Esther 2:12
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Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)In 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.
In other translations
Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)In 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.
Hebrew words
וּבְהַגִּיעַuvehagia'and when arrivedH5060תֹּרtor[the] turn ofH8447נַעֲרָהna'araha young womanH5291וְנַעֲרָהvena'arahand a young womanH5291לָבוֹא׀lavo'to goH935אֶל־'el-toH413הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ'achashverooshAhasuerusH325מִקֵּץmiketzfrom [the] endH7093הֱיוֹתheyotto beH1961לָהּlahfor <the> herכְּדָתkedataccording to [the] regulation ofH1881הַנָּשִׁיםhanashimthe womenH802שְׁנֵיםsheneimtwo [plus]H8147עָשָׂר'asartenH6240חֹדֶשׁchodeshmonth[s]H2320כִּיkiforH3588כֵּןkenthusH3651יִמְלְאוּyimle'uthey were completedH4390יְמֵיyemei[the] days ofH3117מְרוּקֵיהֶןmerukeihenrubbings theirH4795שִׁשָּׁהshishahsixH8337חֳדָשִׁיםchodashimmonthsH2320בְּשֶׁמֶןbeshemenwith [the] oil ofH8081הַמֹּרhamor<the> myrrhH4753וְשִׁשָּׁהveshishahand sixH8337חֳדָשִׁיםchodashimmonthsH2320בַּבְּשָׂמִיםbabesamimwith <the> balsam oilH1314וּבְתַמְרוּקֵיuvetamrukeiand with [the] rubbings ofH8562הַנָּשִׁים׃hanashim<the> womenH802
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Related verses
- Proverbs 7:17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:4-54 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:4 each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, 5 not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
- Isaiah 57:9And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.
- Song of Solomon 3:6Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?
- Luke 7:37-3837 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, 38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.37 When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume. 38 As she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears and wipe them with her hair. Then she kissed His feet and anointed them with the perfume.
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People and places
People: Ahasuerus