Esther 8:6
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For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”
In other translations
For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”
Hebrew words
כִּיkiforH3588אֵיכָכָה'eikhakhahhow?H349אוּכַל'ukhalwill I be ableH3201וְרָאִיתִיvera'itiand I will lookH7200בָּרָעָהbara'ahon the evilH7451אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834יִמְצָאyimtza'it will findH4672אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853עַמִּי'amipeople myH5971וְאֵיכָכָהve'eikhakhahand how?H349אוּכַל'ukhalwill I be ableH3201וְרָאִיתִיvera'itiand I will lookH7200בְּאָבְדַןbe'avedanon [the] destruction ofH13מוֹלַדְתִּי׃ סmoladtikindred myH4138
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