And he brought up
'aman (aw-man')
to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain
Hadassah
Hadaccah (had-as-saw')
Hadassah (or Esther) -- Hadassah.
that is Esther
'Ecter (es-tare')
Ester, the Jewish heroine -- Esther.
his uncle's
dowd (dode)
from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e. (figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
daughter
bath (bath)
apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, first, old, owl, town, village.
for she had neither father
'ab (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
nor mother
'em (ame)
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively) -- dam, mother, parting.
and the maid
na`arah (nah-ar-aw')
a girl (from infancy to adolescence) -- damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).
was fair
yapheh (yaw-feh')
beautiful -- + beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), + goodly, pleasant, well.
to'ar (to'-ar)
outline, i.e. figure or appearance -- + beautiful, comely, countenance, + fair, favoured, form, goodly, resemble, visage.
and beautiful
towb (tobe)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun
mar'eh (mar-eh')
a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision
whom Mordecai
Mordkay (mor-dek-ah'-ee)
Mordecai, an Israelite -- Mordecai.
when her father
'ab (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
and mother
'em (ame)
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively) -- dam, mother, parting.
were dead
maveth (maw'-veth)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin -- (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).
took
laqach (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
for his own daughter
bath (bath)
apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, first, old, owl, town, village.
