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Esther 2:4

“And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נַעֲרָהnaʻărâh · nah-ar-aw'
H5291 · Hebrew
Definition
a girl (from infancy to adolescence)
Derivation
feminine of H5288 (נַעַר);
KJV renderings
damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).
Grammar
  • וְ — conjunction
  • הַֽ — particle (definite article)
  • נַּעֲרָ֗ה — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
Code HC/Td/Ncfsa
Usage
Occurs 76 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 24:14Genesis 24:16Genesis 24:28Genesis 24:55Genesis 24:57

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נַעֲרָה here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.