Esther 9:6
Susa <07800> [Shushan.]
Esther 1:2
<03427> [sat.]
Susa <07800> [Shushan.]
Esther 9:11
brought <0935> [was brought. Heb. came.]
Esther 2:5
Susa <07800> [Shushan.]
Jewish man <03064 0376> [a certain Jew.]
son ..... son ... Shimei ... son <01121 08096> [the son of Shimei.]
Esther 3:15
scurried <01765> [hastened.]
sat down <03427> [sat down.]
city <05892> [the city.]
Esther 8:14
without delay <0926> [being hastened.]
Susa <07800> [Shushan.]
Esther 1:5
present <04672> [present. Heb. found. seven days.]
Esther 2:3
provinces <04082> [in all the provinces.]
gather <06908> [that they may gather.]
This was the usual way in which the harem, or {seraglio,} was furnished; the finest women in the land, whether of high or low birth, were sought out and brought to the harem. They all became the king's concubines; but one was raised as chief wife, or sultana, to the throne; and her issue was especially entitled to inherit.
authority <03027> [the custody. Heb. the hand. Hege.]
[Hegai. the king's chamberlain.]
{Saris hammelech,} "the king's eunuch:" so the LXX., Vulgate, Targum, and Syriac.
cosmetics <08562> [their things.]
Esther 2:8
Hegai ................ Hegai <01896> [Hegai.]
One of Dr. Kennicott's MSS., instead of Hegai has Heg‚, as in ver. 3.
Esther 9:12
request <07596> [what is thy petition.]
