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Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) (KJV)

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וַיְהִ֖יvay.Hiand it was

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Esther 1:1 word 1

בִּימֵ֣יbi.Meiin [the] days of

Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: day

Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Esther 1:1 word 2

אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshAhasuerus

Lemma: אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ (a.chash.ve.rosh) · Strong's: H0325

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Ahasuerus

Used 30 times. Also: Ezra 4:6, Esther 1:2, Esther 1:9, Esther 1:10, Esther 1:15, Esther 1:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0325; TAHOT Esther 1:1 word 3

ה֣וּאhu'that

Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)

Meaning: he/she/it

Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Esther 1:1 word 4

אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshAhasuerus

Lemma: אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ (a.chash.ve.rosh) · Strong's: H0325

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Ahasuerus

Used 30 times. Also: Ezra 4:6, Esther 1:2, Esther 1:9, Esther 1:10, Esther 1:15, Esther 1:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0325; TAHOT Esther 1:1 word 5

הַמֹּלֵךְ֙ha.mo.leKhwho reigned

Lemma: מָלַךְ (ma.lakh) · Strong's: H4427A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to reign

Used 344 times. Also: Genesis 36:31, Genesis 36:32, Genesis 36:33, Genesis 36:34, Genesis 36:35, Genesis 36:36 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4427A; TAHOT Esther 1:1 word 6

מֵהֹ֣דּוּme.Ho.dufrom India

Lemma: הֹ֫דּוּ (ho.du) · Strong's: H1912

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: India

Used 2 times. Also: Esther 8:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1912; TAHOT Esther 1:1 word 7

וְעַד\־ve.'ad-and to

Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: till

Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT Esther 1:1 word 8

כּ֔וּשׁKushCush

Lemma: כּוּשׁ (kush) · Strong's: H3568A

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Cush

Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 2:13, 2 Kings 19:9, Esther 8:9, Job 28:19, Psalms 68:31, Psalms 87:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3568A; TAHOT Esther 1:1 word 9

שֶׁ֛בַעShe.va'seven

Lemma: שֶׁ֫בַע (she.va) · Strong's: H7651

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HAcbsa)

Meaning: seven

Used 392 times. Also: Genesis 4:24, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:25, Genesis 5:26, Genesis 5:31, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7651; TAHOT Esther 1:1 word 10

וְעֶשְׂרִ֥יםve.'es.Rimand twenty

Lemma: עֶשְׂרִים (es.rim) · Strong's: H6242

Parsing: Acmpa (Acmpa)

Meaning: twenty

Used 315 times. Also: Genesis 6:3, Genesis 8:14, Genesis 11:24, Genesis 18:31, Genesis 23:1, Genesis 31:38 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6242; TAHOT Esther 1:1 word 11

וּמֵאָ֖הu.me.'Ahand one hundred

Lemma: מֵאָה (me.ah) · Strong's: H3967

Parsing: Acfsa (Acfsa)

Meaning: hundred

Used 574 times. Also: Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3967; TAHOT Esther 1:1 word 12

מְדִינָֽה\׃me.di.Nahprovince[s]

Lemma: מְדִינָה (me.di.nah) · Strong's: H4082

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: province

Used 53 times. Also: 1 Kings 20:14, 1 Kings 20:15, 1 Kings 20:17, 1 Kings 20:19, Ezra 2:1, Nehemiah 1:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4082; TAHOT Esther 1:1 word 13

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

This is what happened	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
in the days	→	יוֹם H3117G day
of Xerxes	→	אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ H0325 Ahasuerus
. . .	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it
. . .	→	אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ H0325 Ahasuerus
who reigned over	→	מָלַךְ H4427A to reign
127	→	שֶׁ֫בַע H7651 seven
. . .	→	עֶשְׂרִים H6242 twenty
. . .	→	מֵאָה H3967 hundred
provinces	→	מְדִינָה H4082 province
from India	→	הֹ֫דּוּ H1912 India
to	→	עַד H5704 till
Cush	→	כּוּשׁ H3568A Cush

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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