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So it came to pass when the king's melek (meh'-lek) a king -- king, royal. commandment dabar (daw-baw') a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause and his decree dath (dawth) a royal edict or statute -- commandment, commission, decree, law, manner. was heard shama` (shaw-mah') to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) and when many rab (rab) abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality) maidens na`arah (nah-ar-aw') a girl (from infancy to adolescence) -- damsel, maid(-en), young (woman). were gathered together qabats (kaw-bats') to grasp, i.e. collect -- assemble (selves), gather (bring) (together, selves together, up), heap, resort, surely, take up. unto Shushan Shuwshan (shoo-shan') Shushan, a place in Persia -- Shushan. the palace biyrah (bee-raw') a castle or palace -- palace. to the custody yad (yawd) a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), of Hegai Hege' (hay-gay') Hege or Hegai, a eunuch of Xerxes -- Hegai, Hege. that Esther 'Ecter (es-tare') Ester, the Jewish heroine -- Esther. was brought laqach (law-kakh') to take (in the widest variety of applications) also unto the king's melek (meh'-lek) a king -- king, royal. house bayith (bah'-yith) a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) to the custody yad (yawd) a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), of Hegai Hege' (hay-gay') Hege or Hegai, a eunuch of Xerxes -- Hegai, Hege. keeper shamar (shaw-mar') to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc. of the women 'ishshah (ish-shaw') irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman |
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