And whenוּבְthe turnתֹּרof each young womanנַעֲרָה וְנַעֲרָהcameהַגִּיעַto go inלָבוֹאtoאֶלKing Ahasuerus,הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁat the end ofמִקֵּץtwelveשְׁנֵים עָשָׂרmonthsחֹדֶשׁof her beingהֱיוֹת לָהּaccording to the lawכְּדָתof the womenהַנָּשִׁים(forכִּיsoכֵּןthe daysיְמֵיof their ointmentsמְרוּקֵיהֶןwere completed:יִמְלְאוּsixשִׁשָּׁהmonthsחֳדָשִׁיםwith oilבְּשֶׁמֶןof myrrhהַמֹּרand sixוְשִׁשָּׁהmonthsחֳדָשִׁיםwith spicesבַּבְּשָׂמִיםand with the ointmentsוּבְתַמְרוּקֵיof the women),הַנָּשִׁים
Esther 2:12
Study it in the app“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),”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.