ESTHER 2:4

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.”

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Esther 2:4 Translation & Meaning

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And let the maiden וְהַֽנַּעֲרָ֗ה A girl (from infancy to adolescence) let maiden
which אֲשֶׁ֤ר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc which
pleaseth תִּיטַב֙ To be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right) pleaseth
the king הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ A king king
be queen תִּמְלֹ֖ךְ To reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty queen
instead תַּ֣חַת The bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc instead
of Vashti. וַשְׁתִּ֑י Vashti, the queen of Xerxes Vashti
And the thing הַדָּבָ֛ר A word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause thing
pleased וַיִּיטַ֧ב To be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right) pleased
the king; הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ A king king
and he did so. וַיַּ֥עַשׂ To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application did

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  • 2  Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:

  • 3  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:

  • 4  And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

  • 5  Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;

  • 6  Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.




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