וַיֶּֽאֱהַ֨ב1 of 19
“loved”
H157to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ2 of 19
“And the king”
H4428a king
אֶת3 of 19
H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
אֶסְתֵּר֙4 of 19
“Esther”
H635ester, the jewish heroine
מִכָּל5 of 19
H3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
הַנָּשִׁ֔ים6 of 19
“above all the women”
H802a woman
וַתִּשָּׂא7 of 19
“and she obtained”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
חֵ֥ן8 of 19
“grace”
H2580graciousness, i.e., subjective (kindness, favor) or objective (beauty)
וָחֶ֛סֶד9 of 19
“and favour”
H2617kindness; by implication (towards god) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
לְפָנָ֖יו10 of 19
“in his sight”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
מִכָּל11 of 19
H3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
הַבְּתוּלֹ֑ת12 of 19
“more than all the virgins”
H1330a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state
וַיָּ֤שֶׂם13 of 19
“so that he set”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
כֶּֽתֶר14 of 19
“crown”
H3804properly, a circlet, i.e., a diadem
מַלְכוּת֙15 of 19
“the royal”
H4438a rule; concretely, a dominion
בְּרֹאשָׁ֔הּ16 of 19
“upon her head”
H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
וַיַּמְלִיכֶ֖הָ17 of 19
“and made her queen”
H4427to reign; hence (by implication) to take counsel
תַּ֥חַת18 of 19
H8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
וַשְׁתִּֽי׃19 of 19
“instead of Vashti”
H2060vashti, the queen of xerxes