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People tagged in the matching LV passage: Mordecai (EST 2:5)
OET-LV And_all the_achievement_of his_power_of_his and_might_of_his and_the_full_account_of the_greatness_of Mordəkay whom he_had_made_him_great the_king am_not are_they written on the_scroll_of the_words/messages_of the_days of_the_kings_of of_Māday and_Pāraş.
OET (OET-RV) Everything he accomplished through his power and strength is written down in the royal records of the kings of Maday (Media) and Paras (Persia), as well as the complete account of the high position to which the king promoted Mordekai.
The book began with a reference to the greatness of King Xerxes. It ends with how the king honored Mordecai, one of the heroes of the story.
And all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments,
The royal secretaries wrote down all the great things the king had done throughout the time he was king,
all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments: Literally “all the work of his power and his authority.” The versions understand the pronoun “his” in two ways:
It refers to King Xerxes. This interpretation is followed by the majority of English versions: (CEV, GNT, GW, JB, NCV, NIV, NLT, REB)
It refers to Mordecai. BSB follows this interpretation.
It is recommended that you follow the first interpretation (1), like the majority of English versions.
powerful and magnificent: The two words powerful and magnificent are synonyms. They refer to the great things the king did.
together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him,
and also all about how great Mordecai had become because the king had honored him.
are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?
The secretaries wrote all these things in the book about what the kings of Media and Persia had done.
This is a rhetorical question. The Display shows one way of expressing it as a statement.
Book of the Chronicles: See note on 2:23c.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
וְכָל־מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה תָקְפּוֹ֙ וּגְב֣וּרָת֔וֹ
and=all (Some words not found in UHB: and=all acts_of his_power_of,his and,might_of,his and,the_full_account_of greatness_of Mārəddəkay which/who he,had_made_him_great the=king am=not they written on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in writing annals_of the=days of,the_kings_of Māday and,Persia )
Power and might mean essentially the same thing. They are used together to emphasize how powerful King Ahasuerus was. If it is more natural in your language, you can use one word with that meaning, with another word that gives it emphasis. Alternate translation: [all that he achieved because of how very powerful he was] or [all the great things that he did because of his great power]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
תָקְפּוֹ֙ וּגְב֣וּרָת֔וֹ
his_power_of,his and,might_of,his
The abstract nouns power and might can be translated with an adjective. See the UST.
וּפָרָשַׁת֙
(Some words not found in UHB: and=all acts_of his_power_of,his and,might_of,his and,the_full_account_of greatness_of Mārəddəkay which/who he,had_made_him_great the=king am=not they written on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in writing annals_of the=days of,the_kings_of Māday and,Persia )
Alternate translation: [They also wrote a full account]
גְּדֻלַּ֣ת מָרְדֳּכַ֔י
(Some words not found in UHB: and=all acts_of his_power_of,his and,might_of,his and,the_full_account_of greatness_of Mārəddəkay which/who he,had_made_him_great the=king am=not they written on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in writing annals_of the=days of,the_kings_of Māday and,Persia )
Alternate translation: [of how important Mordecai was] or [of how the king had honored Mordecai for the great things he had done]
גִּדְּל֖וֹ
(Some words not found in UHB: and=all acts_of his_power_of,his and,might_of,his and,the_full_account_of greatness_of Mārəddəkay which/who he,had_made_him_great the=king am=not they written on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in writing annals_of the=days of,the_kings_of Māday and,Persia )
See how you translated this phrase in 3:1 and 5:11. Alternate translation: [had promoted him]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
הֲלוֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֨פֶר֙ דִּבְרֵ֣י הַיָּמִ֔ים לְמַלְכֵ֖י מָדַ֥י וּפָרָֽס
am=not they (Some words not found in UHB: and=all acts_of his_power_of,his and,might_of,his and,the_full_account_of greatness_of Mārəddəkay which/who he,had_made_him_great the=king am=not they written on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in writing annals_of the=days of,the_kings_of Māday and,Persia )
This is actually a statement. The question form is used to emphasize the certainty of the statement. If questions are not used this way in your language, then use a statement instead, as in the UST.
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
הֲלוֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים
am=not they (Some words not found in UHB: and=all acts_of his_power_of,his and,might_of,his and,the_full_account_of greatness_of Mārəddəkay which/who he,had_made_him_great the=king am=not they written on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in writing annals_of the=days of,the_kings_of Māday and,Persia )
You can say this with an active form, and you can say who did the action. Alternate translation: [The king’s scribes made a record …]
הֲלוֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים
am=not they (Some words not found in UHB: and=all acts_of his_power_of,his and,might_of,his and,the_full_account_of greatness_of Mārəddəkay which/who he,had_made_him_great the=king am=not they written on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in writing annals_of the=days of,the_kings_of Māday and,Persia )
Because it comes first logically, you can put this first in the verse, if it would be helpful in your language.
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
סֵ֨פֶר֙ דִּבְרֵ֣י הַיָּמִ֔ים לְמַלְכֵ֖י מָדַ֥י וּפָרָֽס
writing (Some words not found in UHB: and=all acts_of his_power_of,his and,might_of,his and,the_full_account_of greatness_of Mārəddəkay which/who he,had_made_him_great the=king am=not they written on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in writing annals_of the=days of,the_kings_of Māday and,Persia )
See how you translated this in 2:23. Alternate translation: [the royal record books of Media and Persia]
OET-LV And_all the_achievement_of his_power_of_his and_might_of_his and_the_full_account_of the_greatness_of Mordəkay whom he_had_made_him_great the_king am_not are_they written on the_scroll_of the_words/messages_of the_days of_the_kings_of of_Māday and_Pāraş.
OET (OET-RV) Everything he accomplished through his power and strength is written down in the royal records of the kings of Maday (Media) and Paras (Persia), as well as the complete account of the high position to which the king promoted Mordekai.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.