ma.ruq denotes the treatments completed by women before their turn to enter King Ahasuerus.

The attested use denotes prescribed treatments in the preparation of women before they went in to King Ahasuerus, as shown in Esther 2:12.

1. Prescribed preparatory treatments · dominant

   In Esther 2:12, the masculine plural construct form occurs in the statement that each young woman had to complete a prescribed period before going in to King Ahasuerus. The APB renders the surrounding clause as “twelve months of beauty treatments prescribed for the women,”.

   Esther 2:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Esther 2:12, the APB presents the surrounding preparation as “beauty treatments prescribed for the women.” Its exact English wording cannot be assigned to the term with certainty.