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Esther 2:3

and let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments.

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ASV

and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hegai the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them;

KJV

And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְיַפְקֵ֨דve.yaf.Kedand let him appointH6485 →
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
פְּקִידִים֮pe.ki.DimappointeesH6496 →
בְּכָל־be.kholin allH3605 →
מְדִינ֣וֹתme.di.Not[the] provinces ofH4082 →
מַלְכוּתוֹ֒mal.khu.Tokingdom hisH4438 →
וְיִקְבְּצ֣וּve.yik.be.Tzuand let them gatherH6908 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
נַעֲרָֽה־na.'a.rah-girlH5291 →
בְ֠תוּלָהVe.tu.lahvirginH1330 →
טוֹבַ֨תto.Vatgood ofH2896 →
מַרְאֶ֜הmar.'EhappearanceH4758 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
שׁוּשַׁ֤ןshu.ShanSusaH7800 →
הַבִּירָה֙ha.bi.Rahthe citadelH1002 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004 →
הַנָּשִׁ֔יםha.na.Shimthe womenH802 →
אֶל־'el-intoH413 →
יַ֥דyad[the] hand ofH3027 →
הֵגֶ֛אhe.Ge'HegaiH1896 →
סְרִ֥יסse.Ris[the] eunuch ofH5631 →
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
שֹׁמֵ֣רsho.Mer[the] keeperH8104 →
הַנָּשִׁ֑יםha.na.Shimof the womenH802 →
וְנָת֖וֹןve.na.Tonand let him giveH5414 →
תַּמְרוּקֵיהֶֽן׃tam.ru.kei.Henrubbings theirH8562 →

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Esther 2:9And the young woman pleased him and obtained his favor, so he quickly provided her with beauty treatments and the special diet. He assigned to her seven select maidservants from the palace and transferred her with them to the best place in the harem.Esther 2:15Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.Esther 2:8When the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace and placed under the care of Hegai, the custodian of the women.Ezra 4:9From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the judges and officials over Tripolis, Persia, Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,Esther 2:5Now there was at the citadel of Susa a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish.Esther 2:12–15In 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.Esther 1:1–2This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.Esther 2:8–9When the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace and placed under the care of Hegai, the custodian of the women.Esther 2:16She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.Esther 8:14The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa.Esther 1:2In those days King Xerxes sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.Isaiah 3:18–23In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents;

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