{"def":{"lit":"little man, worshipper of Mars","short":"Mordecai, an Israelite","long":["cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim","a Jew who returned from exile with Zerubbabel"]},"deriv":"of foreign derivation","pronun":{"ipa":"mor.d̪ɛ̆ˈkɑi̯","ipa_mod":"moʁ.dɛ̆ˈχɑi̯","sbl":"mordĕkay","dic":"more-deh-KAI","dic_mod":"more-deh-HAI"}}