Esther 2:15

“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.”

Esther 2:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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.

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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".

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winningנֹשֵׂאתnoset

lift up

To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.

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favorחֵןchen

favor

Someone's goodwill toward another: looking on them kindly.

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in the eyesעֵינֵיene

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

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who saw herרֹאֶיroe

see

To see with one's eyes.

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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.

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