ʻEsetera
Hawaiian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]ʻEsetera
- Esther (biblical character)
- 2012 Baibala Hemolele, ʻEsetera 2:7 (tr. KJV Esther 2:7):
- Nāna nō i hānai iā Hadasa, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo ʻEsetera, ke kaikamahine a kekahi makua kāne ona. No ka mea, ʻaʻole o ʻEsetera makua kāne, ʻaʻole ona makuwahine; ua maikaʻi ka helehelena o ua kaikamahine lā, ua nani hoʻi; a make kona makua kāne a me kona makuwahine, lawe ʻo Moredekai iā ia i kaikamahine nāna.
- And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father or mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful.
- 2012 Baibala Hemolele, ʻEsetera 2:7 (tr. KJV Esther 2:7):
- the book of Esther
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 185