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Esther 2:17

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Masoretic Text 1524

H157 loved ויאהב

H4428 And the king המלך

H853 את

H635 Esther אסתר

H3605 מכל

H802 the women הנשׁים

H5375 and she obtained ותשׂא

H2580 grace חן

H2617 and favour וחסד

H6440 in his sight לפניו

H3605 מכל

H1330 the virgins הבתולות

H7760 so that he set וישׂם

H3804 crown כתר

H4438 the royal מלכות

H7218 upon her head בראשׁה

H4427 and made her queen וימליכה

H8478 instead תחת

H2060 of Vashti ושׁתי׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

that

H7760 set

the

H4438 royal

H3804 crown

upon

her

H7218 head

and

made

her

H4427 queen

H8478 instead

H2060 Vashti

H1330 virgins

the

H4480 all

than

H6440 sight

his

H2617 favour

and

H2580 grace

H5375 obtained

she

and

H802 women

the

H4480 all

above

H635 Esther

H157 loved

H4428 king

the

And

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H157

Hebrew: אָהַב

Transliteration: ʼâhab

Pronunciation: aw-hab'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: (be-) love ({-d} {-ly} {-r}) {like} friend.

Definition:

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

1. to love

a. (Qal)

1. human love for another, includes family, and sexual

2. human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom

3. human love for or to God

4. act of being a friend 1a

b. lover (participle) 1a

c. friend (participle)

1. God's love toward man 1a

d. to individual men 1a

e. to people Israel 1a

f. to righteousness

g. (Niphal)

1. lovely (participle)

2. loveable (participle)

h. (Piel)

1. friends

2. lovers (fig. of adulterers)

2. to like

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906