Study it in the app“For Mordecai the Jew was second to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and pleasing to the multitude of his brothers, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his offspring.”
ForכִּיMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַיthe Jewהַיְּהוּדִיwassecondמִשְׁנֶהto King Ahasuerus,לַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁand greatוְגָדוֹלamong the Jews,לַיְּהוּדִיםand pleasingוְרָצוּיto the multitudeלְרֹבof his brothers,אֶחָיוseekingדֹּרֵשׁthe goodטוֹבof his peopleלְעַמּוֹand speakingוְדֹבֵרpeaceשָׁלוֹםto allלְכָלhis offspring.זַרְעוֹ
Mordecai
Mordecai: the name of one of those who returned with Zerubbabel; in the book of Esther, the relative who raised Esther.
Where else “mardochay” appearsJew, Judean
Jew: a person of Judah, first of the kingdom of Judah and then, in general, of the people descended from it. Its first appearance is 2 Kings 16:6, where it names the men of Judah who lived in Elath. It is frequent in Jeremiah, Nehemiah and Esther.
Where else “yehudi” appearssecond
Next in rank after the king.
Where else “mishne” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsAhasuerus
Ahasuerus: the Hebrew name of a king of Persia. In Ezra 4:6 and in the book of Esther; Strong identifies him there with Xerxes.
Where else “achashverosh” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appearstake pleasure
To look on someone with pleasure.
Where else “ratsuy” appearsmultitude
A great crowd of people or things.
Where else “rov” appearscountryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “echay” appearsseek
To pursue something earnestly, or care for it.
Where else “doresh” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appearspeople
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dover” appearspeace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appearsoffspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zar” appears2And all the deeds of his authority and of his might, and the sum of the greatness of Mordecai, with which the king made him great, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
3 · This verse (above)
