Esther · אֶסְתֵּר

Esther 1:12

וַתְּמָאֵ֞ן הַמַּלְכָּ֣ה וַשְׁתִּ֗י לָב֛וֹא בִּדְבַ֥ר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּיַד הַסָּרִיסִ֑ים וַיִּקְצֹ֤ף הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ מְאֹ֔ד וַחֲמָת֖וֹ בָּעֲרָ֥ה בֽוֹ׃
vatmaʾen hamalkah vashtiy labvoʾ bidbar hamelek ʾasher byad hasariysiym vayiqṣof hamelek mʾod vaḥamatvo baʿarah bvo
King James Version (KJV)

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

Modern English

But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command delivered by the eunuchs. At this the king became enraged, and his anger burned within him.

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