KJV: And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
YLT: and he who is near unto him is Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, Memucan, seven heads of Persia and Media seeing the face of the king, who are sitting first in the kingdom --
Darby: and the next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and who sat first in the kingdom),
ASV: and the next unto him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom),
וְהַקָּרֹ֣ב | and those closest |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Adjective, masculine singular Root: קָרֹוב Sense: near. |
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אֵלָ֗יו | to him |
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular Root: אֶל Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion). |
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כַּרְשְׁנָ֤א | [being] Carshena |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: כַּרְשְׁנָא Sense: one of the 7 princes of Persia and Media under king Ahasuerus. |
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שֵׁתָר֙ | Shethar |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שֵׁתָר Sense: one of the 7 princes of Media or Persian empire. |
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אַדְמָ֣תָא | Admatha |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אַדְמָתָא Sense: prince of Persia in reign of Ahasuerus (Xerxes). |
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תַרְשִׁ֔ישׁ | Tarshish |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: תַּרְשִׁישׁ Sense: son of Javan. 2 a Benjamite, son of Bilhan. 3 one of the wise men close to king Ahasuerus of Persia. 4 a city of the Phoenicians in a distant part of the Mediterranean Sea to which the prophet Jonah was trying to flee. |
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מֶ֥רֶס | Meres |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: מֶרֶס Sense: one of the 7 counsellors of Ahasuerus. |
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מַרְסְנָ֖א | Marsena |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: מַרְסְנָא Sense: one of the 7 counsellors of Ahasuerus. |
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מְמוּכָ֑ן | [and] Memucan |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: מְומֻכָן Sense: one of the 7 princes of Persia in the reign of Ahasuerus. |
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שִׁבְעַ֞ת | the seven |
Parse: Number, masculine singular construct Root: שֶׁבַע Sense: seven (cardinal number). |
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שָׂרֵ֣י ׀ | princes |
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: סָרַר Sense: prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain. |
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פָּרַ֣ס | of Persia |
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: פָּרַס Sense: the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south. |
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וּמָדַ֗י | and Media |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: מָדַי Sense: a people descended from the son of Japheth and who inhabited the territory of Media. |
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רֹאֵי֙ | who had access to |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct Root: רָאָה Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider. |
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פְּנֵ֣י | presence |
Parse: Noun, common plural construct Root: לִפְנֵי Sense: face. |
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הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | of the king |
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מֶלֶךְ Sense: king. |
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הַיֹּשְׁבִ֥ים | [and] who ranked |
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural Root: יָשַׁב Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide. |
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רִאשֹׁנָ֖ה | highest |
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular Root: רִאשֹׁון Sense: first, primary, former. |
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בַּמַּלְכֽוּת | in the kingdom |
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: מַלְכוּת Sense: royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom, sovereign power. |