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Esther 2:21-23

21In thosedaysבַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.MimH3117, whileMordecaiוּמָרְדֳּכַ֖יu.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782satיֹשֵׁ֣בyo.ShevH3427in theking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428gateבְּשַֽׁעַר־be.sha.'ar-H8179,twoשְׁנֵֽי־she.nei-H8147of theking’sהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428chamberlainsסָרִיסֵ֤יsa.ri.SeiH5631,Bigthanבִּגְתָ֨ןbig.TanH904andTereshוָתֶ֜רֶשׁva.Te.reshH8657, of those whokeptמִשֹּׁמְרֵ֣יmi.sho.me.ReiH8104thedoorהַסַּ֔ףha.SafH5592, wereangryקָצַף֩ka.TzafH7107, andsoughtוַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙vay.vak.ShuH1245tolayלִשְׁלֹ֣חַlish.Lo.achH7971handיָ֔דYadH3027on thekingבַּמֶּ֖לֶךְba.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵֽרֹשׁ׃'a.chash.Ve.roshH325.

22And thethingהַדָּבָר֙ha.da.VarH1697wasknownוַיִּוָּדַ֤עvai.yi.va.Da'H3045toMordecaiלְמָרְדֳּכַ֔יle.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782, whotoldוַיַּגֵּ֖דvai.ya.GedH5046it toEstherלְאֶסְתֵּ֣רle.'es.TerH635thequeenהַמַּלְכָּ֑הha.mal.KahH4436; andEstherאֶסְתֵּ֛ר'es.TerH635informedוַתֹּ֧אמֶרva.To.merH559thekingלַמֶּ֖לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428of it inMordecai’sמָרְדֳּכָֽי׃ma.re.do.KhaiH4782nameבְּשֵׁ֥םbe.ShemH8034.

23And whenenquiryוַיְבֻקַּ֤שׁvay.vu.KashH1245was made of thematterהַדָּבָר֙ha.da.VarH1697, it wasdiscoveredוַיִּמָּצֵ֔אvai.yi.ma.Tze'H4672; therefore they werebothשְׁנֵיהֶ֖םshe.nei.HemH8147hangedוַיִּתָּל֥וּvai.yi.ta.LuH8518on atreeעֵ֑ץ'EtzH6086: and it waswrittenוַיִּכָּתֵ֗בvai.yi.ka.TevH3789in thebookבְּסֵ֛פֶרbe.Se.ferH5612of thechroniclesדִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖יםdiv.Rei hai.ya.MimH1697 H3117beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440thekingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ פha.Me.lekhH4428.

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