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Esther 1:1

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1961 Now it came to pass ויהי

H3117 in the days בימי

H325 of Ahasuerus אחשׁורושׁ

H1931 this הוא

H325 is Ahasuerus אחשׁורושׁ

H4427 which reigned המלך

H1912 מהדו

H5704 even unto ועד

H3568 Ethiopia כושׁ

H7651 and seven שׁבע

H6242 and twenty ועשׂרים

H3967 over an hundred ומאה

H4082 provinces מדינה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

Now

came

H1961 pass

the

H3117 days

H325 Ahasuerus

H1931 this

H325 Ahasuerus

which

H4427 reigned

from

H4480 India

even

H5704 unto

H3568 Ethiopia

over

H3967 hundred

and

H7651 seven

and

H6242 twenty

H4082 provinces

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H325

Hebrew: אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ

Transliteration: ʼĂchashvêrôwsh

Pronunciation: akh-ash-vay-rosh'

Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine

Bible Usage: Ahasuerus.

Definition:

Achashverosh (that {is} Ahasuerus or {Artaxerxes} but in this case {Xerxes}) the title (rather than name) of a Persian king

Ahasuerus = "I will be silent and poor"

1. title of the king of Persia, probably Xerxes

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906