And whenוּבְthe turnתֹּרof Esther,אֶסְתֵּרthe daughterבַּתof Abihail,אֲבִיחַיִלthe uncleדֹּדof Mordecai,מָרְדֳּכַיwhoאֲשֶׁרhad taken herלָקַחas his ownלוֹdaughter,לְבַתcameהַגִּיעַto go inלָבוֹאtoאֶלthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְshe did notלֹאseekבִקְשָׁהanythingדָּבָרexceptכִּי אִםwhatאֲשֶׁרHegai,הֵגַיthe king’sהַמֶּלֶךְeunuch,סְרִיסkeeperשֹׁמֵרof the women,הַנָּשִׁיםsaid.יֹאמַרAnd Estherוַ אֶסְתֵּרwasתְּהִיwinningנֹשֵׂאתfavorחֵןin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof allכָּלwho saw her.רֹאֶיהָ
Esther 2:15
Study it in the app“And when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail, the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, came to go in to the king, she did not seek anything except what Hegai, the king’s eunuch, keeper of the women, said. And Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 2:15, word by word
- the turnתֹּרtor
turn
Each one's allotted moment.
Where else “tor” appears- of Estherאֶסְתֵּרester
Esther
Esther: the other name of Hadassah, the Jewish young woman, cousin of Mordecai, who became queen of Persia and delivered her people.
Where else “ester” appears- the daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- of Abihailאֲבִיחַיִלavichayil
Abihail
Abihail, father of Zuriel, of the Levites of Merari; other people, men and women, bear the same name. It means "father of strength."
Where else “avichayil” appears- the uncleדֹּדdod
uncle
An uncle, or a relative.
Where else “dod” appears- of Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַיmardochay
Mordecai
Mordecai: the name of one of those who returned with Zerubbabel; in the book of Esther, the relative who raised Esther.
Where else “mardochay” appears- had taken herלָקַחlakach
accept
To accept what someone gives, such as teaching or correction.
Where else “lakach” 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- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- seekבִקְשָׁהviksha
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “viksha” appears- anythingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- Hegaiהֵגַיhegay
Hegai, Hege
Hegai (also written Hege): the name of the king's eunuch who kept the women.
Where else “hegay” appears- eunuchסְרִיסseris
official, eunuch
Court official. The word can also mean eunuch.
Where else “seris” appears- keeperשֹׁמֵרshomer
guard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “shomer” appears- of the womenנָּשִׁיםnashim
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appears- saidיֹאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- wasתְּהִיtehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tehi” appears- winningנֹשֵׂאתnoset
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “noset” appears- favorחֵןchen
favor
Someone's goodwill toward another: looking on them kindly.
Where else “chen” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- who saw herרֹאֶיroe
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “roe” appears
The context
14In the evening she would go in, and in the morning she would return to the second house of the women, under the hand of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch, keeper of the concubines; she would not go in again to the king unless the king delighted in her and she was called by name.
15 · This verse (above)
16And Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, to his royal house, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.