Esther 2:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus into his royal house in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתִּלָּקַ֨ח אֶסְתֵּ֜ר אֶל־הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית מַלְכוּת֔וֹ בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ הָעֲשִׂירִ֖י הוּא־חֹ֣דֶשׁ טֵבֵ֑ת בִּשְׁנַת־שֶׁ֖בַע לְמַלְכוּתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And-tillāqaḥ ʾestēr to-the-meleḵ ʾăḥašwērôš to-bêṯ malḵûṯô in-the-ḥōdeš the-tenth it-ḥōdeš ṭēḇēṯ in-šənaṯ-seven to-malḵûṯô.

Grammar Details

• *tillāqaḥ*: verb, niphal imperfect with vav consecutive, 3rd feminine singular - and she was taken
• *ʾestēr*: proper noun - Esther
• *meleḵ*: noun, masculine singular - king
• *ʾăḥašwērôš*: proper noun - Ahasuerus/Xerxes
• *bêṯ*: noun, masculine singular construct - house of
• *malḵûṯô*: noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his reign
• *ḥōdeš*: noun, masculine singular - month
• *ṭēḇēṯ*: proper noun - Tebeth
• *šənaṯ*: noun, feminine singular construct - year of

Word Meanings

• *tillāqaḥ*: was taken/was brought
• *bêṯ*: house/palace
• *malḵûṯô*: his royal house/his kingdom/his royal residence
• *ḥōdeš*: month/new moon
• *šənaṯ*: year

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  So ther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  So Esther{H635} was taken{H3947} unto king{H4428} Ahasuerus{H325} into his house{H1004} royal{H4438} in the tenth{H6224} month,{H2320} which is the month{H2320} Tebeth,{H2887} in the seventh{H7651} year{H8141} of his reign.{H4438}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  So Esther{H635} was taken{H3947}{(H8735)} unto king{H4428} Ahasuerus{H325} into his house{H1004} royal{H4438} in the tenth{H6224} month{H2320}, which is the month{H2320} Tebeth{H2887}, in the seventh{H7651} year{H8141} of his reign{H4438}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Hester was taken vnto kynge Ahasuerus in to the house royall, in the tenth moneth which is called Tebeth, in the seuenthe yeare of his reigne.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So Ester was taken vnto King Ahashuerosh into his house royall in the tenth moneth, which is the moneth Tebeth, in the seuenth yeere of his reigne.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Esther was taken vnto king Ahasuerus into his house royall, in the tenth moneth (which is the moneth Tebeth) in the seuenth yere of his raigne.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which [is] the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  So Esther was taken to king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Esther is taken unto the king Ahasuerus, unto his royal house, in the tenth month -- it `is' the month of Tebeth -- in the seventh year of his reign,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So Esther was taken in to King Ahasuerus in his house in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his rule.

• World English Bible (2000)

  So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus into his royal house in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus at his royal residence in the tenth month(that is, the month of Tebeth) in the seventh year of his reign.

Referenced Verses

• Ezra 7:8 : 8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
• Esth 2:1 : 1 After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
• Esth 2:3 : 3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the beautiful young virgins to Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, under the custody of Hegai the king's eunuch, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them.
• Esth 8:9 : 9 Then the king's scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the governors and officials and rulers of the provinces from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to its script, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing and language.