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There wasהָיָהa Jewishיְהוּדִיmanאִישׁin Susa,בְּשׁוּשַׁןthe fortress,הַבִּירָהand his name wasוּשְׁמוֹMordecai,מָרְדֳּכַיsonבֶּןof Jair,יָאִירsonבֶּןof Shimei,שִׁמְעִיsonבֶּןof Kish,קִישׁa Benjaminite,אִישׁ יְמִינִי
Esther 2:5
Study it in the app“There was a Jewish man in Susa, the fortress, and his name was Mordecai, son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite,”
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Esther 2:5, word by word
- There wasהָיָהhaya
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appears- a Jewishיְהוּדִיyehudi
Jew, 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” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- in Susaשׁוּשַׁןshushan
Susa
See it on the mapWhere else “shushan” appears- the fortressבִּירָהbira
palace, citadel
Palace, fortress, citadel: a large, strong building. In Chronicles it is said of the house of God in Jerusalem; in Nehemiah and Esther, of a city's citadel.
Where else “bira” appears- and his name wasשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַיmardochay
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” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Jairיָאִירyair
Jair
Jair, a descendant of Manasseh who took some villages in Gilead; other men bear the same name. The name means "he gives light."
Where else “yair” appears- of Shimeiשִׁמְעִיshimi
Shimei
Shimei, the name of many men; among them a son of Gershon, grandson of Levi (Exodus 6:17), and the Benjaminite of Saul's family who cursed David as he fled from Absalom (2 Samuel 16:5-13; 19:16-23). It means "heard".
Where else “shimi” appears- of Kishקִישׁkish
Kish
Kish: the name of several people; best known is the father of King Saul, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Where else “kish” appears- a Benjaminiteאִישׁish
Benjaminite
Benjaminite: of the tribe of Benjamin.
Where else “ish” appears
Places in this verse
Susa
Today: Susa (Shush), southwestern Iran
The winter capital of the Persian kings, in what is now southwest Iran.
Nehemiah served the king at Susa (Neh 1:1), and Esther became queen there and saved her people (Esth 1:2; 4:16).
The context
4and the young woman who seems good in the eyes of the king let her reign instead of Vashti.” And the matter seemed good in the eyes of the king, and he did so.
5 · This verse (above)
6who had been carried into exile from Jerusalem with the exiles who had been carried into exile with Jeconiah, king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had carried into exile.