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Esther 2:3 — King James Version← Study notes

And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:


Esther 2:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Esther 2:328 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/יַפְקֵ֨דwəyapəqēd
appointconjH6485
at all · avenge · bestow · (appoint to have the ···
הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
פְּקִידִים֮pəqiydiym
which had the chargenounH6496
governor · office · overseer · was set
בְּ/כָלbəkāl
all (mannerpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
מְדִינ֣וֹתmədiynwōt
provincenounH4082
מַלְכוּת/וֹ֒maləkwtwō
empirenounH4438
kingdom · realm · reign · royal
וְ/יִקְבְּצ֣וּwəyiqəbəṣw
assembleconjH6908
gather (together · selves together · up) · heap ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
כָּלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
נַעֲרָֽהnaʿărāh
damselnounH5291
maid · young
בְ֠תוּלָהbətwlāh
maidnounH1330
virgin
טוֹבַ֨תṭwōbat
beautifuladjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
מַרְאֶ֜הmarəʾeh
appearancenounH4758
apparently · as soon as beautiful · countenance · fair ···
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
שׁוּשַׁ֤ןšwšan
ShushannounH7800
הַ/בִּירָה֙habiyrāh
palaceparticleH1002
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
בֵּ֣יתbēyt
housenounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
הַ/נָּשִׁ֔יםhanāšiym
womanparticleH802
each · every · female · many ···
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
יַ֥דyad
handnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
הֵגֶ֛אhēgeʾ
HegainounH1896
Hege
סְרִ֥יסsəriys
chamberlainnounH5631
eunuch · officer. Compare
הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
שֹׁמֵ֣רšōmēr
bewardverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
הַ/נָּשִׁ֑יםhanāšiym
womanparticleH802
each · every · female · many ···
וְ/נָת֖וֹןwənātwōn
addconjH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
תַּמְרוּקֵי/הֶֽןtamərwqēyhen
purificationnounH8562
cleanse
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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