Esther 2:4
and the young woman who is good in the eyes of the king doth reign instead of Vashti;' and the thing is good in the eyes of the king, and he doth so.This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- וַשְׁתִּיVashtîyVashti, the queen of Xerxes
- נַעֲרָהnaʻărâha girl (from infancy to adolescence)
- יָטַבyâṭabto be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successf
- מָלַךְmâlakto reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (b
- עַיִןʻayinan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- דָּבָרdâbâra word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- מֶלֶךְmeleka king
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Mat 14:6, Mat 20:16, Mat 22:14, Est 3:9–10, Est 1:21, 2Sa 17:4, 2Sa 16:21–23, 2Sa 13:4–6