以斯帖記2:5-7

  

2:5 書珊城有一個猶大人，名叫末底改，是便雅憫人基士的曾孫，示每的孫子，睚珥的兒子。
2:6 從前巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒將猶大王耶哥尼雅（又名約雅斤）和百姓從耶路撒冷擄去，末底改也在其內。
2:7 末底改撫養他叔叔的女兒哈大沙（後名以斯帖），因為她沒有父母。這女子又容貌俊美；她父母死了，末底改就收她為自己的女兒。

 

⁵ Now there was in the citadel of Susa a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin, named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, ⁶ who had been carried into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, among those taken captive with Jehoiachin^[a] king of Judah. ⁷ Mordecai had a cousin named Hadassah, whom he had brought up because she had neither father nor mother. This young woman, who was also known as Esther, had a lovely figure and was beautiful. Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter when her father and mother died.

 

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    從這段經文我們可以認識：末底改與以斯帖的身分背景，末底改是以斯帖的堂哥，被擄的猶太人。

    ”末底改”的字意為： "微小的人" 或 "戰神的崇拜者"，這個名字是由巴比倫神「馬爾杜克」衍生來的。

    “ 哈大沙 ”：希伯來文字義是「番石榴樹」。

    “ 以斯帖 “：波斯名字，意義是「星星」，與希伯來文「哈大沙」發音接近。