Study it in the app“And 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.”
And it happened,וַיְהִיwhenבְּthe wordדְּבַרof the kingהַמֶּלֶךְand his lawוְדָתוֹwere heardהִשָּׁמַעand whenוּבְmanyרַבּוֹתyoung womenנְעָרוֹתwere gatheredהִקָּבֵץtoאֶלSusa,שׁוּשַׁןthe fortress,הַבִּירָהunderאֶלthe handיַדof Hegai,הֵגָיthat Estherוַ אֶסְתֵּרwas takenתִּלָּקַחtoאֶלthe king’sהַמֶּלֶךְhouse,בֵּיתunderאֶלthe handיַדof Hegai,הֵגַיkeeperשֹׁמֵרof the women.הַנָּשִׁים
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearslaw, decree
Law, decree.
Where else “dat” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “hishama” appearsmany
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabot” appearsgirl
An unmarried female of marrying age.
Where else “nearot” appearsgather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “hikavets” 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” 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 “hegay” 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” appearsfetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “tilakach” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appearsguard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “shomer” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appearsSusa
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).
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.
8 · This verse (above)
9And the young woman seemed good in his eyes, and she won loyal love before him; and he hurried to give her her ointments and her portions, and the seven young women chosen to be given to her from the king’s house; and he moved her and her young women to the best part of the house of the women.
