Esther 10 אֶסְתֵּר פרק י׳

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1. 1

   וַיָּשֶׂםvay/YA/semand laidהַמֶּלֶךְham/ME/lekhthe king[אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ]A/chash/ve/ROSHAhasuerusמַסmasa tributeעַל־הָאָרֶץal-ha/A/retsupon the landוְאִיֵּיve/iy/YEand upon the isles ofהַיָּם׃hay/YAMthe sea

   And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

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   וְכׇל־מַעֲשֵׂהve/KHOL-ma/a/SEand all the acts ofתׇקְפּוֹtok/POhis powerוּגְבוּרָתוֹu/ge/vu/ra/TOand his mightוּפָרָשַׁתu/fa/ra/SHATand the declaration ofגְּדֻלַּתge/dul/LATthe greatness ofמׇרְדֳּכַיMor/do/KHAYMordecaiאֲשֶׁרa/SHERwhichגִּדְּלוֹgid/de/LOhad promoted himהַמֶּלֶךְham/ME/lekhthe kingהֲלוֹא־הֵםha/LO-hemare they notכְּתוּבִיםke/tu/VIMwrittenעַל־סֵפֶרal-SE/ferin the book ofדִּבְרֵיdiv/REthe words ofהַיָּמִיםhay/ya/MIMthe daysלְמַלְכֵיle/mal/KHEof the kings ofמָדַיMa/DAYMediaוּפָרָס׃u/Fa/RASand Persia

   And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

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   כִּיkiforמׇרְדֳּכַיMor/do/KHAYMordecaiהַיְּהוּדִיhay/Ye/hu/DIthe Jewמִשְׁנֶהmish/NEwas nextלַמֶּלֶךְlam/ME/lekhto the kingאֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁA/chash/ve/ROSHAhasuerusוְגָדוֹלve/ga/DOLand greatלַיְּהוּדִיםlay/Ye/hu/DIMamong the Jewsוְרָצוּיve/ra/TSUYand acceptedלְרֹבle/ROVby the multitude ofאֶחָיוe/CHAYVhis brethrenדֹּרֵשׁdo/RESHseekingטוֹבtovgoodלְעַמּוֹle/am/MOfor his peopleוְדֹבֵרve/do/VERand speakingשָׁלוֹםsha/LOMpeaceלְכׇל־זַרְעוֹ׃le/KHOL-zar/Oto all his seed

   For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.