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.
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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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30 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְהַגִּ֡יעַ | u.ve.ha.Gi.a' | and when arrived | H5060 → |
| תֹּר֩ | tor | [the] turn of | H8447 → |
| נַעֲרָ֨ה | na.'a.Rah | a young woman | H5291 → |
| וְנַעֲרָ֜ה | ve.na.'a.Rah | and a young woman | H5291 → |
| לָב֣וֹא׀ | la.Vo' | to go | H935 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ | ha.Me.lekh | the king | H4428 → |
| אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ | 'a.chash.ve.Ro.osh | Ahasuerus | H325 → |
| מִקֵּץ֩ | mi.Ketz | from [the] end | H7093 → |
| הֱי֨וֹת | he.Yot | to be | H1961 → |
| לָ֜הּ | lah | for <the> her | |
| כְּדָ֤ת | ke.Dat | according to [the] regulation of | H1881 → |
| הַנָּשִׁים֙ | ha.na.Shim | the women | H802 → |
| שְׁנֵ֣ים | she.Neim | two [plus] | H8147 → |
| עָשָׂ֣ר | 'a.Sar | ten | H6240 → |
| חֹ֔דֶשׁ | Cho.desh | month[s] | H2320 → |
| כִּ֛י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| כֵּ֥ן | ken | thus | H3651 → |
| יִמְלְא֖וּ | yim.le.'U | they were completed | H4390 → |
| יְמֵ֣י | ye.Mei | [the] days of | H3117 → |
| מְרוּקֵיהֶ֑ן | me.ru.kei.Hen | rubbings their | H4795 → |
| שִׁשָּׁ֤ה | shi.Shah | six | H8337 → |
| חֳדָשִׁים֙ | cho.da.Shim | months | H2320 → |
| בְּשֶׁ֣מֶן | be.She.men | with [the] oil of | H8081 → |
| הַמֹּ֔ר | ha.Mor | <the> myrrh | H4753 → |
| וְשִׁשָּׁ֤ה | ve.shi.Shah | and six | H8337 → |
| חֳדָשִׁים֙ | cho.da.Shim | months | H2320 → |
| בַּבְּשָׂמִ֔ים | ba.be.sa.Mim | with <the> balsam oil | H1314 → |
| וּבְתַמְרוּקֵ֖י | u.ve.tam.ru.Kei | and with [the] rubbings of | H8562 → |
| הַנָּשִֽׁים׃ | ha.na.Shim | <the> women | H802 → |
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