Esther 2:7
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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.And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her in as his own daughter.
In other translations
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.And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her in as his own daughter.
Hebrew words
וַיְהִיvayhiand he wasH1961אֹמֵן'omenraisingH539אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הֲדַסָּהhadasahHadassahH1919הִיאhi'thatH1931אֶסְתֵּר'ester[is] EstherH635בַּת־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323דֹּדוֹdodouncle hisH1730כִּיkiforH3588אֵין'einnotH369לָהּlah[belonged] to <the> herאָב'ava fatherH1וָאֵםva'emand a motherH517וְהַנַּעֲרָהvehana'arahand the young womanH5291יְפַת־yefat-[was] beautiful ofH3303תֹּאַרto'arshapeH8389וְטוֹבַתvetovatand good ofH2896מַרְאֶהmar'ehappearanceH4758וּבְמוֹתuvemotand at [the] death ofH4194אָבִיהָ'avihafather herH1וְאִמָּהּve'imahand mother herH517לְקָחָהּlekachahhe took herH3947מָרְדֳּכַיmaredokhaiMordecaiH4782לוֹloof himלְבַת׃levatto a daughterH1323
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Related verses
- Esther 2:15Now 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 chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.
- Esther 1:11To 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.to bring Queen Vashti before him, wearing her royal crown, to display her beauty to the people and officials. For she was beautiful to behold.
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- Genesis 48:5And 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.And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
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