Esther 2:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.

Young's Literal Translation
and the king loveth Esther above all the women, and she receiveth grace and kindness before him above all the virgins, and he setteth a royal crown on her head, and causeth her to reign instead of Vashti,

King James Bible
And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

Hebrew
And the king
הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

loved
וַיֶּאֱהַ֨ב (way·ye·’ĕ·haḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 157: To have affection f

Esther
אֶסְתֵּר֙ (’es·têr)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 635: Esther -- 'star', Ahasuerus' queen who delivered Israel

more than all
מִכָּל־ (mik·kāl)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the [other] women,
הַנָּשִׁ֔ים (han·nā·šîm)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

and she found
וַתִּשָּׂא־ (wat·tiś·śā-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

grace
חֵ֥ן (ḥên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2580: Graciousness, subjective, objective

and favor
וָחֶ֛סֶד (wā·ḥe·seḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty

in his sight
לְפָנָ֖יו (lə·p̄ā·nāw)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face

more than all
מִכָּל־ (mik·kāl)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

of the other virgins.
הַבְּתוּלֹ֑ת (hab·bə·ṯū·lōṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 1330: A virgin, sometimes, a bride

So he placed
וַיָּ֤שֶׂם (way·yā·śem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

the royal
מַלְכוּת֙ (mal·ḵūṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4438: Royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom

crown
כֶּֽתֶר־ (ke·ṯer-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3804: A circlet, a diadem

upon her head
בְּרֹאשָׁ֔הּ (bə·rō·šāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7218: The head

and made her queen
וַיַּמְלִיכֶ֖הָ (way·yam·lî·ḵe·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel

in place of
תַּ֥חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

Vashti.
וַשְׁתִּֽי׃ (waš·tî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2060: Vashti -- queen of Pers

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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