מׇרְדֳּכַי

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4782

Mordecai — used 60 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

Mordecai tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מָרְדֳּכַי: n.pr.m. Mordecai tree →

The whole BDB entry

(van d. H. מָרְדְּכַי) n.pr.m. Mordecai (perhaps from n. div. Marduk (מְרֹדַךְ), Zim ZAW xi. 161 ff.; cf. further Wild (citing Jensen)Comm. Est. 173f.);—מ׳ Ezr 2:2 Est 2:5 +; מָרְדֳּכָ֑י Est 2:22 +;— companion of Zerub., according to Ezr 2:2=Ne 7:7. 𝔊 Μαραθχαιος, Μαρδοχαιος, etc. cousin and adoptive father of Esther Est 2:5, 7, 10 + 55 times Est. 𝔊 Μαρδοχαιος.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Mordecai (50); of Mordecai (9); [was] Mordecai (1).

In the verses

Esther 4:12 · tree →

וַיַּגִּ֣ידוּ לְמָרְדֳּכָ֔י אֵ֖ת דִּבְרֵ֥י אֶסְתֵּֽר׃פ

Word for word: and they.told to Mordecai (et) the.words of.Esther

JPS 1917: And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.

Esther 4:15 · tree →

וַתֹּ֥אמֶר אֶסְתֵּ֖ר לְהָשִׁ֥יב אֶֽל־מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃

Word for word: and she.said Esther to bring.back to Mordecai

JPS 1917: Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai:

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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