and the young womanוְהַנַּעֲרָהwhoאֲשֶׁרseems goodתִּיטַבin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof the kingהַמֶּלֶךְlet her reignתִּמְלֹךְinstead ofתַּחַתVashti.”וַשְׁתִּיAnd the matterוַ הַדָּבָרseemed goodיִּיטַבin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof the king,הַמֶּלֶךְand he didוַיַּעַשׂso.כֵּן
Esther 2:4
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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".
Where else “titav” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- let her reignתִּמְלֹךְtimloch
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “timloch” appears- Vashtiוַשְׁתִּיvashti
Vashti
Vashti: the name of the queen, wife of King Ahasuerus, who refused to come before him and lost her place.
Where else “vashti” appears- And the matterדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- and he didיַּעַשׂyaas
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaas” appears
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,