"Mordecai or Mordechai (Hebrew: \u05DE\u05B8\u05E8\u05B0\u05D3\u05B3\u05BC\u05DB\u05B7\u05D9, Modern Mordekhay, Tiberian Mord\u014F\u1E35\u00E1y, Persian: \u0645\u0631\u062F\u062E\u0627\u06CC, IPA value: [m\u0254rd\u0254\u0306\u02C8x\u0251j]) is one of the main personalities in the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. He was the son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin."@en . . .