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OET interlinear EST 2:14

◄ ← EST 2:14 ↓ → ► ║ ≡ ©

Hebrew word order

    1. Hebrew word
    2. Hebrew lemma
    3. OET-LV words
    4. OET-RV words
    5. Strongs
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. Gloss
    8. CAPS codes
    9. OET tags
    10. OET word #
    1. בָּ,עֶרֶב
    2. 331015,331016
    3. In evening
    4. evening
    5. 6153
    6. S-Rd,Ncmsa
    7. in,evening
    8. S
    9. Y-458
    10. 229266
    2. 331017
    3. -
    4. -
    6. -x-paseq
    8. -
    9. -
    10. 229267
    1. הִיא
    2. 331018
    3. she
    4. -
    5. 1931
    6. S-Pp3fs
    7. she
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229268
    1. בָאָה
    2. 331019
    3. +was going
    4. -
    5. 935
    6. V-Vqrfsa
    7. [was]_going
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229269
    1. וּ,בַ,בֹּקֶר
    2. 331020,331021,331022
    3. and in morning
    4. morning
    5. 1242
    6. S-C,Rd,Ncmsa
    7. and,in,morning
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229270
    1. הִיא
    2. 331023
    3. she
    4. -
    5. 1931
    6. S-Pp3fs
    7. she
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229271
    1. שָׁבָה
    2. 331024
    3. +was returning
    4. -
    5. 7725
    6. V-Vqrfsa
    7. [was]_returning
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229272
    1. אֶל
    2. 331025
    3. to
    4. -
    5. 413
    6. S-R
    7. to
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229273
    2. 331026
    3. -
    4. -
    6. -x-maqqef
    8. -
    9. -
    10. 229274
    1. בֵּית
    2. 331027
    3. the house of
    4. house
    6. S-Ncmsc
    7. the_house_of
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229275
    1. הַ,נָּשִׁים
    2. 331028,331029
    3. the women
    4. women
    5. 802
    6. S-Td,Ncfpa
    7. of,the_women
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229276
    1. שֵׁנִי
    2. 331030
    3. second
    4. -
    5. 8145
    6. S-Aomsa
    7. second
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229277
    1. אֶל
    2. 331031
    3. into
    4. -
    5. 413
    6. S-R
    7. into
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229278
    2. 331032
    3. -
    4. -
    6. -x-maqqef
    8. -
    9. -
    10. 229279
    1. יַד
    2. 331033
    3. the hand of
    4. -
    5. 3027
    6. S-Ncbsc
    7. the_hand_of
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229280
    1. שַֽׁעֲשְׁגַז
    2. 331034
    3. Shaashgaz
    4. Shaashgaz
    5. 8190
    6. S-Np
    7. of_Shaashgaz
    8. -
    9. Person=Shaashgaz; Y-458
    10. 229281
    1. סְרִיס
    2. 331035
    3. the eunuch of
    4. -
    5. 5631
    6. S-Ncmsc
    7. the_eunuch_of
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229282
    1. הַ,מֶּלֶךְ
    2. 331036,331037
    3. the king
    4. -
    5. 4428
    6. S-Td,Ncmsa
    7. the=king
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229283
    1. שֹׁמֵר
    2. 331038
    3. the one who kept of
    4. -
    5. 8104
    6. V-Vqrmsc
    7. [the_one_who]_kept_of
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229284
    1. הַ,פִּילַגְשִׁים
    2. 331039,331040
    3. the concubines
    4. concubines
    5. 6370
    6. O-Td,Ncfpa
    7. the,concubines
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229285
    1. לֹא
    2. 331041
    3. not
    4. -
    5. 3808
    6. S-Tn
    7. not
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229286
    2. 331042
    3. -
    4. -
    6. -x-maqqef
    8. -
    9. -
    10. 229287
    1. תָבוֹא
    2. 331043
    3. she went
    4. -
    5. 935
    6. V-Vqi3fs
    7. she_went
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229288
    1. עוֹד
    2. 331044
    3. again
    4. again
    5. 5750
    6. S-D
    7. again
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229289
    1. אֶל
    2. 331045
    3. into
    4. -
    5. 413
    6. S-R
    7. into
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229290
    2. 331046
    3. -
    4. -
    6. -x-maqqef
    8. -
    9. -
    10. 229291
    1. הַ,מֶּלֶךְ
    2. 331047,331048
    3. the king
    4. -
    5. 4428
    6. S-Td,Ncmsa
    7. the=king
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229292
    1. כִּי
    2. 331049
    3. if/because
    4. -
    6. S-C
    7. if/because
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229293
    1. אִם
    2. 331050
    3. (if)
    4. -
    6. S-C
    7. (if)
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229294
    2. 331051
    3. -
    4. -
    6. -x-maqqef
    8. -
    9. -
    10. 229295
    1. חָפֵץ
    2. 331052
    3. he delighted
    4. -
    6. V-Vqp3ms
    7. he_delighted
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229296
    1. בָּ,הּ
    2. 331053,331054
    3. in her
    4. her
    6. S-R,Sp3fs
    7. in,her
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229297
    1. הַ,מֶּלֶךְ
    2. 331055,331056
    3. the king
    4. -
    5. 4428
    6. S-Td,Ncmsa
    7. the=king
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229298
    1. וְ,נִקְרְאָה
    2. 331057,331058
    3. and she was summoned
    4. summoned
    5. 7121
    6. SV-C,VNp3fs
    7. and,she_was_summoned
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229299
    1. בְ,שֵׁם
    2. 331059,331060
    3. by name
    4. name
    5. 8034
    6. S-R,Ncmsa
    7. by,name
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229300
    2. 331061
    3. -
    4. -
    6. -x-sof-pasuq
    8. -
    9. -
    10. 229301

OET (OET-LV) In_evening she was_going and_in_morning she was_returning to the_house_of the_women second into the_hand_of Shaashgaz the_eunuch_of the_king the_one_who_kept_of the_concubines not she_went again into the_king if/because (if) he_delighted in_her the_king and_she_was_summoned by_name.

OET (OET-RV) She’d be taken across in the evening, and in the morning she’d be led out to the other harem which was for the concubines. (That harem was overseen by Shaashgaz, another castrated royal guardian.) The women taken there wouldn’t go again to the king’s house unless he had especially liked them and summoned her back by name.

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 2:1–18: The king chose a new queen

Some time later the king decided to choose a new queen to replace Vashti. Many beautiful girls were brought to the palace and Esther was among them. When her turn came to go to the king, he liked her better than any other girl, so he chose her to be his new queen.

Paragraph 2:12–14

This paragraph contains background information. It gives general details of how the girls were prepared for the king.

2:14a

She would go there in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem

a second harem: See note on 2:3b. Apparently, the harem was divided into two parts. The first part was for the girls who were waiting to go to the king; the second part was for those who had spent the night with him and so had become his concubines.

2:14b

under the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch in charge of the concubines.

2:14c

She would not return to the king unless he delighted in her and summoned her by name.

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

הִ֣יא בָאָ֗ה

she/it go

She would not walk over on her own. Rather, the king’s servants would come and bring her to the king’s private quarters, in the way that they were told to bring Vashti to the banquet in [1:11](../01/11.md). you could say this explicitly if it would help your readers to understand the story.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וּ֠⁠בַ⁠בֹּקֶר הִ֣יא שָׁבָ֞ה

(Some words not found in UHB: in,evening she/it go and,in,morning she/it return to/towards house_of of,the_women second to/towards custody_of Shaashgaz eunuch_of the=king he/it_was_watching the,concubines not go_in again/more to/towards the=king that/for/because/then/when if delighted in,her the=king and,she_was_summoned by,name )

It is implied that this is the following morning. This information can be made clear. Once again, she would not go on her own. Alternate translation: [the next morning the king’s servants would bring her to]

Note 3 topic: translate-ordinal

בֵּ֤ית הַ⁠נָּשִׁים֙ שֵׁנִ֔י

(Some words not found in UHB: in,evening she/it go and,in,morning she/it return to/towards house_of of,the_women second to/towards custody_of Shaashgaz eunuch_of the=king he/it_was_watching the,concubines not go_in again/more to/towards the=king that/for/because/then/when if delighted in,her the=king and,she_was_summoned by,name )

Alternate translation: [a different house for women] or [the harem for concubines]

אֶל־יַ֧ד שַֽׁעֲשְׁגַ֛ז סְרִ֥יס הַ⁠מֶּ֖לֶךְ שֹׁמֵ֣ר הַ⁠פִּֽילַגְשִׁ֑ים

to/towards to/towards custody_of to/towards (Some words not found in UHB: in,evening she/it go and,in,morning she/it return to/towards house_of of,the_women second to/towards custody_of Shaashgaz eunuch_of the=king he/it_was_watching the,concubines not go_in again/more to/towards the=king that/for/because/then/when if delighted in,her the=king and,she_was_summoned by,name )

Alternate translation: [where Shaashgaz, the king’s servant in charge of the concubines, would take care of her]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֶל־יַ֧ד שַֽׁעֲשְׁגַ֛ז סְרִ֥יס הַ⁠מֶּ֖לֶךְ שֹׁמֵ֣ר הַ⁠פִּֽילַגְשִׁ֑ים

to/towards to/towards custody_of to/towards (Some words not found in UHB: in,evening she/it go and,in,morning she/it return to/towards house_of of,the_women second to/towards custody_of Shaashgaz eunuch_of the=king he/it_was_watching the,concubines not go_in again/more to/towards the=king that/for/because/then/when if delighted in,her the=king and,she_was_summoned by,name )

Here, hand is a metaphor meaning power, control, or authority. Just as Hegai was the overseer of the virgins, Shaashgaz was the overseer of the concubines, so he would be the one responsible for Esther while she was in the harem for concubines. Alternate translation: [under the custody of Shaashgaz]

Note 5 topic: translate-names

שַֽׁעֲשְׁגַ֛ז

(Some words not found in UHB: in,evening she/it go and,in,morning she/it return to/towards house_of of,the_women second to/towards custody_of Shaashgaz eunuch_of the=king he/it_was_watching the,concubines not go_in again/more to/towards the=king that/for/because/then/when if delighted in,her the=king and,she_was_summoned by,name )

This is a man’s name.

Note 6 topic: translate-unknown

סְרִ֥יס הַ⁠מֶּ֖לֶךְ

eunuch_of (Some words not found in UHB: in,evening she/it go and,in,morning she/it return to/towards house_of of,the_women second to/towards custody_of Shaashgaz eunuch_of the=king he/it_was_watching the,concubines not go_in again/more to/towards the=king that/for/because/then/when if delighted in,her the=king and,she_was_summoned by,name )

See how you translated this term, eunuch, in [1:10](../01/10.md). You could say “royal” rather than “of the king.”

שֹׁמֵ֣ר הַ⁠פִּֽילַגְשִׁ֑ים

(Some words not found in UHB: in,evening she/it go and,in,morning she/it return to/towards house_of of,the_women second to/towards custody_of Shaashgaz eunuch_of the=king he/it_was_watching the,concubines not go_in again/more to/towards the=king that/for/because/then/when if delighted in,her the=king and,she_was_summoned by,name )

This means that Shaashgaz was the official who took care of the concubines or who was responsible for the concubines.

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

הַ⁠פִּֽילַגְשִׁ֑ים

(Some words not found in UHB: in,evening she/it go and,in,morning she/it return to/towards house_of of,the_women second to/towards custody_of Shaashgaz eunuch_of the=king he/it_was_watching the,concubines not go_in again/more to/towards the=king that/for/because/then/when if delighted in,her the=king and,she_was_summoned by,name )

As a concubine, the young woman was one of the king’s secondary wives. She would live in this harem for the rest of her life. She was not free to return to her family or to marry anybody else. If it would help your readers to understand the story, you could explain all or part of this to your readers here, if you did not do so in [2:12](../02/12.md) or [2:13](../02/13.md).

לֹא־תָב֥וֹא עוֹד֙ אֶל־הַ⁠מֶּ֔לֶךְ

not go_in again/more to/towards (Some words not found in UHB: in,evening she/it go and,in,morning she/it return to/towards house_of of,the_women second to/towards custody_of Shaashgaz eunuch_of the=king he/it_was_watching the,concubines not go_in again/more to/towards the=king that/for/because/then/when if delighted in,her the=king and,she_was_summoned by,name )

In [verse 12](../02/12.md), the Note mentioned that “go to the king” meant “have sexual relations with the king.” But for this occurrence of the expression, it is appropriate to use a more general phrase such as “visit the king” because there could be other, more social reasons for a further visit. The woman would now be a secondary wife, and the king would only send for her if he decided that he enjoyed being with her. Alternate translation: [She would not go and see the king again]

חָפֵ֥ץ בָּ֛⁠הּ

delighted (Some words not found in UHB: in,evening she/it go and,in,morning she/it return to/towards house_of of,the_women second to/towards custody_of Shaashgaz eunuch_of the=king he/it_was_watching the,concubines not go_in again/more to/towards the=king that/for/because/then/when if delighted in,her the=king and,she_was_summoned by,name )

This means that he “had enjoyed being with her” or that she “had pleased the king very much.”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וְ⁠נִקְרְאָ֥ה בְ⁠שֵֽׁם

and,she_was_summoned (Some words not found in UHB: in,evening she/it go and,in,morning she/it return to/towards house_of of,the_women second to/towards custody_of Shaashgaz eunuch_of the=king he/it_was_watching the,concubines not go_in again/more to/towards the=king that/for/because/then/when if delighted in,her the=king and,she_was_summoned by,name )

You can say this with an active form. For example, you can say, “and the king asked for her by name” or “and called for her by name.”

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

    1. OET-LV words
    2. OET-RV words
    3. Strongs
    4. Hebrew word
    5. Hebrew lemma
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. Gloss
    8. CAPS codes
    9. OET tags
    10. OET word #
    1. In evening
    2. evening
    3. 846,5781
    5. 331015,331016
    6. S-Rd,Ncmsa
    8. S
    9. Y-458
    10. 229266
    1. she
    2. -
    3. 1855
    5. 331018
    6. S-Pp3fs
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229268
    1. +was going
    2. -
    3. 1274
    5. 331019
    6. V-Vqrfsa
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229269
    1. and in morning
    2. morning
    3. 1987,846,1262
    5. 331020,331021,331022
    6. S-C,Rd,Ncmsa
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229270
    1. she
    2. -
    3. 1855
    5. 331023
    6. S-Pp3fs
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229271
    1. +was returning
    2. -
    3. 7951
    5. 331024
    6. V-Vqrfsa
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229272
    1. to
    2. -
    3. 369
    5. 331025
    6. S-R
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229273
    1. the house of
    2. house
    3. 1094
    5. 331027
    6. S-Ncmsc
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229275
    1. the women
    2. women
    3. 1893,290
    5. 331028,331029
    6. S-Td,Ncfpa
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229276
    1. second
    2. -
    3. 7633
    5. 331030
    6. S-Aomsa
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229277
    1. into
    2. -
    3. 369
    5. 331031
    6. S-R
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229278
    1. the hand of
    2. -
    3. 3204
    5. 331033
    6. S-Ncbsc
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229280
    1. Shaashgaz
    2. Shaashgaz
    3. 7747
    5. 331034
    6. S-Np
    8. -
    9. Person=Shaashgaz; Y-458
    10. 229281
    1. the eunuch of
    2. -
    3. 5466
    5. 331035
    6. S-Ncmsc
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229282
    1. the king
    2. -
    3. 1893,4308
    5. 331036,331037
    6. S-Td,Ncmsa
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229283
    1. the one who kept of
    2. -
    3. 7842
    5. 331038
    6. V-Vqrmsc
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229284
    1. the concubines
    2. concubines
    3. 1893,6222
    5. 331039,331040
    6. O-Td,Ncfpa
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229285
    1. not
    2. -
    3. 3835
    5. 331041
    6. S-Tn
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229286
    1. she went
    2. -
    3. 1274
    5. 331043
    6. V-Vqi3fs
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229288
    1. again
    2. again
    3. 6104
    5. 331044
    6. S-D
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229289
    1. into
    2. -
    3. 369
    5. 331045
    6. S-R
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229290
    1. the king
    2. -
    3. 1893,4308
    5. 331047,331048
    6. S-Td,Ncmsa
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229292
    1. if/because
    2. -
    3. 3482
    5. 331049
    6. S-C
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229293
    1. (if)
    2. -
    3. 280
    5. 331050
    6. S-C
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229294
    1. he delighted
    2. -
    3. 2603
    5. 331052
    6. V-Vqp3ms
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229296
    1. in her
    2. her
    3. 846,1978
    5. 331053,331054
    6. S-R,Sp3fs
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229297
    1. the king
    2. -
    3. 1893,4308
    5. 331055,331056
    6. S-Td,Ncmsa
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229298
    1. and she was summoned
    2. summoned
    3. 1987,6994
    5. 331057,331058
    6. SV-C,VNp3fs
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229299
    1. by name
    2. name
    3. 846,7629
    5. 331059,331060
    6. S-R,Ncmsa
    8. -
    9. Y-458
    10. 229300

OET (OET-LV) In_evening she was_going and_in_morning she was_returning to the_house_of the_women second into the_hand_of Shaashgaz the_eunuch_of the_king the_one_who_kept_of the_concubines not she_went again into the_king if/because (if) he_delighted in_her the_king and_she_was_summoned by_name.

OET (OET-RV) She’d be taken across in the evening, and in the morning she’d be led out to the other harem which was for the concubines. (That harem was overseen by Shaashgaz, another castrated royal guardian.) The women taken there wouldn’t go again to the king’s house unless he had especially liked them and summoned her back by name.

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.OET logo mark

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