1. Mordecai (Jewish leader in Persia) — All four clusters refer to the same person Mordecai (Mordechai), the Jewish leader and cousin/adoptive father of Esther in the Persian court. The clusters differ only in grammatical prefixes: bare name, prepositional 'to/for,' conjunctive 'and,' and prepositional 'against.' Multilingual evidence is perfectly uniform: Arabic uses Murdakhai (مُرْدَخَايَ/مُرْدَخَايُ) throughout; Korean uses Moreudeugae (모르드개) in all clusters; Spanish uses Mardoqueo consistently; Hindi uses Mardakai (मर्दकै) in all; Swahili uses Mordekai throughout. This is one personal proper noun referring to a single biblical figure. 60×
AR["مَرْدُكاي","مُرْدَخَاي","مُرْدَخَايَ","مُرْدَخَايُ"]·ben["মর্দখয়","মর্দখয়কে","মর্দখয়ের","মর্দ্দখয়"]·DE["Mordechai"]·EN["Mordecai","Mordechai","Mordekhay"]·FR["Mardochée"]·heb["מרדכי"]·HI["मर्दकै","मर्दकै-की","मर्दकै-के","मर्दकै-था","मर्दकै-ने","मार्दकै","मोर्दकै"]·ID["Mordekhai"]·IT["Mardocheo"]·jav["Mordekhai"]·KO["모르드개","모르드개가","모르드개를","모르드개에게","모르드개의"]·PT["Mordekay","Mordekhai"]·RU["Мардохей","Мардохея","Мордехае","Мордехаем","Мордехай","Мордехаю","Мордехая"]·ES["Mardoqueo"]·SW["-","Mordekai","alifanya","alimwamuru","aliwaambia","la-Mordekai","maneno","na-kuondoa","neno","wa-Mordekai"]·TR["Mordekay","Mordekay'a-","Mordekay'ı","Mordekay'ın"]·urd["مردکی","مردکی-نے","مردکی-کی","مردکی-کے"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מָרְדֳּכַי (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 +;— 1. companion of Zerub., according to Ezr 2:2=Ne 7:7. 𝔊 Μαραθχαιος, Μαρδοχαιος, etc. 2. cousin and adoptive father of Esther Est 2:5, 7, 10 + 55 times Est. 𝔊 Μαρδοχαιος.