Esther 2:16

Esther was brought to King Ahasuerus (Xerxes), to his royal house, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tevet (December/January), in the 7th year of the king’s reign.
[Esther becomes queen in December 479 BC or January 478 BC, four years after the deposition of the previous queen Vashti. Esther takes office either at the end of Persia’s second war with the Greeks or during the course of it. The invasion began in the spring of 480 BC.]

The hebrew text BETA

Hebrew Masoretic text (MA), Read from right to left

וַתִּלָּקַח   אֶסְתֵּר   אֶל   הַמֶּלֶךְ   אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ   אֶל   בֵּית   מַלְכוּתוֹ   בַּחֹדֶשׁ   הָעֲשִׂירִי   הוּא   חֹדֶשׁ   טֵבֵת   בִּשְׁנַת   שֶׁבַע   לְמַלְכוּתוֹ  

Greek Septuagint (LXX), Read from left to right

καὶ εἰσῆλθεν Εσθηρ πρὸς Ἀρταξέρξην τὸν βασιλέα τῷ δωδεκάτῳ μηνί ὅς ἐστιν Αδαρ τῷ ἑβδόμῳ ἔτει τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ


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Strongs nr Hebrew English Grammar Code
H9001
H3947
וַ (va)
תִּלָּקַ֨ח (tilaqach)
seq
to take
Conj. Conjunktion

Verb Verb
niphal wayyiqtol 3p sing. niphal wayyiqtol (sequential imperfect) third person feminine singular

c
VNw3fs
H0635
אֶסְתֵּ֜ר (eseter)
Esther
Noun Noun
feminine
Name/Place name/place

Npf
H0413
H9014
אֶל (el-)
־
to(wards)
link
Prep. Preposition

R
H9009
H4428
הַ (ha)
מֶּ֤לֶךְ (melekhe)
the
king
Particle Particle (Definite Article)

Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

Td
Ncbsa
H0325
אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙ (achashevervósh)
Ahasuerus
Noun Noun
masculine
Name/Place name/place

Npm
H0413
H9014
אֶל (el-)
־
to(wards)
link
Prep. Preposition

R
H1004b
בֵּ֣ית (beit)
house
Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. gen. masculine och feminine singular Construct state

Ncbsc
H4438
H9023
מַלְכוּת֔ (malekhot)
וֹ (vó)
royalty
his
Noun Noun
sing. gen. feminine singular Construct state

Suffix Suffix
pron. 3p sing. Pronominal third person masculine singular

Ncfsc
Sp3ms
H9003
H2320
בַּ (ba)
חֹ֥דֶשׁ (chódesh)
in
month
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

Rd
Ncbsa
H9009
H6224
הָ (ha)
עֲשִׂירִ֖י (asiri)
the
tenth
Particle Particle (Definite Article)

Adj. Adjective
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

Td
Aobsa
H1931
H9014
הוּא (ho-)
־
he
Pron. Pron.
personal 3p sing. personal third person masculine singular

Pp3ms
H2320
חֹ֣דֶשׁ (chódesh)
month
Noun Noun
♂/♀ sing. gen. masculine och feminine singular Construct state

Ncbsc
H2887
טֵבֵ֑ת (tevet)
Tebeth
Noun Noun
Name/Place name/place

Npt
H9003
H8141
H9014
בִּ (bi)
שְׁנַת (shenat-)
־
in
year
link
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
sing. gen. feminine singular Construct state

R
Ncfsc
H7651
שֶׁ֖בַע (sheva)
seven
Adj. Adjective
♂/♀ sing. masculine och feminine singular Absolute state

Acbsa
H9005
H4438
H9023
H9016
לְ (le)
מַלְכוּתֽ (malekhot)
וֹ (vó)
׃
to
royalty
his
verseEnd
Prep. Preposition

Noun Noun
sing. gen. feminine singular Construct state

Suffix Suffix
pron. 3p sing. Pronominal third person masculine singular

R
Ncfsc
Sp3ms

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