Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleHis closest advisors were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media who had personal access to the king and ranked highest in the kingdom. Young's Literal Translation and he who is near unto him [is] Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, Memucan, seven heads of Persia and Media seeing the face of the king, who are sitting first in the kingdom— King James Bible And the next unto him [was] Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, [and] Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, [and] which sat the first in the kingdom; ) Hebrew His closest advisors [were]וְהַקָּרֹ֣ב (wə·haq·qā·rōḇ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7138: Near Carshena, כַּרְשְׁנָ֤א (kar·šə·nā) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3771: Carshena -- a person prince Shethar, שֵׁתָר֙ (šê·ṯār) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 8369: Shethar -- a prince of Pers Admatha, אַדְמָ֣תָא (’aḏ·mā·ṯā) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 133: Admatha -- a prince of person and Media Tarshish, תַרְשִׁ֔ישׁ (ṯar·šîš) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 8659: Tarshish -- a son of Javan, also a port on the Mediterranean, also a Benjamite Meres, מֶ֥רֶס (me·res) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4825: Meres -- a Persian noble Marsena, מַרְסְנָ֖א (mar·sə·nā) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4826: Marsena -- a Persian noble and Memucan, מְמוּכָ֑ן (mə·mū·ḵān) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4462: Memucan -- a prince of Persia and Media the seven שִׁבְעַ֞ת (šiḇ·‘aṯ) Number - masculine singular construct Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number princes שָׂרֵ֣י ׀ (śā·rê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince of Persia פָּרַ֣ס (pā·ras) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 6539: Persia -- a country in west Asia which conquered Babylon and Media וּמָדַ֗י (ū·mā·ḏay) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4074: Media -- a son of Japheth, also his descendants and their land who had personal access to רֹאֵי֙ (rō·’ê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 7200: To see the king הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king [and] ranked הַיֹּשְׁבִ֥ים (hay·yō·šə·ḇîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry highest רִאשֹׁנָ֖ה (ri·šō·nāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 7223: First, in place, time, rank in the kingdom. בַּמַּלְכֽוּת׃ (bam·mal·ḵūṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4438: Royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom |