Esther 2:4 BSB — MannaFest

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14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהַֽנַּעֲרָ֗ה	ve.ha.na.'a.Rah	and the young woman	H5291 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
תִּיטַב֙	ti.Tav	she will be good	H3190 →
בְּעֵינֵ֣י	be.'ei.Nei	in [the] eyes of	H5869 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
תִּמְלֹ֖ךְ	tim.Lokh	she will reign	H4427 →
תַּ֣חַת	Ta.chat	in place of	H8478 →
וַשְׁתִּ֑י	vash.Ti	Vashti	H2060 →
וַיִּיטַ֧ב	vai.yi.Tav	and it was good	H3190 →
הַדָּבָ֛ר	ha.da.Var	the word	H1697 →
בְּעֵינֵ֥י	be.'ei.Nei	in [the] eyes of	H5869 →
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
וַיַּ֥עַשׂ	vai.Ya.'as	and he did	H6213 →
כֵּֽן׃ ס	Ken	thus	H3651 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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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.

Through
Matthew 22:14
For many are called, but few are chosen.”
leads to
- 2 Peter 1:10
  Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,
- Luke 13:23–24
  “Lord,” someone asked Him, “will only a few people be saved?” Jesus answered,
- Revelation 17:14
  They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen…
- Matthew 7:13–14
  Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
- Matthew 20:16
  So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
Through
Matthew 20:16
So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
leads to
- Matthew 19:30
  But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.
- Mark 10:31
  But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”
- Matthew 22:14
  For many are called, but few are chosen.”

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.

Matthew 14:6On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod Matthew 20:16So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”1 Kings 1:3Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.Esther 3:9–10If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”Esther 1:21The king and his princes were pleased with this counsel; so the king did as Memucan had advised.Matthew 22:14For many are called, but few are chosen.”2 Samuel 17:4This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.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.Genesis 45:16When the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.2 Samuel 16:21–23Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”2 Samuel 13:4–6so he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

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