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Esther 2:7

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Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.	And he brought up Hadassah, that [is], Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid [was] fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.	So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he brought up^H539 Hadassah^H1919, that is, Esther^H635, his uncle's^H1730 daughter^H1323: for she had neither father^H1 nor mother^H517, and the maid^H5291 was fair^{H3303 H8389} and beautiful^{H2896 H4758}; whom Mordecai^H4782, when her father^H1 and mother^H517 were dead^H4194, took^H3947 for his own daughter^H1323.

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Original Hebrew

וַיְהִי אֹמֵן אֶת־הֲדַסָּה הִיא אֶסְתֵּר בַּת־דֹּדֹו כִּי אֵין לָהּ אָב וָאֵם וְהַנַּעֲרָה יְפַת־תֹּאַר וְטֹובַת מַרְאֶה וּבְמֹות אָבִיהָ וְאִמָּהּ לְקָחָהּ מָרְדֳּכַי לֹו לְבַת׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יְהִ֨י	va/y.Hi	H1961	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he was
אֹמֵ֜ן	'o.Men	H539	HVqrmsa	raising
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הֲדַסָּ֗ה	ha.da.Sah	H1919	HNp	Hadassah
הִ֤יא	hi'	H1931	HPp3fs	that
אֶסְתֵּר֙	'es.Ter	H635	HNp	(is) Esther
בַּת	bat-	H1323	HNcfsc	(the) daughter of
דֹּד֔/וֹ	do.D/o	H1730	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	uncle/ his
כִּ֛י	ki	H3588	HC	for
אֵ֥ין	'ein	H369	HTn	not
לָ֖/הּ	la/h		HR/Sp3fs	(belonged) to (the)/ her
אָ֣ב	'av	H1	HNcmsa	a father
וָ/אֵ֑ם	va./'Em	H517	HC/Ncfsa	and/ a mother
וְ/הַ/נַּעֲרָ֤ה	ve./ha./na.'a.Rah	H5291	HC/Td/Ncfsa	and/ the/ young woman
יְפַת	ye.fat-	H3303	HAafsc	(was) beautiful of
תֹּ֨אַר֙	to.'ar	H8389	HNcmsa	shape
וְ/טוֹבַ֣ת	ve./to.Vat	H2896	HC/Aafsc	and/ good of
מַרְאֶ֔ה	mar.'Eh	H4758	HNcmsa	appearance
וּ/בְ/מ֤וֹת	u./ve./Mot	H4194	HC/R/Ncmsc	and/ at/ (the) death of
אָבִ֨י/הָ֙	'a.Vi./ha	H1	HNcmsc/Sp3fs	father/ her
וְ/אִמָּ֔/הּ	ve./'i.Ma/h	H517	HC/Ncfsc/Sp3fs	and/ mother/ her
לְקָחָ֧/הּ	le.ka.Cha/h	H3947	HVqp3ms/Sp3fs	he took/ her
מָרְדֳּכַ֛י	ma.re.do.Khai	H4782	HNp	Mordecai
ל֖/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	of/ him
לְ/בַֽת	le./Vat	H1323	HR/Ncfsa	to/ a daughter

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
• H517 — אֵם (ʼêm, ame): a primitive word; a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father)); dam, mother, [idiom] parting.
• H539 — אָמַן (ʼâman, aw-man'): a primitive root; (Isaiah 30:21; interchangeable with אָמַן, to go to the right hand); properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain; hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, [phrase] fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.
• H635 — אֶסְתֵּר (ʼEçtêr, es-tare'): of Persian derivation; Ester, the Jewish heroine; Esther.
• H1323 — בַּת (bath, bath): from בָּנָה (as feminine of בֵּן); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively); apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.
• H1730 — דּוֹד (dôwd, dode): or (shortened) דֹּד; from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e.; (figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle; (well-) beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.
• H1919 — הֲדַסָּה (Hădaççâh, had-as-saw'): feminine of הֲדַס; Hadassah (or Esther); Hadassah.
• H2896 — טוֹב (ṭôwb, tobe): from טוֹב; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well); beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant, [phrase] pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
• H3303 — יָפֶה (yâpheh, yaw-feh'): from יָפָה; beautiful (literally or figuratively); [phrase] beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), [phrase] goodly, pleasant, well.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H4194 — מָוֶת (mâveth, maw'-veth): from מוּת; death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin; (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).
• H4758 — מַרְאֶה (marʼeh, mar-eh'): from רָאָה; a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision; [idiom] apparently, appearance(-reth), [idiom] as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision.
• H4782 — מׇרְדְּכַי (Mordᵉkay, mor-dek-ah'-ee): of foreign derivation; Mordecai, an Israelite; Mordecai.
• H5291 — נַעֲרָה (naʻărâh, nah-ar-aw'): feminine of נַעַר; a girl (from infancy to adolescence); damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).
• H8389 — תֹּאַר (tôʼar, to'-ar): from תָּאַר; outline, i.e. figure or appearance; [phrase] beautiful, [idiom] comely, countenance, [phrase] fair, [idiom] favoured, form, [idiom] goodly, [idiom] resemble, visage.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

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