Esther · אֶסְתֵּר

Esther 5:14

וַתֹּ֨אמֶר ל֤וֹ זֶ֙רֶשׁ֙ אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ וְכָל אֹהֲבָ֖יו יַעֲשׂוּ עֵ֣ץ גָּב֣וֹהַּ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים אַמָּ֑ה וּבַבֹּ֣קֶר אֱמֹ֣ר לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ וְיִתְל֣וּ אֶת מָרְדֳּכַ֣י עָלָ֑יו וּבֹ֥א עִם הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ אֶל הַמִּשְׁתֶּ֖ה שָׂמֵ֑חַ וַיִּיטַ֧ב הַדָּבָ֛ר לִפְנֵ֥י הָמָ֖ן וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הָעֵֽץ׃
vatoʾmer lvo zeresh ʾishtvo vkal ʾohabayv yaʿasv ʿeṣ gabvoha ḥamishiym ʾamah vbaboqer ʾemor lamelek vyitlv ʾet mardokay ʿalayv vboʾ ʿim hamelek ʾel hamishteh shameḥa vayiyṭab hadabar lipney haman vayaʿas haʿeṣ
King James Version (KJV)

Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

Modern English

Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him: Let a gallows fifty cubits high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hanged upon it. Then go joyfully with the king to the feast. This idea pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made.

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