KJV: It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
YLT: It hath been good before Darius, and he hath established over the kingdom satraps -- a hundred and twenty -- that they may be throughout the whole kingdom,
Darby: It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be in all the kingdom;
ASV: It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;
שְׁפַר֙ | It seemed |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: שְׁפַר Sense: to be fair, be seemly, seem good, seem pleasing. |
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קֳדָ֣ם | it pleased |
Parse: Preposition Root: קֳדָם Sense: before, in front of. |
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דָּרְיָ֔וֶשׁ | Darius |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּרְיָוֶשׁ Sense: Darius the Mede, the son of Ahasuerus, king of the Chaldeans, who succeeded to the Babylonian kingdom on the death of Belshazzar; probably the same as “Astyages” the last king of the Medes (538 BC) (same as 867 ()). |
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וַהֲקִים֙ | and to set |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular Root: קוּם Sense: to arise, stand. |
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עַל־ | over |
Parse: Preposition Root: עַל Sense: upon, over, on account of, above, to, against. |
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מַלְכוּתָ֔א | kingdom the |
Parse: Noun, feminine singular determinate Root: מַלְכוּ Sense: royalty, reign, kingdom. |
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לַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֖א | satraps |
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural determinate Root: אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּן Sense: satrap, a governor of a Persian province. |
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מְאָ֣ה | a hundred |
Parse: Number, feminine singular Root: מְאָה Sense: hundred, one hundred. |
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וְעֶשְׂרִ֑ין | and twenty |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural Root: עֶשְׂרִין Sense: twenty. |
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דִּ֥י | that |
Parse: Pronoun, relative Root: דִּי Sense: who, which, that mark of genitive. |
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לֶהֱוֺ֖ן | to be |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: הֲוָה Sense: to come to pass, become, be. |
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בְּכָל־ | over whole |
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, whole, the whole. |
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מַלְכוּתָֽא | kingdom the |
Parse: Noun, feminine singular determinate Root: מַלְכוּ Sense: royalty, reign, kingdom. |