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title: מׇרְדֳּכַי — Mordecai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מׇרְדֳּכַי (4782), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 60 times: Mordecai. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Mordecai. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מׇרְדֳּכַי

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«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.

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

### Glosses

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

### Meaning (OSHB)

Mordecai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4782/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Mordecai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4782/#m2)

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**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.

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4782/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Esther 4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.4.12/)

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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.

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[Esther 4:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.4.15/)

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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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