Esther 2:7
Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
דּוֹד
dôwd
(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
שִׁפְחָה
shiphchâh
a female slave (as a member of the household)
יָפֶה
yâpheh
beautiful (literally or figuratively)
תִּפְאָרָה
tiphʼârâh
ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
דּוֹד dôwd
(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
Study H1730 →תִּפְאָרָה tiphʼârâh
ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively)
Study H8597 →אֵם ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Study H517 →אֵם ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Study H517 →בַּת bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Study H1323 →Cross References
Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberl...
To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
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