Hebrew Interlinear

Esther 10:3 Interlinear

For Mordecai among the Jews was next unto king Ahasuerus and great among the Jews and accepted of the multitude of his brethren seeking the wealth of his people and speaking peace to all his seed

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1כִּ֣י׀H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2מָרְדֳּכַ֣יH4782For Mordecaimordecai, an israelite
3לַיְּהוּדִ֔יםH3064among the Jewsa jehudite (i.e., judaite or jew), or descendant of jehudah (i.e., judah)
4מִשְׁנֶה֙H4932was nextproperly, a repetition, i.e., a duplicate (copy of a document), or a double (in amount); by implication, a second (in order, rank, age, quality or loc
5לַמֶּ֣לֶךְH4428unto kinga king
6אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁH325Ahasuerusachashverosh (i.e., ahasuerus or artaxerxes, but in this case xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a persian king
7וְגָדוֹל֙H1419and greatgreat (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
8לַיְּהוּדִ֔יםH3064among the Jewsa jehudite (i.e., judaite or jew), or descendant of jehudah (i.e., judah)
9וְרָצ֖וּיH7521and acceptedto be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt
10לְרֹ֣בH7230of the multitudeabundance (in any respect)
11אֶחָ֑יוH251of his brethrena brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
12דֹּרֵ֥שׁH1875seekingproperly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
13טוֹב֙H2896the wealthgood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
14לְעַמּ֔וֹH5971of his peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
15וְדֹבֵ֥רH1696and speakingperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
16שָׁל֖וֹםH7965peacesafe, i.e., (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e., health, prosperity, peace
17לְכָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
18זַרְעֽוֹ׃H2233to all his seedseed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

Verse Context

Esther 10:2 And all the acts of his power and of his might and the declaration of the greatness...
Esther 10:3 (current) For Mordecai among the Jews was next unto king Ahasuerus and great among the Jews and accepted of the multitude of his brethren seeking the wealth of his people and speaking peace to all his seed

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