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Esther 3:1

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Masoretic Text 1524

H310 After אחר

H1697 things הדברים

H428 these האלה

H1431 promote גדל

H4428 did king המלך

H325 Ahasuerus אחשׁורושׁ

H853 את

H2001 Haman המן

H1121 the son בן

H4099 of Hammedatha המדתא

H91 the Agagite האגגי

H5375 and advanced וינשׂאהו

H7760 him and set וישׂם

H853 את

H3678 his seat כסאו

H5921 מעל

H3605 all כל

H8269 the princes השׂרים

H834 that אשׁר

H854 were with אתו׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H310 After

H428 these

H1697 things

did

H4428 king

H325 Ahasuerus

H1431 promote

H2001 Haman

the

H1121 son

H4099 Hammedatha

the

H91 Agagite

and

H5375 advanced

him

and

H7760 set

his

H3678 seat

H4480 above

H3605 all

the

H8269 princes

H834 that

were

H854 with

him

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