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Esther 2:17 — King James Version← Study notes

And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.


Esther 2:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Esther 2:1719 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֶּאֱהַ֨בwayeʾĕhab
love(-dconjH157
-ly · -r) · like · friend
הַ/מֶּ֤לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֶסְתֵּר֙ʾesətēr
EsthernounH635
מִ/כָּלmikāl
all (mannerpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/נָּשִׁ֔יםhanāšiym
womanparticleH802
each · every · female · many ···
וַ/תִּשָּׂאwatiśāʾ
acceptconjH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
חֵ֥ןḥēn
favournounH2580
grace · pleasant · precious · favoured
וָ/חֶ֛סֶדwāḥesed
favourconjH2617
good deed(-liness · -ness) · kindly · kindness ···
לְ/פָנָ֖י/וləpānāyw
a- forepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
מִ/כָּלmikāl
all (mannerpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/בְּתוּלֹ֑תhabətwlōt
maidparticleH1330
virgin
וַ/יָּ֤שֶׂםwayāśem
appointconjH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
כֶּֽתֶרketer
crownnounH3804
מַלְכוּת֙maləkwt
empirenounH4438
kingdom · realm · reign · royal
בְּ/רֹאשָׁ֔/הּbərōʾšāh
bandpronH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
וַ/יַּמְלִיכֶ֖/הָwayaməliykehā
consultconjH4427
indeed · be (make · set a · set up) king ···
תַּ֥חַתtaḥat
aspronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
וַשְׁתִּֽיwašətiy
Vashti. znounH2060
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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