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title: אֶסְתֵּר — Esther · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶסְתֵּר (635), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 55 times: Esther. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. Esther. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶסְתֵּר

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«אֶסְתֵּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Esther** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 55 times · **Key:** 635 · **BDB:** אֶסְתֵּר

### Glosses

Esther (45); of.Esther (7); O.Esther (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Esther [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/635/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. Esther [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/635/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. Esther (Pers. stâra, star)—daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of tribe of Benjamin; made queen in Vashti’s place by Ahasuerus; her Jewish name הֲדַסָּה q.v. Est 2:7, 8, 10, 11, 15(×2), 16, 17 + 47 times Est.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶסְתֵּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/635/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Esther 4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.4.12/)

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וַיַּגִּ֣ידוּ לְמָרְדֳּכָ֔י אֵ֖ת דִּבְרֵ֥י אֶסְתֵּֽר׃פ

*Word for word:* and they.told to Mordecai (et) the.words of.Esther

*JPS 1917:* And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.

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[Esther 4:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.4.15/)

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וַתֹּ֥אמֶר אֶסְתֵּ֖ר לְהָשִׁ֥יב אֶֽל־מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃

*Word for word:* and she.said Esther to bring.back to Mordecai

*JPS 1917:* Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai:

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