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Esther 2:12

In the twelve months before her turn to go to King Xerxes, the harem regulation required each young woman to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months, and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.

BSB

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ASV

Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that it had been done to her according to the law for the women twelve months (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors and with the things for the purifying of the women),

KJV

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;)

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּבְהַגִּ֡יעַu.ve.ha.Gi.a'and when arrivedH5060
תֹּר֩tor[the] turn ofH8447
נַעֲרָ֨הna.'a.Raha young womanH5291
וְנַעֲרָ֜הve.na.'a.Rahand a young womanH5291
לָב֣וֹא׀la.Vo'to goH935
אֶל־'el-toH413
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshAhasuerusH325
מִקֵּץ֩mi.Ketzfrom [the] endH7093
הֱי֨וֹתhe.Yotto beH1961
לָ֜הּlahfor <the> her
כְּדָ֤תke.Dataccording to [the] regulation ofH1881
הַנָּשִׁים֙ha.na.Shimthe womenH802
שְׁנֵ֣יםshe.Neimtwo [plus]H8147
עָשָׂ֣ר'a.SartenH6240
חֹ֔דֶשׁCho.deshmonth[s]H2320
כִּ֛יkiforH3588
כֵּ֥ןkenthusH3651
יִמְלְא֖וּyim.le.'Uthey were completedH4390
יְמֵ֣יye.Mei[the] days ofH3117
מְרוּקֵיהֶ֑ןme.ru.kei.Henrubbings theirH4795
שִׁשָּׁ֤הshi.ShahsixH8337
חֳדָשִׁים֙cho.da.ShimmonthsH2320
בְּשֶׁ֣מֶןbe.She.menwith [the] oil ofH8081
הַמֹּ֔רha.Mor<the> myrrhH4753
וְשִׁשָּׁ֤הve.shi.Shahand sixH8337
חֳדָשִׁים֙cho.da.ShimmonthsH2320
בַּבְּשָׂמִ֔יםba.be.sa.Mimwith <the> balsam oilH1314
וּבְתַמְרוּקֵ֖יu.ve.tam.ru.Keiand with [the] rubbings ofH8562
הַנָּשִֽׁים׃ha.na.Shim<the> womenH802

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Esther Before the King — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Esther Before the King — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain