Esther 2:21
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In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
In other translations
In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
Hebrew words
בַּיָּמִיםbaiyamimin the daysH3117הָהֵםhahem<the> thoseH1992וּמָרְדֳּכַיumaredokhaiand MordecaiH4782יֹשֵׁבyoshev[was] sittingH3427בְּשַׁעַר־besha'ar-at [the] gate ofH8179הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428קָצַףkatzafhe was angryH7107בִּגְתָןbigtanBigthanH904וָתֶרֶשׁvatereshand TereshH8657שְׁנֵי־shenei-two ofH8147סָרִיסֵיsarisei[the] eunuchs ofH5631הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428מִשֹּׁמְרֵיmishomereifrom [the] guards ofH8104הַסַּףhasafthe thresholdH5592וַיְבַקְשׁוּvayvakshuand they soughtH1245לִשְׁלֹחַlishloachto stretch outH7971יָדyada handH3027בַּמֶּלֶךְbamelekhon the kingH4428אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹשׁ׃'achashveroshAhasuerusH325
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