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Hebrew wordlink #229135

OSHB Est 2:8 הֵגַי (hēgay) Strongs=1896 Lemma=‘הֵגַי’
contextual word gloss=‘of_Hegai’ word gloss=‘Hegai’
Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun
Person=Hegai Year=-461

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Other uses (1) of identical word form הֵגַי (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘הֵגַי’ (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) has 2 different glosses: ‘Hegai’, ‘of_Hegai’.

EST 2:15 contextual word gloss=‘Hegai’ word gloss=‘Hegai’ OSHB EST 2:15 word 23

OET-LV: 15 And_when_arrived the _turn _of ʼEştēr the _daughter _of ʼAⱱīhayil the _uncle _of Mārəddəkay whom he _had _taken to_him/it to_a _daughter to_go to the_king not she _requested anything if/because (if) DOM that_which he _said Hegai the _eunuch _of the_king the _one _who_kept _of the_women and_ ʼEştēr _it _became favour bearing _of in/on_both _eyes _of all _of those _of_who_saw _her. (EST_2:15)

OET-RV: 15 Now Esther was the daughter of Mordekai’s uncle, Abihail, from whom Mordekai had adopted her as his own daughter. When it was her turn to go to the king, she didn’t ask for anything other than what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised, and everyone who saw Esther liked her. (EST 2:15)