Esther 2:12

“And when the turn of each young woman came to go in to King Ahasuerus, at the end of twelve months of her being according to the law of the women (for so the days of their ointments were completed: six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and with the ointments of the women),”

Esther 2:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Esther 2:12, word by word

the turnתֹּרtor

turn

Each one's allotted moment.

Where else “tor” appears
of each young womanנַעֲרָהnaara

girl

An unmarried female of marrying age.

Where else “naara” appears
cameהַגִּיעַhagia

reach

To reach a place or a moment.

Where else “hagia” appears
to go inבוֹאvo

enter

To go into a place.

Where else “vo” appears
King Ahasuerusמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

Where else “melech” appears
King Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁachashverosh

Ahasuerus

Ahasuerus: the Hebrew name of a king of Persia. In Ezra 4:6 and in the book of Esther; Strong identifies him there with Xerxes.

Where else “achashverosh” appears
at the end ofקֵּץkets

end

What comes when something finishes: "some days later".

Where else “kets” appears
twelveשְׁנֵיםshenem

double

Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.

Where else “shenem” appears
twelveעָשָׂרasar

-teen (ten)

Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".

Where else “asar” appears
monthsחֹדֶשׁchodesh

month

A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.

Where else “chodesh” appears
of her beingהֱיוֹתheot

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “heot” appears
according to the lawדָתdat

law, decree

Law, decree.

Where else “dat” appears
of the womenנָּשִׁיםnashim

woman

An adult female person: single, married or widowed.

Where else “nashim” appears
the daysיְמֵיyeme

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

Where else “yeme” appears
of their ointmentsמְרוּקֵיmeruke

rubbing (with ointment)

Ointment: the treatment of the body with oils and perfumes.

Where else “meruke” appears
were completedיִמְלְאוּyimlu

be fulfilled

For a period to run out, or a word to come true.

Where else “yimlu” appears
sixשִׁשָּׁהshisha

six

Six; also "sixth".

Where else “shisha” appears
with oilשֶׁמֶןshemen

oil

The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.

Where else “shemen” appears
of myrrhמֹּרmor

myrrh

Myrrh: an aromatic, bitter resin from a shrub.

Where else “mor” appears
with spicesבְּשָׂמִיםbesamim

spice, balsam

Spices with a pleasing smell; balsam.

Where else “besamim” appears
and with the ointmentsתַמְרוּקֵיtamruke

ointment

Perfumed oils for the body.

Where else “tamruke” appears

The context

11And every day Mordecai walked in front of the court of the house of the women to learn the welfare of Esther and what was being done with her.

12 · This verse (above)

13so the young woman would go in to the king: everything that she asked for was given to her to take with her from the house of the women to the king’s house.

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