הֲדַסָּה
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1919
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
Hadassah tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
הֲדַסָּה: n.pr.f. tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.pr.f. Jewish name of Esther (= myrtle, on form cf. Sta§ 199a) Est 2:7 (cf. אֶסְתֵּר).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Hadassah (1).
In the verses
וַיְהִ֨י אֹמֵ֜ן אֶת־הֲדַסָּ֗ה הִ֤יא אֶסְתֵּר֙ בַּת־דֹּד֔וֹ כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין לָ֖הּ אָ֣ב וָאֵ֑ם וְהַנַּעֲרָ֤ה יְפַת־תֹּ֙אַר֙ וְטוֹבַ֣ת מַרְאֶ֔ה וּבְמ֤וֹת אָבִ֙יהָ֙ וְאִמָּ֔הּ לְקָחָ֧הּ מָרְדֳּכַ֛י ל֖וֹ לְבַֽת׃
Word for word: and he.was acting.as.guardian (et) Hadassah that [is].Esther the.daughter his.uncle his (dm) there.[was].not for her a.father and a.mother and the.young woman [was].beautiful of.form and good of.appearance and at the.death her.father her and mother her he took.her Mordecai his to a.daughter
JPS 1917: And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter; for she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was of beautiful form and fair to look on; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
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