Estherאֶסְתֵּרwas notאֵיןmaking knownמַגֶּדֶתher kindredמוֹלַדְתָּהּorוְher people,עַמָּהּasכַּאֲשֶׁרMordecaiמָרְדֳּכָיhad commandedצִוָּהher;עָלֶיהָand Estherוְ אֶסְתֵּרdidעֹשָׂהthe commandמַאֲמַרof Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַיasכַּאֲשֶׁרwhen she wasהָיְתָהbeing brought upבְאָמְנָהby him.אִתּוֹ
Esther 2:20
Study it in the app“Esther was not making known her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had commanded her; and Esther did the command of Mordecai as when she was being brought up by him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 2:20, word by word
- 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- making knownמַגֶּדֶתmagedet
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “magedet” appears- her kindredמוֹלַדְתָּmoladta
kindred
One's family and homeland.
Where else “moladta” appears- her peopleעַמָּama
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “ama” appears- Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכָיmardochay
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 commandedצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears- didעֹשָׂהosa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “osa” appears- the commandמַאֲמַרmaamar
command, word
Command: what someone with authority says.
Where else “maamar” appears- when she wasהָיְתָהhayta
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “hayta” appears- being brought upאָמְנָהamna
upbringing, nurture
Upbringing: the care of one who raises a child as his own.
Where else “amna” appears
The context
19And when virgins were gathered a second time, Mordecai was sitting in the gate of the king.
20 · This verse (above)
21In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the gate of the king, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, of the keepers of the threshold, became angry and sought to stretch out their hand against King Ahasuerus.