Esther 8:10
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.

Young's Literal Translation
And he writeth in the name of the king Ahasuerus, and sealeth with the signet of the king, and sendeth letters by the hand of the runners with horses, riders of the dromedary, the mules, the young mares,

King James Bible
And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed [it] with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, [and] riders on mules, camels, [and] young dromedaries:

Hebrew
Mordecai wrote
וַיִּכְתֹּ֗ב (way·yiḵ·tōḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3789: To grave, to write

in the name
בְּשֵׁם֙ (bə·šêm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8034: A name

of King
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

Xerxes
אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹ֔שׁ (’ă·ḥaš·wê·rōš)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 325: Ahasuerus -- king of Persia

and sealed it
וַיַּחְתֹּ֖ם (way·yaḥ·tōm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2856: To seal, affix a seal, seal up

with the royal
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

signet ring.
בְּטַבַּ֣עַת (bə·ṭab·ba·‘aṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 2885: A seal, signet, a ring of any kind

He sent
וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (way·yiš·laḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

the documents
סְפָרִ֡ים (sə·p̄ā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5612: A missive, document, writing, book

by
בְּיַד֩ (bə·yaḏ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3027: A hand

mounted
בַּסּוּסִ֜ים (bas·sū·sîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5483: A swallow, swift (type of bird)

couriers
הָרָצִ֨ים (hā·rā·ṣîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7323: To run

riding on
רֹכְבֵ֤י (rō·ḵə·ḇê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 7392: To ride, to place upon, to despatch

swift horses
הָרֶ֙כֶשׁ֙ (hā·re·ḵeš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7409: A relay of animals on a, post-route, a courser

bred
בְּנֵ֖י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

from the royal
הָֽאֲחַשְׁתְּרָנִ֔ים (hā·’ă·ḥaš·tə·rā·nîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 327: A mule

mares.
הָֽרַמָּכִֽים׃ (hā·ram·mā·ḵîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7424: Perhaps a mare

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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