Esther 2:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And the young woman pleased him and obtained his favor, so he quickly provided her with beauty treatments and the special diet. He assigned to her seven select maidservants from the palace and transferred her with them to the best place in the harem.

Young's Literal Translation
and the young woman is good in his eyes, and she receiveth kindness before him, and he hasteneth her purifications and her portions—to give to her, and the seven young women who are provided—to give to her, from the house of the king, and he changeth her and her young women to a good [place in] the house of the women.

King James Bible
And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, [which were] meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best [place] of the house of the women.

Hebrew
And the young woman
הַנַּעֲרָ֣ה (han·na·‘ă·rāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5291: A girl, maiden

pleased him
וַתִּיטַ֨ב (wat·tî·ṭaḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3190: To be good, well, glad, or pleasing

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

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

favor,
חֶ֣סֶד (ḥe·seḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty

so he quickly
וַ֠יְבַהֵל (way·ḇa·hêl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 926: To tremble inwardly, be, alarmed, agitated, to hasten anxiously

provided her
לָתֵ֣ת (lā·ṯêṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

with beauty treatments
תַּמְרוּקֶ֤יהָ (tam·rū·qe·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8562: A scouring, soap, perfumery for, the bath, a detergent

and the special diet.
מָנוֹתֶ֙הָ֙ (mā·nō·w·ṯe·hā)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4490: Something weighed out, a division, a ration, a lot

He assigned
לָֽתֶת־ (lā·ṯeṯ-)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

to her
לָ֖הּ (lāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

seven
שֶׁ֣בַע (še·ḇa‘)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

select
הָרְאֻי֥וֹת (hā·rə·’u·yō·wṯ)
Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine plural
Strong's 7200: To see

maidservants
הַנְּעָר֔וֹת (han·nə·‘ā·rō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 5291: A girl, maiden

from the palace
מִבֵּ֣ית (mib·bêṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

and transferred her
וַיְשַׁנֶּ֧הָ (way·šan·ne·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8138: To fold, duplicate, to transmute

with them
נַעֲרוֹתֶ֛יהָ (na·‘ă·rō·w·ṯe·hā)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5291: A girl, maiden

to the best
לְט֖וֹב (lə·ṭō·wḇ)
Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

place in the harem.
בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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