whoאֲשֶׁרhad been carried into exileהָגְלָהfrom Jerusalemמִירוּשָׁלַיִםwithעִםthe exilesהַגֹּלָהwhoאֲשֶׁרhad been carried into exileהָגְלְתָהwithעִםJeconiah,יְכָנְיָהkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהwhomאֲשֶׁרNebuchadnezzar,נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּרkingמֶלֶךְof Babylon,בָּבֶלhad carried into exile.הֶגְלָה
Esther 2:6
Study it in the app“who had been carried into exile from Jerusalem with the exiles who had been carried into exile with Jeconiah, king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had carried into exile.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 2:6, word by word
- had been carried into exileהָגְלָהhagla
go into exile
To be taken away from one's own land, or deport others.
Where else “hagla” appears- from Jerusalemירוּשָׁלַיִםyrushalayim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalayim” appears- the exilesגֹּלָהgola
exile, exiles
Exile: being taken by force from one's own land to live in that of another people; also the whole body of exiles (2 Kings 24:15-16; Jeremiah 29:1; Ezra 1:11).
Where else “gola” appears- Jeconiahיְכָנְיָהyechanya
Jeconiah
Jeconiah: another form of the name of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, son of Jehoiakim, taken captive to Babylon (2 Kings 24:8-15). The name means "YHWH will establish."
Where else “yechanya” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- Nebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּרnevuchadnetsar
Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar: king of Babylon who subdued Judah, took Jerusalem, burned the house of YHWH and took the people into exile (2 Kings 24-25; Jeremiah; Daniel 1-4). The Hebrew writes his name in several forms.
Where else “nevuchadnetsar” appears- of Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
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Translation note
“Who had been carried into exile”: by the grammar it may refer to Mordecai or to his ancestor Kish.
Places in this verse
1Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
2Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
The context
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,
6 · This verse (above)
7And he was bringing up Hadassah, that is, Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had no father or mother; and the young woman was of beautiful form and of good appearance; and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.