Esther 2:4

“and 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.”

Esther 2:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Esther 2:4, word by word

and the young womanנַּעֲרָהnaara

girl

An unmarried female of marrying age.

Where else “naara” appears
seems goodתִּיטַבtitav

go well

For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".

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in the eyesעֵינֵיene

sight

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

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of the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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let her reignתִּמְלֹךְtimloch

reign

To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.

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Vashtiוַשְׁתִּיvashti

Vashti

Vashti: the name of the queen, wife of King Ahasuerus, who refused to come before him and lost her place.

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And the matterדָּבָרdavar

thing

A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.

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and he didיַּעַשׂyaas

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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The context

3and 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;

4 · This verse (above)

5There was a Jewish man in Susa, the fortress, and his name was Mordecai, son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite,

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