Esther 2:7
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her in as his own daughter.

Young's Literal Translation
and he is supporting Hadassah—she [is] Esther—daughter of his uncle, for she hath neither father nor mother, and the young woman [is] of fair form, and of good appearance, and at the death of her father and her mother hath Mordecai taken her to him for a daughter.

King James Bible
And he brought up Hadassah, that [is], Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid [was] fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.

Hebrew
And [Mordecai]
וַיְהִ֨י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

had brought up
אֹמֵ֜ן (’ō·mên)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 539: To confirm, support

Hadassah
הֲדַסָּ֗ה (hă·ḏas·sāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1919: Hadassah -- 'myrtle', Esther's Jewish name

(that is,
הִ֤יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

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

the daughter
בַּת־ (baṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 1323: A daughter

of his uncle,
דֹּד֔וֹ (dō·ḏōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1730: To love, a love-token, lover, friend, an uncle

because
כִּ֛י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

she did not
אֵ֥ין (’ên)
Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

have a father
אָ֣ב (’āḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1: Father

or mother.
וָאֵ֑ם (wā·’êm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 517: A mother, )

The young woman
וְהַנַּעֲרָ֤ה (wə·han·na·‘ă·rāh)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5291: A girl, maiden

was lovely
יְפַת־ (yə·p̄aṯ-)
Adjective - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3303: Fair, beautiful

in form
תֹּ֙אַר֙ (tō·’ar)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8389: Outline, figure, appearance

and
וְטוֹבַ֣ת (wə·ṭō·w·ḇaṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular construct
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

appearance,
מַרְאֶ֔ה (mar·’eh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4758: Sight, appearance, vision

and when her father
אָבִ֙יהָ֙ (’ā·ḇî·hā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1: Father

and mother
וְאִמָּ֔הּ (wə·’im·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 517: A mother, )

had died,
וּבְמ֤וֹת (ū·ḇə·mō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin

Mordecai
מָרְדֳּכַ֛י (mā·rə·do·ḵay)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4782: Mordecai -- a companion of Zerubbabel, also a cousin of Esther

had taken her in
לְקָחָ֧הּ (lə·qā·ḥāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

as his own
ל֖וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 0: 0

daughter.
לְבַֽת׃ (lə·ḇaṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1323: A daughter

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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