Esther 2:17

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וַיֶּאֱהַ֨בand he loved

  vaiyeehavH157 →211 times

• הַמֶּ֤לֶךְthe king

  hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• אֶסְתֵּר֙Esther

  ʾesterH635 →55 times

• מִכָּל־more than all

  mikolH3605 →5413 times

• הַנָּשִׁ֔יםthe women

  hanashimH802 →781 times

• וַתִּשָּׂא־and she bore

  vatisa'-H5375 →656 times

• חֵ֥ןfavor

  chenH2580 →69 times

• וָחֶ֛סֶדand favor

  vachesedH2617 →

• לְפָנָ֖יו<to> before him

  lefanavH6440 →2123 times

• מִכָּל־more than all

  mikolH3605 →5413 times

• הַבְּתוּלֹ֑תthe virgins

  habetulotH1330 →50 times

• וַיָּ֤שֶׂםand he put

  vaiyasemH7760 →584 times

• כֶּֽתֶר־a crown of

  keter-H3804 →3 times

• מַלְכוּת֙royalty

  malkhutH4438 →91 times

• בְּרֹאשָׁ֔הּon head her

  beroshahH7218 →599 times

• וַיַּמְלִיכֶ֖הָand he made queen her

  vaiyamlikhehaH4427 →348 times

• תַּ֥חַתin place of

  tachatH8478 →

• וַשְׁתִּֽי׃Vashti

  vashtiH2060 →10 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  1 Samuel 2:8

  He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth…

  it leads to

  • Psalms 113:7–8

    He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump

  • Daniel 2:48

    Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many generous gifts. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon.

  • James 2:5

    Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?

  • Daniel 6:3

    Soon, by his extraordinary spirit, Daniel distinguished himself among the administrators and satraps. So the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.

  • Ecclesiastes 4:14

    For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.

• Through

  Ezekiel 17:24

  Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make…

  it leads to

  • Amos 9:11

    “In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,

  • 1 Corinthians 1:27–28

    But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

  • Isaiah 26:5

    For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust.