Esther 2:7

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
up	אֹמֵ֜ן 'o.Men	H539	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
Hadassah	הֲדַסָּ֗ה ha.da.Sah	H1919	Hadassah (or Esther) · proper noun, a woman's name
Esther	אֶסְתֵּר֙ 'es.Ter	H635	Ester · proper noun, a woman's name
uncle’s	דֹּד֔וֹ do.Do	H1730	(figuratively) to love · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
daughter	בַּת bat-	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · noun, common feminine singular construct
father	אָ֣ב 'av	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular absolute
mother	וָאֵ֑ם va.'Em	H517	a mother (as the bond of the family) · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
maid	וְהַנַּעֲרָ֤ה ve.ha.na.'a.Rah	H5291	a girl (from infancy to adolescence) · conjunction + definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
fair	יְפַת ye.fat-	H3303	beautiful (literally or figuratively) · adjective, feminine singular construct
beautiful	וְטוֹבַ֣ת ve.to.Vat	H2896	good (as an adjective) in the widest sense · conjunction + adjective, feminine singular construct
Mordecai	מָרְדֳּכַ֛י ma.re.do.Khai	H4782	Mordecai · proper noun, a man's name
father	אָבִ֙יהָ֙ 'a.Vi.ha	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
mother	וְאִמָּ֔הּ ve.'i.Mah	H517	a mother (as the bond of the family) · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
dead	וּבְמ֤וֹת u.ve.Mot	H4194	death (natural or violent) · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
took	לְקָחָ֧הּ le.ka.Chah	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
daughter	לְבַֽת le.Vat	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Esther 2:15 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 k…
Esther 1:11 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.
2 Corinthians 6:18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
Ephesians 6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Genesis 48:5 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…
Jeremiah 32:7-12 Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemp…
1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not,…
Daniel 1:6-7 Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 2:1-20

How God put down one that was high and mighty from her seat we read in the chapter before, and are now to be told how he exalted one of low degree, as the virgin Mary observes in her song (Luk 1:52) and Hannah before her, Sa1 2:4-8. Vashti being humbled for her height, Esther is advanced for her humility. Observe, I. The extravagant course that was taken to please the king with another wife instead of Vashti. Josephus says that when his anger was over he was exceedingly grieved that the matter was carried so far, and would have been reconciled to Vashti but that, by the constitution of the government, the judgment was irrevocable - that therefore, to make him forget her, they contrived how t…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 2:5

Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew--Mordecai held some office about the court. But his "sitting at the king's gate" (Est 2:21) does not necessarily imply that he was in the humble condition of a porter; for, according to an institute of Cyrus, all state officers were required to wait in the outer courts till they were summoned into the presence chamber. He might, therefore, have been a person of some official dignity. This man had an orphan cousin, born during the exile, under his care, who being distinguished by great personal beauty, was one of the young damsels taken into the royal harem on this occasion. She had the good fortune at once to gain the good will of the chief e…

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Adam Clarke on Esther 2:7

He brought up Hadassah - הדשה hadassah signifies a myrtle in Chaldee: this was probably her first or Babylonish name. When she came to the Persian court, she was called Esther, aster, or sitara, which signifies a star in Persian: the name is undoubtedly Persian. Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle of Mordecai, and therefore must have been Mordecai's cousin, though the Vulgate and Josephus make her Mordecai's niece: but it is safest here to follow the Hebrew.

John Gill

Dictionary and topics

Adoption — The giving to any one the name and place and privileges of a son who is not a son by birth. (1.) Natural. Thus Pharaoh’s daughter adopted Moses (Ex. 2:10), and Mordecai Esther (Esther 2:7). (2.)…
Esther — The queen of Ahasuerus, and heroine of the book that bears her name. She was a Jewess named Hadas’sah (the myrtle), but when she entered the royal harem she received the name by which she henceforth…
Hadassah — Myrtle, the Jewish name of Esther (q.v.), Esther 2:7.
Adoption · .Of Esther — .Of Esther
Beauty · .Esther — .Esther
Chamberlain · An officer of a king — An officer of a king
Esther · Niece of Mor — Niece of Mor
Fatherless · Exemplified: Esther — Exemplified: Esther
Hadassah · The Jewish name of Esther — The Jewish name of Esther
Kindness · .Mor — .Mor
Mordecai · Foster father of Esther — Foster father of Esther
Orphan · .Esther — .Esther

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Esther 2:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 2:1-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 2:5

Adam Clarke on Esther 2:7

John Gill

Dictionary and topics

Esther 2:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 2:1-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 2:5

Adam Clarke on Esther 2:7

John Gill

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Esther 2:5-7

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Esther 2:7

Rashi on Esther 2:7