Mordechai
Mordechai is a Hebrew male given name, the original form of Mordecai.
In the biblical Book of Esther, Mordechai is the cousin who raises Esther and helps her save the Jewish people from destruction—a story commemorated in the festival of Purim.
The name remains common among Jewish families: Uncle Mordechai always led the Passover seder.
Hebrew name meaning star
- PurimAdar feast day
- HamanBiblical court schemer
- PersianOf or from Iran
- ShushanAncient Persian royal city
cousin · Jewish · exile · gallows · plot · deliverance · feast · righteous
Esther
Hebrew name meaning star
Shushan · cousin · Jewish · exile · gallows · plot · deliverance · feast · righteous · gatekeeper
Hebrew
Semitic language of Israel
- YiddishAshkenazi Jewish language
- AshkenaziJews of European descent
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
namesake · synagogue · rabbi · grandfather · patriarch · blessing · lineage · ancestry · Torah · observant
novelist
Writer of prose narratives
author · fiction · satire · humor · storytelling · character · protagonist · memoir · identity · immigrant
MordechaiHaman
Biblical court schemer
Pharaoh · Nebuchadnezzar · Goliath · Judas Iscariot · Herod