strkjv@Esther:2:2 @ Then said #H559 #amar# (8799) the kings #H4428 melek# servants #H5288 na#ar# that ministered #H8334 sharath# (8764) unto him, Let there be fair #H2896 towb# #H4758 mar#eh# young #H5291 na#arah# virgins #H1330 b@thuwlah# sought #H1245 baqash# (8762) for the king #H4428 melek#:
strkjv@Esther:2:3 @ And let the king #H4428 melek# appoint #H6485 paqad# (8686) officers #H6496 paqiyd# in all the provinces #H4082 m@diynah# of his kingdom #H4438 malkuwth#, that they may gather together #H6908 qabats# (8799) all the fair #H2896 towb# #H4758 mar#eh# young #H5291 na#arah# virgins #H1330 b@thuwlah# unto Shushan #H7800 Shuwshan# the palace #H1002 biyrah#, to the house #H1004 bayith# of the women #H802 #ishshah#, unto the custody #H3027 yad# of Hege #H1896 Hege# the kings #H4428 melek# chamberlain #H5631 cariyc#, keeper #H8104 shamar# (8802) of the women #H802 #ishshah#; and let their things for purification #H8562 tamruwq# be given #H5414 nathan# (8800) them:
strkjv@Esther:2:4 @ And let the maiden #H5291 na#arah# which pleaseth #H3190 yatab# (8799) #H5869 #ayin# the king #H4428 melek# be queen #H4427 malak# (8799) instead of Vashti #H2060 Vashtiy#. And the thing #H1697 dabar# pleased #H3190 yatab# (8799) #H5869 #ayin# the king #H4428 melek#; and he did so #H6213 #asah# (8799).
strkjv@Esther:2:5 @ Now in Shushan #H7800 Shuwshan# the palace #H1002 biyrah# there was a certain #H376 #iysh# Jew #H3064 Y@huwdiy#, whose name #H8034 shem# was Mordecai #H4782 Mord@kay#, the son #H1121 ben# of Jair #H2971 Ya#iyr#, the son #H1121 ben# of Shimei #H8096 Shim#iy#, the son #H1121 ben# of Kish #H7027 Qiysh#, a Benjamite #H1145 Ben-y@miyniy#;
strkjv@Esther:2:6 @ Who had been carried away #H1540 galah# (8717) from Jerusalem #H3389 Y@ruwshalaim# with the captivity #H1473 gowlah# which had been carried away #H1540 galah# (8717) with Jeconiah #H3204 Y@konyah# king #H4428 melek# of Judah #H3063 Y@huwdah#, whom Nebuchadnezzar #H5019 N@buwkadne#tstsar# the king #H4428 melek# of Babylon #H894 Babel# had carried away #H1540 galah# (8689).
strkjv@Esther:2:7 @ And he brought up #H539 #aman# (8802) Hadassah #H1919 Hadaccah#, that is, Esther #H635 #Ecter#, his uncles #H1730 dowd# daughter #H1323 bath#: for she had neither father #H1 #ab# nor mother #H517 #em#, and the maid #H5291 na#arah# was fair #H3303 yapheh# #H8389 to#ar# and beautiful #H2896 towb# #H4758 mar#eh#; whom Mordecai #H4782 Mord@kay#, when her father #H1 #ab# and mother #H517 #em# were dead #H4194 maveth#, took #H3947 laqach# (8804) for his own daughter #H1323 bath#.
strkjv@Esther:2:8 @ So it came to pass, when the kings #H4428 melek# commandment #H1697 dabar# and his decree #H1881 dath# was heard #H8085 shama# (8736), and when many #H7227 rab# maidens #H5291 na#arah# were gathered together #H6908 qabats# (8736) unto Shushan #H7800 Shuwshan# the palace #H1002 biyrah#, to the custody #H3027 yad# of Hegai #H1896 Hege# , that Esther #H635 #Ecter# was brought #H3947 laqach# (8735) also unto the kings #H4428 melek# house #H1004 bayith#, to the custody #H3027 yad# of Hegai #H1896 Hege# , keeper #H8104 shamar# (8802) of the women #H802 #ishshah#.
strkjv@Esther:2:9 @ And the maiden #H5291 na#arah# pleased #H3190 yatab# (8799) #H5869 #ayin# him, and she obtained #H5375 nasa# (8799) kindness #H2617 checed# of him #H6440 paniym#; and he speedily #H926 bahal# (8762) gave #H5414 nathan# (8800) her her things for purification #H8562 tamruwq#, with such things as belonged #H4490 manah# to her, and seven #H7651 sheba# maidens #H5291 na#arah#, which were meet #H7200 ra#ah# (8803) to be given #H5414 nathan# (8800) her, out of the kings #H4428 melek# house #H1004 bayith#: and he preferred #H8138 shanah# (8762) her and her maids #H5291 na#arah# unto the best #H2896 towb# place of the house #H1004 bayith# of the women #H802 #ishshah#.
strkjv@Esther:2:10 @ Esther #H635 #Ecter# had not shewed #H5046 nagad# (8689) her people #H5971 #am# nor her kindred #H4138 mowledeth#: for Mordecai #H4782 Mord@kay# had charged #H6680 tsavah# (8765) her that she should not shew #H5046 nagad# (8686) it.
strkjv@Esther:2:11 @ And Mordecai #H4782 Mord@kay# walked #H1980 halak# (8693) every day #H3117 yowm# before #H6440 paniym# the court #H2691 chatser# of the womens #H802 #ishshah# house #H1004 bayith#, to know #H3045 yada# (8800) how Esther #H635 #Ecter# did #H7965 shalowm#, and what should become #H6213 #asah# (8735) of her.
strkjv@Esther:2:12 @ Now when every maids #H5291 na#arah# turn #H8447 towr# was come #H5060 naga# (8687) to go in #H935 bow# (8800) to king #H4428 melek# Ahasuerus #H325 #Achashverowsh#, after #H7093 qets# that she had been twelve #H8147 sh@nayim# #H6240 #asar# months #H2320 chodesh#, according to the manner #H1881 dath# of the women #H802 #ishshah#, (for so were the days #H3117 yowm# of their purifications #H4795 maruwq# accomplished #H4390 male# (8799), to wit, six #H8337 shesh# months #H2320 chodesh# with oil #H8081 shemen# of myrrh #H4753 more#, and six #H8337 shesh# months #H2320 chodesh# with sweet odours #H1314 besem#, and with other things for the purifying #H8562 tamruwq# of the women #H802 #ishshah#;)
strkjv@Esther:2:13 @ Then thus came #H935 bow# (8802) every maiden #H5291 na#arah# unto the king #H4428 melek#; whatsoever she desired #H559 #amar# (8799) was given #H5414 nathan# (8735) her to go #H935 bow# (8800) with her out of the house #H1004 bayith# of the women #H802 #ishshah# unto the kings #H4428 melek# house #H1004 bayith#.
strkjv@Esther:2:14 @ In the evening #H6153 #ereb# she went #H935 bow# (8802), and on the morrow #H1242 boqer# she returned #H7725 shuwb# (8802) into the second #H8145 sheniy# house #H1004 bayith# of the women #H802 #ishshah#, to the custody #H3027 yad# of Shaashgaz #H8190 Sha#ashgaz#, the kings #H4428 melek# chamberlain #H5631 cariyc#, which kept #H8104 shamar# (8802) the concubines #H6370 piylegesh#: she came in #H935 bow# (8799) unto the king #H4428 melek# no more, except the king #H4428 melek# delighted #H2654 chaphets# (8804) in her, and that she were called #H7121 qara# (8738) by name #H8034 shem#.
strkjv@Esther:2:15 @ Now when the turn #H8447 towr# of Esther #H635 #Ecter#, the daughter #H1323 bath# of Abihail #H32 #Abiyhayil# the uncle #H1730 dowd# of Mordecai #H4782 Mord@kay#, who had taken #H3947 laqach# (8804) her for his daughter #H1323 bath#, was come #H5060 naga# (8687) to go in #H935 bow# (8800) unto the king #H4428 melek#, she required #H1245 baqash# (8765) nothing #H1697 dabar# but what Hegai #H1896 Hege# the kings #H4428 melek# chamberlain #H5631 cariyc#, the keeper #H8104 shamar# (8802) of the women #H802 #ishshah#, appointed #H559 #amar# (8799). And Esther #H635 #Ecter# obtained #H5375 nasa# (8802) favour #H2580 chen# in the sight #H5869 #ayin# of all them that looked #H7200 ra#ah# (8802) upon her.
strkjv@Esther:2:16 @ So Esther #H635 #Ecter# was taken #H3947 laqach# (8735) unto king #H4428 melek# Ahasuerus #H325 #Achashverowsh# into his house #H1004 bayith# royal #H4438 malkuwth# in the tenth #H6224 #asiyriy# month #H2320 chodesh#, which is the month #H2320 chodesh# Tebeth #H2887 Tebeth#, in the seventh #H7651 sheba# year #H8141 shaneh# of his reign #H4438 malkuwth#.