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Esther 1:2

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3117 days בימים

H1992 That in those ההם

H7675 כשׁבת

H4428 when the king המלך

H325 Ahasuerus אחשׁורושׁ

H5921 on על

H3678 the throne כסא

H4438 of his kingdom מלכותו

H834 which אשׁר

H7800 was in Shushan בשׁושׁן

H1002 the palace הבירה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

That

H1992 those

H3117 days

when

the

H4428 king

H325 Ahasuerus

H3427 sat

H5921 on

the

H3678 throne

his

H4438 kingdom

H834 which

was

H7800 Shushan

the

H1002 palace

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