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Esther 2:12 — King James Version← Study notes

Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)


Esther 2:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Esther 2:1230 words
HebrewMeaning
וּ/בְ/הַגִּ֡יעַwbəhagiyʿa
beatconjH5060
bring · cast · come · draw near ···
תֹּר֩tōr
bordernounH8447
row · turn
נַעֲרָ֨הnaʿărāh
damselnounH5291
maid · young
וְ/נַעֲרָ֜הwənaʿărāh
damselconjH5291
maid · young
לָ/ב֣וֹאlābwōʾ
abidepronH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁʾăḥašəwērwōš
AhasuerusnounH325
מִ/קֵּץ֩miqēṣ
borderpronH7093
after · end · finite · process
הֱי֨וֹתhĕywōt
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לָ֜/הּlāh
pron
כְּ/דָ֤תkədāt
commandmentpronH1881
commission · decree · law · manner
הַ/נָּשִׁים֙hanāšiym
womanparticleH802
each · every · female · many ···
שְׁנֵ֣יםšənēym
bothadjH8147
couple · double · second · twain ···
עָשָׂ֣רʿāśār
(eigh-adjH6240
fif- · four- · nine- · seven- ···
חֹ֔דֶשׁḥōdeš
monthnounH2320
new moon
כִּ֛יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
כֵּ֥ןkēn
-wardparticleH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
יִמְלְא֖וּyimələʾw
accomplishverbH4390
confirm · consecrate · be at an end · be expired ···
יְמֵ֣יyəmēy
daynounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
מְרוּקֵי/הֶ֑ןmərwqēyhen
purificationnounH4795
שִׁשָּׁ֤הšišāh
six(-teenadjH8337
-teenth) · sixth
חֳדָשִׁים֙ḥŏdāšiym
monthnounH2320
new moon
בְּ/שֶׁ֣מֶןbəšemen
anointingpronH8081
fat · fruitful · oil · ointment ···
הַ/מֹּ֔רhamōr
myrrhparticleH4753
וְ/שִׁשָּׁ֤הwəšišāh
six(-teenconjH8337
-teenth) · sixth
חֳדָשִׁים֙ḥŏdāšiym
monthnounH2320
new moon
בַּ/בְּשָׂמִ֔יםbabəśāmiym
smellpronH1314
spice · sweet
וּ/בְ/תַמְרוּקֵ֖יwbətamərwqēy
purificationconjH8562
cleanse
הַ/נָּשִֽׁיםhanāšiym
womanparticleH802
each · every · female · many ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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