Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #229928

OSHB Est 4:4 נַעֲרוֹת (naˊₐrōt) Strongs=5291 Lemma=‘נַעֲרָה’
contextual word gloss=‘the_maids_of’ word gloss=‘maids_of’
Morphology=Ncfpc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=plural State=construct
Year=-453

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Only use of identical word form ‘נַעֲרוֹת’ (Morphology=Ncfpc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=plural State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘נַעֲרוֹת’ (Morphology=Ncfpc PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=plural State=construct) is always and only glossed as ‘the_maids_of’.

EST 4:4 contextual word gloss=‘the_maids_of’ word gloss=‘maids_of’ OSHB EST 4:4 word 2

OET-LV: 4 And_they _came the _maids _of ʼEştēr and_eunuchs _of_her and_they _told to/for_her/it and_she _agonized the_queen exceedingly and_she _sent garments to_clothe DOM Mārəddəkay and_to_remove sackcloth _of_his from_on_him and_not he _accepted_them. (EST_4:4)

OET-RV: 4 When Queen Esther’s young female attendants came with her guardians and told her what was going on outside, even the queen became very scared. She sent Mordekai some good clothes to wear instead of the sackcloth, but he wouldn’t accept them. (EST 4:4)