Esther · אֶסְתֵּר

Esther 7:4

כִּ֣י נִמְכַּ֔רְנוּ אֲנִ֣י וְעַמִּ֔י לְהַשְׁמִ֖יד לַהֲרֹ֣ג וּלְאַבֵּ֑ד וְאִלּ֣וּ לַעֲבָדִ֣ים וְלִשְׁפָח֣וֹת נִמְכַּ֡רְנוּ הֶחֱרַ֣שְׁתִּי כִּ֣י אֵ֣ין הַצָּ֣ר שֹׁוֶ֣ה בְּנֵ֣זֶק הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
kiy nimkarnv ʾaniy vʿamiy lhashmiyd laharog vlʾabed vʾilv laʿabadiym vlishpaḥvot nimkarnv heḥerashtiy kiy ʾeyn haṣar shoveh bnezeq hamelek
King James Version (KJV)

For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.

Modern English

For we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have been silent, for our affliction is not to be compared with the loss to the king.

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