מׇרְדֳּכַי

«מׇרְדֳּכַי» in the Tanakh dictionary: Mordecai — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 60 times · Key: 4782 · BDB: מָרְדֳּכַי

Glosses

Mordecai (50); of.Mordecai (9); [was].Mordecai (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

Mordecai tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Mordecai tree →

The whole BDB entry

(van d. H. מָרְדְּכַי) n.pr.m. Mordecai (perhaps from n. div. Marduk (מְרֹדַךְ), Zim ZAW xi. 161 ff.; cf. further Wild (citing Jensen)Comm. Est. 173f.);—מ׳ Ezr 2:2 Est 2:5 +; מָרְדֳּכָ֑י Est 2:22 +;— companion of Zerub., according to Ezr 2:2=Ne 7:7. 𝔊 Μαραθχαιος, Μαρδοχαιος, etc. cousin and adoptive father of Esther Est 2:5, 7, 10 + 55 times Est. 𝔊 Μαρδοχαιος.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «מׇרְדֳּכַי» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Esther 4:12

וַיַּגִּ֣ידוּ לְמָרְדֳּכָ֔י אֵ֖ת דִּבְרֵ֥י אֶסְתֵּֽר׃פ

Word for word: and they.told to Mordecai (et) the.words of.Esther

JPS 1917: And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.

Esther 4:15

וַתֹּ֥אמֶר אֶסְתֵּ֖ר לְהָשִׁ֥יב אֶֽל־מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃

Word for word: and she.said Esther to bring.back to Mordecai

JPS 1917: Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai:

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