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Esther 2:8

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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.	And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, [which were] meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best [place] of the house of the women.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

So it came to pass, when the king's^H4428 commandment^H1697 and his decree^H1881 was heard^H8085, and when many^H7227 maidens^H5291 were gathered together^H6908 unto Shushan^H7800 the palace^H1002, to the custody^H3027 of Hegai^H1896, that Esther^H635 was brought^H3947 also unto the king's^H4428 house^H1004, to the custody^H3027 of Hegai^H1896, keeper^H8104 of the women^H802.

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Original Hebrew

וַיְהִי בְּהִשָּׁמַע דְּבַר־הַמֶּלֶךְ וְדָתֹו וּבְהִקָּבֵץ נְעָרֹות רַבֹּות אֶל־שׁוּשַׁן הַבִּירָה אֶל־יַד הֵגָי וַתִּלָּקַח אֶסְתֵּר אֶל־בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל־יַד הֵגַי שֹׁמֵר הַנָּשִׁים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יְהִ֗י	va/y.Hi	H1961	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ it was
בְּ/הִשָּׁמַ֤ע	be./hi.sha.Ma'	H8085	HR/VNc	when/ were heard
דְּבַר	de.var-	H1697	HNcmsc	(the) edict of
הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙	ha./Me.lekh	H4428	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ king
וְ/דָת֔/וֹ	ve./da.T/o	H1881	HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms	and/ orders/ his
וּֽ/בְ/הִקָּבֵ֞ץ	u./ve./hi.ka.Vetz	H6908	HC/R/VNc	and/ when/ were gathered
נְעָר֥וֹת	ne.'a.Rot	H5291	HNcfpa	young women
רַבּ֛וֹת	ra.Bot	H7227	HAafpa	many
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
שׁוּשַׁ֥ן	shu.Shan	H7800	HNp	Susa
הַ/בִּירָ֖ה	ha./bi.Rah	H1002	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ citadel
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	into
יַ֣ד	yad	H3027	HNcbsc	(the) hand of
הֵגָ֑י	he.Gai	H1896	HNp	Hegai
וַ/תִּלָּקַ֤ח	va./ti.la.Kach	H3947	HC/VNw3fs	and/ she was taken
אֶסְתֵּר֙	'es.Ter	H635	HNp	Esther
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
בֵּ֣ית	beit	H1004	HNcmsc	(the) house of
הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ	ha./Me.lekh	H4428	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ king
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	into
יַ֥ד	yad	H3027	HNcbsc	(the) hand of
הֵגַ֖י	he.Gai	H1896	HNp	Hegai
שֹׁמֵ֥ר	sho.Mer	H8104	HVqrmsc	(the) keeper
הַ/נָּשִֽׁים	ha./na.Shim	H802	HTd/Ncfpa	of the/ women

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

Strong's References

• H635 — אֶסְתֵּר (ʼEçtêr, es-tare'): of Persian derivation; Ester, the Jewish heroine; Esther.
• H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
• H1002 — בִּירָה (bîyrâh, bee-raw'): of foreign origin; a castle or palace; palace.
• H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
• H1697 — דָּבָר (dâbâr, daw-baw'): from דָבַר; a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause; act, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dearth, decree, deed, [idiom] disease, due, duty, effect, [phrase] eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-) ness, [phrase] glory, [phrase] harm, hurt, [phrase] iniquity, [phrase] judgment, language, [phrase] lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, [idiom] ought, [idiom] parts, [phrase] pertaining, [phrase] please, portion, [phrase] power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, [idiom] (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, [phrase] sign, [phrase] so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, [phrase] song, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, task, [phrase] that, [idiom] there done, thing (concerning), thought, [phrase] thus, tidings, what(-soever), [phrase] wherewith, which, word, work.
• H1881 — דָּת (dâth, dawth): of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation; a royal edict or statute; commandment, commission, decree, law, manner.
• H1896 — הֵגֵא (Hêgêʼ, hay-gay'): or (by permutation) הֵגַי; probably of Persian origin; Hege or Hegai, a eunuch of Xerxes; Hegai, Hege.
• H3027 — יָד (yâd, yawd): a primitive word; in distinction from כַּף, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows); a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),; ([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, [idiom] enough, [phrase] fellowship, force, [idiom] from, hand(-staves, -y work), [idiom] he, himself, [idiom] in, labour, [phrase] large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, [idiom] mine, ministry, near, [idiom] of, [idiom] order, ordinance, [idiom] our, parts, pain, power, [idiom] presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, [phrase] swear, terror, [idiom] thee, [idiom] by them, [idiom] themselves, [idiom] thine own, [idiom] thou, through, [idiom] throwing, [phrase] thumb, times, [idiom] to, [idiom] under, [idiom] us, [idiom] wait on, (way-) side, where, [phrase] wide, [idiom] with (him, me, you), work, [phrase] yield, [idiom] yourselves.
• 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.
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• H5291 — נַעֲרָה (naʻărâh, nah-ar-aw'): feminine of נַעַר; a girl (from infancy to adolescence); damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).
• H6908 — קָבַץ (qâbats, kaw-bats'): a primitive root; to grasp, i.e. collect; assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, [idiom] surely, take up.
• H7227 — רַב (rab, rab): by contracted from רָבַב; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality); (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
• H7800 — שׁוּשַׁן (Shûwshan, shoo-shan'): the same as שׁוּשַׁן; Shushan, a place in Persia; Shushan.
• H8085 — שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ, shaw-mah'): a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
• H8104 — שָׁמַר (shâmar, shaw-mar'): a primitive root; properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.; beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).

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

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• 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.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• Hegai — Esther 2:3

Reciprocal references (1): Daniel 8:2

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: NATION, THE, SHUSHAN
• Nave’s: CAPTIVE, CHAMBERLAIN, HEGAI, MARRIAGE, SHUSHAN (SUSA)

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