Study it in the app“And 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.”
And he wasוַיְהִיbringing upאֹמֵןHadassah,הֲדַסָּהthat is,הִיאEsther,אֶסְתֵּרthe daughterבַּתof his uncle,דֹּדוֹforכִּיshe had noאֵין לָהּfatherאָבor mother;וָאֵםand the young womanוְהַנַּעֲרָהwasof beautifulיְפַתformתֹּאַרand of goodוְטוֹבַתappearance;מַרְאֶהand whenוּבְher fatherאָבִיהָand her motherוְאִמָּהּdied,מוֹתMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַיtook herלְקָחָהּas his ownלוֹdaughter.לְבַת
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appearsnurse
To care for, raise a child.
Where else “omen” appearsHadassah
Hadassah: the Hebrew name of Esther. It means "myrtle".
Where else “hadasa” appearsEsther
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” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appearsuncle
An uncle, or a relative.
Where else “dod” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “av” appearsmother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “em” appearsgirl
An unmarried female of marrying age.
Where else “naara” appearsbeautiful
Beautiful, handsome, of fine appearance.
Where else “yefat” appearsform
Form, figure, the shape of the body; appearance.
Where else “toar” 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” appearsdeath
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mot” appearsMordecai
Mordecai: the name of one of those who returned with Zerubbabel; in the book of Esther, the relative who raised Esther.
Where else “mardochay” appearsaccept
To accept what someone gives, such as teaching or correction.
Where else “lekaach” appears6who 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.
7 · This verse (above)
8And it happened, when the word of the king and his law were heard and when many young women were gathered to Susa, the fortress, under the hand of Hegai, that Esther was taken to the king’s house, under the hand of Hegai, keeper of the women.
