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Where does “אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ” come from?
אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ (Hebrew) comes from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠, from Old Persian *(w)r̥šā — man.
Ancestry of “אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Persian
𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠
ruler among kings
2
Old Persian
*(w)r̥šā
man
Words derived from “אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ”
Ahasuerus
אחשורוש
Assuero
Ἀσουήρος
અહાશ્વેરોશ
Assuerus
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