In those days
yowm (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
while Mordecai
Mordkay (mor-dek-ah'-ee)
Mordecai, an Israelite -- Mordecai.
sat
yashab (yaw-shab')
to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
in the king's
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
gate
sha`ar (shah'-ar)
an opening, i.e. door or gate -- city, door, gate, port (-er).
two
shnayim (shen-ah'-yim)
two; also (as ordinal) twofold -- both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
of the king's
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
chamberlains
cariyc (saw-reece')
from an unused root meaning to castrate; a eunuch; by implication, valet (especially of the female apartments), and thus, a minister of state
Bigthan
Bigthan (big-thawn')
Bigthan or Bigthana, a eunuch of Xerxes -- Bigthan, Bigthana.
and Teresh
Teresh (teh'-resh)
Teresh, a eunuch of Xerxes -- Teresh.
of those which kept
shamar (shaw-mar')
to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
the door
caph (saf)
a vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine) -- bason, bowl, cup, door (post), gate, post, threshold.
were wroth
qatsaph (kaw-tsaf')
to crack off, i.e. (figuratively) burst out in rage -- (be) anger(-ry), displease, fret self, (provoke to) wrath (come), be wroth.
and sought
baqash (baw-kash')
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
to lay
shalach (shaw-lakh')
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
hand
yad (yawd)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
on the king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
Ahasuerus
'Achashverowsh (akh-ash-vay-rosh')
of Persian origin; Achashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes, but in this case Xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a Persian king -- Ahasuerus.
