OET interlinear EST 2:7

uW Translation Notes:

וַ⁠יְהִ֨י

and=he/it_was

The story now returns to talking about Mordecai. If it is helpful for your readers, you can specify his name, saying, “Now, Mordecai.”

בַּת־דֹּד֔⁠וֹ

daughter_of his_uncle_of,of

If your language has a specific term for this relationship, you can use it. For example, you can say, “his cousin.” Alternate translation: [his uncle’s daughter]

Note 1 topic: translate-names

אֶת־הֲדַסָּ֗ה הִ֤יא אֶסְתֵּר֙

DOM Hₐdaşşāh she/it ʼEştēr

Here the story is indicating that this woman’s Hebrew name was Hadassah and her Persian name was Esther. You could say that explicitly.

Note 2 topic: translate-names

אֶסְתֵּר֙

ʼEştēr

This is a woman’s name. It occurs many times throughout the story. Be sure to translate it consistently.

אֵ֥ין לָ֖⁠הּ אָ֣ב וָ⁠אֵ֑ם

not to/for=her/it father and,a_mother

You could say simply that “she was an orphan,” as UST does. Alternate translation: [both her father and mother had died]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

וְ⁠הַ⁠נַּעֲרָ֤ה יְפַת־תֹּ֨אַר֙ וְ⁠טוֹבַ֣ת מַרְאֶ֔ה & אָבִ֨י⁠הָ֙

and,the_young,woman beautiful_of figure and,good_of appearance & her_father_of,of

These two phrases mean something similar. Separately, they could be saying that Esther was both sexually mature and very attractive. But taken together, they mean that, overall, she was very pleasant to look at. You could combine them, as UST does, and say that she was “exceptionally attractive” Alternate translation: [she had a lovely body and a beautiful face]

Note 4 topic: writing-background

וּ⁠בְ⁠מ֤וֹת אָבִ֨י⁠הָ֙ וְ⁠אִמָּ֔⁠הּ לְקָחָ֧⁠הּ מָרְדֳּכַ֛י ל֖⁠וֹ לְ⁠בַֽת

and,at,the_death_of her_father_of,of and,her_of,mother he,took_her Mārəddəkay to=him/it to,a_daughter

This is background information explaining the relationship between Mordecai and Esther. You can move it to right after the place where Esther is introduced by name because it describes what happened in the past, before Esther became a beautiful young woman. Alternate translation: [after her father and her mother had died, Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter]