Study it in the app“And 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.”
And Estherוַ אֶסְתֵּרwas takenתִּלָּקַחtoאֶלKing Ahasuerus,הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁtoאֶלhis royalמַלְכוּתוֹhouse,בֵּיתin the tenthבַּ הָעֲשִׂירִיmonth,חֹדֶשׁwhichהוּאisthe monthחֹדֶשׁof Tebeth,טֵבֵתin the seventhשֶׁבַעyearבִּשְׁנַתof his reign.לְמַלְכוּתוֹ
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” appearsfetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “tilakach” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsAhasuerus
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” appearsreign
A reign, or what belongs to a king: his rule and dignity.
Where else “malchut” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appearstenth
The one in tenth place in a list.
Where else “asiri” appearsmonth
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appearsTebeth
Tebeth: the tenth month of the calendar, between December and January. The name comes from Babylon.
Where else “tevet” appearsseven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appearsTebeth is the tenth month, between December and January.
15And 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.
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17And the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won favor and loyal love before him more than all the virgins; and he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.
