Esther

Esther 2:16

¹⁶She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth,^c in the seventh year of his reign.

Footnotes

c 2:16 Tebeth is the tenth month of the Hebrew lunar calendar, usually occurring within the months of December and January.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
She	אֶסְתֵּ֜ר	’es·têr	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H635 Esther
was taken	וַתִּלָּקַ֨ח	wat·til·lā·qaḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H3947 take
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
King	הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
Xerxes	אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙	’ă·ḥaš·wê·rō·wōš	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H325 Ahasuerus
in	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the royal	מַלְכוּת֔וֹ	mal·ḵū·ṯōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H4438 royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom
palace	בֵּ֣ית	bêṯ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
in the tenth	הָעֲשִׂירִ֖י	hā·‘ă·śî·rî	Article; Number - ordinal masculine singular	H6224 tenth
month	בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ	ba·ḥō·ḏeš	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2320 (newness), new moon, month
the month	חֹ֣דֶשׁ	ḥō·ḏeš	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2320 (newness), new moon, month
of Tebeth	טֵבֵ֑ת	ṭê·ḇêṯ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H2887 Tebeth
in the seventh	שֶׁ֖בַע	še·ḇa‘	Number - feminine singular	H7651 seven
year	בִּשְׁנַת־	biš·naṯ-	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H8141 year
of his reign	לְמַלְכוּתֽוֹ׃	lə·mal·ḵū·ṯōw	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H4438 royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.