“It pleased” | קֳדָ֣ם | Before | pleased |
“Darius” | דָּרְיָ֔וֶשׁ | Darejavesh, a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings | Darius |
“to set” | וַהֲקִים֙ | To rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) | set |
“over” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | over |
“the kingdom” | מַלְכוּתָ֔א | Dominion (abstractly or concretely) | kingdom |
“an hundred” | מְאָ֣ה | A hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction | hundred |
“and twenty” | וְעֶשְׂרִ֑ין | Twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth | twenty |
“princes,” | לַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֖א | A satrap or governor of a main province (of Persia) | princes |
“which” | דִּ֥י | That, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of | which |
“should be” | לֶהֱוֺ֖ן | To exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words) | should |
“over the whole” | בְּכָל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | whole |
“kingdom;” | מַלְכוּתָֽא׃ | Dominion (abstractly or concretely) | kingdom |