Esther · אֶסְתֵּר

Esther 2:14

בָּעֶ֣רֶב הִ֣יא בָאָ֡ה וּבַבֹּ֣קֶר הִ֣יא שָׁבָ֡ה אֶל בֵּ֣ית הַנָּשִׁ֣ים שֵׁנִ֡י אֶל יַד֩ שַֽׁעַשְׁגַז֙ סְרִ֣יס הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ שֹׁמֵ֖ר הַפִּילַגְשִׁ֑ים לֹ֤א תָב֣וֹא עוֹד֙ אֶל הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כִּ֣י אִם חָפֵ֣ץ בָּ֡הּ הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ וְנִקְרְאָ֖ה בְּשֵֽׁם׃
baʿereb hiyʾ baʾah vbaboqer hiyʾ shabah ʾel beyt hanashiym sheniy ʾel yad shaʿashgaz sriys hamelek shomer hapiylagshiym loʾ tabvoʾ ʿvod ʾel hamelek kiy ʾim ḥapeṣ bah hamelek vniqrʾah bshem
King James Version (KJV)

In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.

Modern English

In the evening she would go in, and in the morning she would return to the second harem in custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who was in charge of the concubines. She would not go in to the king again, unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name.

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