Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleAt once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month ( the month of Sivan they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language. Young's Literal Translation And the scribes of the king are called, at that time, in the third month—it [is] the month of Sivan—in the three and twentieth of it, and it is written, according to all that Mordecai hath commanded, unto the Jews, and unto the lieutenants, and the governors, and the heads of the provinces, that [are] from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces—province and province according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, and unto the Jews according to their writing, and according to their tongue. King James Bible Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that [is], the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth [day] thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which [are] from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language. Hebrew At onceבָּֽעֵת־ (bā·‘êṯ-) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 6256: Time, now, when the royal הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king scribes סֹפְרֵֽי־ (sō·p̄ə·rê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 5608: To count, recount, relate were summoned, וַיִּקָּרְא֣וּ (way·yiq·qā·rə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read and on the twenty-third [day] בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֣ה (biš·lō·wō·šāh) Preposition-b | Number - masculine singular Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice of the third הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֜י (haš·šə·lî·šî) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular Strong's 7992: Third, feminine a, third, a third, a third-story cell) month בַּחֹ֨דֶשׁ (ba·ḥō·ḏeš) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month ( הַ֠הִיא (ha·hî) Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are the month חֹ֣דֶשׁ (ḥō·ḏeš) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month of Sivan), סִיוָ֗ן (sî·wān) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 5510: Third month of the Jewish year they recorded וַיִּכָּתֵ֣ב (way·yik·kā·ṯêḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3789: To grave, to write all of כְּֽכָל־ (kə·ḵāl-) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every Mordecai's מָרְדֳּכַ֣י (mā·rə·do·ḵay) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4782: Mordecai -- a companion of Zerubbabel, also a cousin of Esther orders צִוָּ֣ה (ṣiw·wāh) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the Jews הַיְּהוּדִ֡ים (hay·yə·hū·ḏîm) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's 3064: Jews -- Jewish and to וְאֶ֣ל (wə·’el) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the satraps, הָאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִֽים־ (hā·’ă·ḥaš·dar·pə·nîm-) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 323: A satrap, governor, of a, main province governors, וְהַפַּחוֹת֩ (wə·hap·pa·ḥō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 6346: A governor and princes וְשָׂרֵ֨י (wə·śā·rê) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince of the 127 שֶׁ֣בַע (še·ḇa‘) Number - feminine singular Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number provinces הַמְּדִינ֜וֹת (ham·mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 4082: A judgeship, jurisdiction, a district, a region from India מֵהֹ֣דּוּ (mê·hōd·dū) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1912: Hodu to וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while Cush— כּ֗וּשׁ (kūš) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3568: A son of Ham, also his descendants, also a land in the southern Nile Valley [writing] to each province מְדִינָ֔ה (mə·ḏî·nāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4082: A judgeship, jurisdiction, a district, a region in its own script, וּמְדִינָה֙ (ū·mə·ḏî·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4082: A judgeship, jurisdiction, a district, a region to every people וָעָ֖ם (wā·‘ām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock in their own language, כִּלְשֹׁנ֑וֹ (kil·šō·nōw) Preposition-k | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3956: The tongue and to וְאֶ֨ל־ (wə·’el-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the Jews הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים (hay·yə·hū·ḏîm) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's 3064: Jews -- Jewish in their own script כִּכְתָבָ֖ם (kiḵ·ṯā·ḇām) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3789: To grave, to write and language. וְכִלְשׁוֹנָֽם׃ (wə·ḵil·šō·w·nām) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3956: The tongue |