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OET (OET-LV) And_the_next to_him/it[fn] [were]_Carshena Shethar Admatha Tarshish Meres Marsena Memucan the_seven the_officials of_Fāraş and_Maday [who]_saw (of)_the_face the_king the_sat foremost in/on/at/with_kingdom.
1:14 Note: We read one or more vowels in L differently from BHQ.
OET (OET-RV) (His closest advisors were Karshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memukan. These seven officials were from various places in the empire of Persia and Media and they advised the king personally, thus making them the most powerful officials in the empire.)
וְהַקָּרֹ֣ב אֵלָ֗יו
and,the,next to=him/it
Alternate translation: “the king’s closest advisors”
Note 1 topic: translate-names
כַּרְשְׁנָ֤א שֵׁתָר֙ אַדְמָ֣תָא תַרְשִׁ֔ישׁ מֶ֥רֶס מַרְסְנָ֖א מְמוּכָ֑ן
Carshena Shethar Admatha Tarshish Meres Marsena Memucan
These are the names of seven men.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
רֹאֵי֙ פְּנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
access face/surface_of the=king
To see the face of is an idiom that means to be in the presence of a person. The phrase means that King Ahasuerus would regularly and personally consult with these seven advisors.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
הַיֹּשְׁבִ֥ים רִאשֹׁנָ֖ה בַּמַּלְכֽוּת
the,sat first in/on/at/with,kingdom
Here, sitting represents ruling or judging. The expression here means that these were the most powerful officials in the empire.
OET (OET-LV) And_the_next to_him/it[fn] [were]_Carshena Shethar Admatha Tarshish Meres Marsena Memucan the_seven the_officials of_Fāraş and_Maday [who]_saw (of)_the_face the_king the_sat foremost in/on/at/with_kingdom.
1:14 Note: We read one or more vowels in L differently from BHQ.
OET (OET-RV) (His closest advisors were Karshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memukan. These seven officials were from various places in the empire of Persia and Media and they advised the king personally, thus making them the most powerful officials in the empire.)
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.