3701, upon apavementרִֽצְפַ֥תritz.FatH7531ofredבַּהַט־ba.hat-H923, andblueH8504, andwhiteוְדַ֥רve.DarH1858, andblackוְסֹחָֽרֶת׃ve.so.Cha.retH5508,marbleוָשֵׁ֖שׁva.SheshH8336.

7And they gave themdrinkוְהַשְׁקוֹת֙ve.hash.kOtH8248invesselsבִּכְלֵ֣יbikh.LeiH3627ofgoldזָהָ֔בza.HavH2091, (thevesselsוְכֵלִ֖יםve.khe.LimH3627differingשׁוֹנִ֑יםsho.NimH8138one fromanotherמִכֵּלִ֣יםmi.ke.LimH3627,) androyalמַלְכ֛וּתmal.KhutH4438wineוְיֵ֥יןve.YeinH3196inabundanceרָ֖בravH7227, according to thebountyכְּיַ֥דke.YadH3027of thekingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428.

8And thedrinkingוְהַשְּׁתִיָּ֥הve.ha.she.ti.YahH8360was according to thelawכַדָּ֖תkha.DatH1881; noneconstrainedאֹנֵ֑ס'o.NesH597: for so thekingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428hadappointedיִסַּ֣דyi.SadH3245to all theofficersרַ֣בravH7227of hishouseבֵּית֔וֹbei.ToH1004, that they shoulddoלַעֲשׂ֖וֹתla.'a.SotH6213according to everyman’sH376pleasureכִּרְצ֥וֹןkir.TzonH7522.

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