Mordechai

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Usage：Hebrew

Meaning & History：

Hebrew form of MORDECAI.

MORDECAI male Biblical, Hebrew

Means "servant of MARDUK" in Persian. In the Old Testament Mordecai is the cousin and foster father of Esther. He thwarted a plot to kill the Persian king, though he made an enemy of the king's chief advisor Haman.

MARDUK male Near Eastern Mythology

Possibly from Sumerian amar-Utu meaning "calf of UTU". In Babylonian mythology he was the chief god, presiding over heaven, light, sky, battle, and fertility. After killing the dragon Tiamat, who was an old enemy of the gods, he created the world and sky from the pieces of her body.

UTU male Near Eastern Mythology

Derived from Sumerian ud meaning "sun". In Sumerian mythology this was the name of the god of the sun. He was the son of the moon god Nanna and Ningal.

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EQUIVALENTS

BIBLICAL HEBREW: Mordokhay

BIBLICAL: Mordecai

ENGLISH: Mordikai

HEBREW: Mordecai

DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS

YIDDISH: Motel, Motke

OTHER FORMS

NEAR EASTERN MYTHOLOGY: Marduk