Esther 1:1
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, in the days of Ahasuerus—he [is] Ahasuerus who is reigning from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces—

King James Bible
Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this [is] Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, [over] an hundred and seven and twenty provinces: )

Hebrew
This is what happened
וַיְהִ֖י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

in the days
בִּימֵ֣י (bî·mê)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 3117: A day

of Xerxes,
אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ (’ă·ḥaš·wê·rō·wōš)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 325: Ahasuerus -- king of Persia

who reigned over
הַמֹּלֵךְ֙ (ham·mō·lêḵ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel

127
שֶׁ֛בַע (še·ḇa‘)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

provinces
מְדִינָֽה׃ (mə·ḏî·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4082: A judgeship, jurisdiction, a district, a region

from India
מֵהֹ֣דּוּ (mê·hōd·dū)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1912: Hodu

to
וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

Cush.
כּ֔וּשׁ (kūš)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3568: A son of Ham, also his descendants, also a land in the southern Nile Valley

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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