Esther 1:14
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
His 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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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