2:2

biduanda muda .......... raja(TB)/muda baginda ........ tuanku(TL) <05288 04428> [king's servants.]

elok(TB)/Baiklah ............. elok(TL) <02896> [Let there be.]

2:3

daerah(TB)/negeri(TL) <04082> [in all the provinces.]

mengumpulkan(TB)/dihimpunkannya(TL) <06908> [that they may gather.]

This was the usual way in which the harem, or {seraglio,} was furnished; the finest women in the land, whether of high or low birth, were sought out and brought to the harem. They all became the king's concubines; but one was raised as chief wife, or sultana, to the throne; and her issue was especially entitled to inherit.

pengawasan(TB)/perintah(TL) <03027> [the custody. Heb. the hand. Hege.]

[Hegai. the king's chamberlain.]

{Saris hammelech,} "the king's eunuch:" so the LXX., Vulgate, Targum, and Syriac.

wangi-wangian(TB)/perlulutannya(TL) <08562> [their things.]

2:7

pengasuh(TB)/angkat(TL) <0539> [brought up. Heb. nourished.]

Hadasa(TB/TL) <01919> [Hadassah.]

saudara(TB)/mamaknya(TL) <01730> [his uncle's.]

elok .... cantik ..... elok(TB)/cantik .... elok(TL) <02896 03303> [fair and beautiful. Heb. fair of form and good of countenance.]

diangkat(TB/TL) <03947> [took.]

2:7

yakni Ester,

Kej 41:45

itu elok

Kej 39:6; [Lihat FULL. Kej 39:6]