Esther 2:17 BSB — MannaFest

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19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֶּאֱהַ֨ב	vai.ye.'e.Hav	and he loved	H157 →
הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אֶסְתֵּר֙	'es.Ter	Esther	H635 →
מִכָּל־	mi.kol	more than all	H3605 →
הַנָּשִׁ֔ים	ha.na.Shim	the women	H802 →
וַתִּשָּׂא־	va.ti.sa'-	and she bore	H5375 →
חֵ֥ן	chen	favor	H2580 →
וָחֶ֛סֶד	va.Che.sed	and favor	H2617 →
לְפָנָ֖יו	le.fa.Nav	<to> before him	H6440 →
מִכָּל־	mi.kol	more than all	H3605 →
הַבְּתוּלֹ֑ת	ha.be.tu.Lot	the virgins	H1330 →
וַיָּ֤שֶׂם	vai.Ya.sem	and he put	H7760 →
כֶּֽתֶר־	ke.ter-	a crown of	H3804 →
מַלְכוּת֙	mal.Khut	royalty	H4438 →
בְּרֹאשָׁ֔הּ	be.ro.Shah	on head her	H7218 →
וַיַּמְלִיכֶ֖הָ	vai.yam.li.Khe.ha	and he made queen her	H4427 →
תַּ֥חַת	Ta.chat	in place of	H8478 →
וַשְׁתִּֽי׃	vash.Ti	Vashti	H2060 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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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…
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…
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.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Psalms 113:7–8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump Luke 1:48–52For He has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.Ezekiel 17:24Then 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 the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”Psalms 75:6–7For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert,1 Samuel 2:8He 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 are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.Esther 1:11to bring Queen Vashti before him, wearing her royal crown, to display her beauty to the people and officials. For she was beautiful to behold.Esther 4:14For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”Esther 6:8have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.Genesis 33:8“What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.2 Kings 11:12Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and declared, “Long live the king!”Esther 8:5“If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.Ezekiel 16:11I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.

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