Study it in the app“and let the king appoint overseers in all the provinces of his kingdom, and let them gather every young woman, a virgin of good appearance, to Susa, the fortress, to the house of the women, under the hand of Hege, the king’s eunuch, keeper of the women; and let their ointments be given;”
and let the kingוְ הַמֶּלֶךְappointיַפְקֵדoverseersפְּקִידִיםin allבְּכָלthe provincesמְדִינוֹתof his kingdom,מַלְכוּתוֹand let them gatherוְיִקְבְּצוּeveryכָּלyoung woman,נַעֲרָהa virginבְתוּלָהof goodטוֹבַתappearance,מַרְאֶהtoאֶלSusa,שׁוּשַׁןthe fortress,הַבִּירָהtoאֶלthe houseבֵּיתof the women,הַנָּשִׁיםunderאֶלthe handיַדof Hege,הֵגֶאthe king’sהַמֶּלֶךְeunuch,סְרִיסkeeperשֹׁמֵרof the women;הַנָּשִׁיםand let their ointmentsוְ תַּמְרוּקֵיהֶןbe given;נָתוֹן
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsappoint
To put someone in charge.
Where else “yafked” appearsoverseer
Overseer, officer in charge.
Where else “pekidim” appearsprovince, district
Province, district: a territory governed by a ruler or judge.
Where else “medinot” appearskingdom
A kingdom: the people and territory a king rules, or the one YHWH rules.
Where else “malchut” appearsgather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “yikbtsu” appearsgirl
An unmarried female of marrying age.
Where else “naara” appearsvirgin
Young woman not yet married; virgin.
Where else “vetula” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tovat” appearsappearance
The appearance of someone or something: how it looks, beautiful or ugly.
Where else “mare” appearsSusa
See it on the mapWhere else “shushan” appearspalace, citadel
Palace, fortress, citadel: a large, strong building. In Chronicles it is said of the house of God in Jerusalem; in Nehemiah and Esther, of a city's citadel.
Where else “bira” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appearsthrough
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appearsHegai, Hege
Hegai (also written Hege): the name of the king's eunuch who kept the women.
Where else “hege” appearsofficial, eunuch
Court official. The word can also mean eunuch.
Where else “seris” appearsguard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “shomer” appearsointment
Perfumed oils for the body.
Where else “tamruke” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “naton” appears“Hege” is the same eunuch who in 2:8 and 2:15 is called “Hegai”; the Hebrew writes his name in two ways. “Ointments”: the oils and perfumes with which they were prepared.
Susa
Today: Susa (Shush), southwestern Iran
The winter capital of the Persian kings, in what is now southwest Iran.
Nehemiah served the king at Susa (Neh 1:1), and Esther became queen there and saved her people (Esth 1:2; 4:16).
2And the king’s young men who served him said, “Let them seek for the king young women, virgins, of good appearance;
3 · This verse (above)
4and the young woman who seems good in the eyes of the king let her reign instead of Vashti.” And the matter seemed good in the eyes of the king, and he did so.
