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Esther 2:18-20

18Then thekingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428madeוַיַּ֨עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213agreatגָד֗וֹלga.DolH1419feastמִשְׁתֶּ֣הmish.TehH4960to all hisprincesשָׂרָיו֙sa.RavH8269and hisservantsוַעֲבָדָ֔יוva.'a.va.DavH5650, evenEsther’sאֶסְתֵּ֑ר'es.TerH635feastמִשְׁתֵּ֣הmish.TehH4960; and hemadeעָשָׂ֔ה'a.SahH6213areleaseוַהֲנָחָ֤הva.ha.na.ChahH2010to theprovincesלַמְּדִינוֹת֙la.me.di.nOtH4082, andgaveוַיִּתֵּ֥ןvai.yi.TenH5414giftsמַשְׂאֵ֖תmas.'EtH4864, according to thebountyכְּיַ֥דke.YadH3027of thekingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428.

19And when thevirginsבְּתוּל֖וֹתbe.tu.LotH1330were gatheredtogetherוּבְהִקָּבֵ֥ץu.ve.hi.ka.VetzH6908the secondtimeשֵׁנִ֑יתshe.NitH8145, thenMordecaiוּמָרְדֳּכַ֖יu.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782satיֹשֵׁ֥בyo.ShevH3427in theking’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428gateבְּשַֽׁעַר־be.sha.'ar-H8179.

20Estherאֶסְתֵּ֗ר'es.TerH635had not yetrevealedמַגֶּ֤דֶתma.Ge.detH5046herkindredמֽוֹלַדְתָּהּ֙mo.lad.TahH4138nor herpeopleעַמָּ֔הּ'a.MahH5971; asMordecaiמָרְדֳּכָ֑יma.re.do.KhaiH4782hadchargedצִוָּ֥הtzi.VahH6680her: forEstherאֶסְתֵּ֣ר'es.TerH635performedעֹשָׂ֔ה'o.SahH6213thecommandmentמַאֲמַ֤רma.'a.MarH3982ofMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַי֙ma.re.do.KhaiH4782, as when she was broughtupבְאָמְנָ֖הve.'a.me.NahH545with him.

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