“And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.”
Esther 2:7 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Esther 2:725 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְהִ֨יwayəhiy
and he wasconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
אֹמֵ֜ןʾōmēn
raisingverbH539
assurance · believe · bring up · establish ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הֲדַסָּ֗הhădasāh
HadassahnounH1919
הִ֤יאhiyʾ
thatprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
אֶסְתֵּר֙ʾesətēr
is EsthernounH635
בַּתbat
the daughter ofnounH1323
branch · company · daughter · first ···
דֹּד֔/וֹdōdwō
uncle hisnounH1730
father's brother · love · uncle
כִּ֛יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אֵ֥יןʾēyn
notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
לָ֖/הּlāh
pron
אָ֣בʾāb
a fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
וָ/אֵ֑םwāʾēm
and a motherconjH517
mother · parting
וְ/הַ/נַּעֲרָ֤הwəhanaʿărāh
and the young womanconjH5291
maid · young
יְפַתyəpat
was beautiful ofadjH3303
beautiful · comely · fair(-est · one) ···
תֹּ֨אַר֙tōʾar
shapenounH8389
beautiful · comely · fair · favoured ···
וְ/טוֹבַ֣תwəṭwōbat
and good ofconjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
מַרְאֶ֔הmarəʾeh
appearancenounH4758
apparently · as soon as beautiful · countenance · fair ···
וּ/בְ/מ֤וֹתwbəmwōt
and at the death ofconjH4194
death · die
אָבִ֨י/הָ֙ʾābiyhā
father hernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
וְ/אִמָּ֔/הּwəʾimāh
and mother herconjH517
mother · parting
לְקָחָ֧/הּləqāḥāh
he took herverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
מָרְדֳּכַ֛יmārədŏkay
MordecainounH4782
ל֖/וֹlwō
pron
לְ/בַֽתləbat
to a daughterpronH1323
branch · company · daughter · first ···
ℹWords 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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