KJV: Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
YLT: A man, a Jew, there hath been in Shushan the palace, and his name is Mordecai son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjamite --
Darby: There was in Shushan the fortress a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjaminite,
ASV: There was a certain Jew in Shushan the palace, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,
אִ֣ישׁ | A certain |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אִישׁ Sense: man. |
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יְהוּדִ֔י | Jew |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יְהוּדִי Sense: Jew. |
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הָיָ֖ה | there was |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out. |
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בְּשׁוּשַׁ֣ן | in Shushan |
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שׁוּשַׁן Sense: the winter residence of the Persian kings; located on the river Ulai or Choaspes. |
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הַבִּירָ֑ה | the citadel |
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: בִּירָה Sense: palace, castle. |
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וּשְׁמ֣וֹ | and whose name |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: שֵׁם Sense: name. |
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מָרְדֳּכַ֗י | [was] Mordecai |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: מָרְדֳּכַי Sense: cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim. |
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בֶּ֣ן | son |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group. |
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יָאִ֧יר | of Jair |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יָאִיר Sense: a descendant of Manasseh who conquered many towns during the time of the conquest. |
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בֶּן־ | the son |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group. |
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שִׁמְעִ֛י | of Shimei |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שִׁמְעִי Sense: a Benjamite, son of Gera of the house of Saul in the time of David. |
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קִ֖ישׁ | of Kish |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: קִישׁ Sense: a Benjamite of the family of Matri, father of king Saul. |
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אִ֥ישׁ | - |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular |
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יְמִינִֽי | a Benjamite |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: בֶּן־יְמִינִי Sense: one of the tribe of Benjamin. |