Hegai
he.ge is the proper name of the king's eunuch entrusted with charge of the women in Esther.
The name identifies the king's eunuch who receives and oversees the women gathered at Susa and whose suggestion Esther follows.
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The eunuch in charge of the women · dominant
All supplied forms are tagged Noun · Proper. In Esther 2:3 the APB renders the clause placing the young women into this man's custody; in Esther 2:8 Esther is entrusted to him as the one who had charge of the women, and in Esther 2:15 Esther follows what he suggested.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Hegai” in each cited verse, identifying him as the king's eunuch and describing his charge over the women. These surrounding descriptions confirm the verse context rather than supply a separate lexical rendering.