Study it in the app“In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, Pur was cast —that is, the lot— before Haman from day to day and from month to month, to the twelfth, which is the month of Adar.”
In the firstבַּ הָרִאשׁוֹןmonth,חֹדֶשׁwhichהוּאisthe monthחֹדֶשׁof Nisan,נִיסָןin the twelfthשְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵהyearבִּשְׁנַתof King Ahasuerus,לַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁPurפּוּרwas castהִפִּיל—that is,הוּאthe lot—הַגּוֹרָלbeforeלִפְנֵיHamanהָמָןfrom dayמִיּוֹםto dayלְיוֹםand from monthוּמֵחֹדֶשׁto month,לְחֹדֶשׁto thetwelfth,שְׁנֵים עָשָׂרwhichהוּאisthe monthחֹדֶשׁof Adar.אֲדָר
first
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishon” appearsmonth
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appearsNisan
Nisan: the first month of the calendar, between March and April. It is the name that the month of Abib received after the exile.
Where else “nisan” appearsdouble
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shetem” appears-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “esre” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsAhasuerus
Ahasuerus: the Hebrew name of a king of Persia. In Ezra 4:6 and in the book of Esther; Strong identifies him there with Xerxes.
Where else “achashverosh” appearsPur, lot
Pur: a foreign word that the book of Esther explains as "the lot": what is cast to decide something by chance. From it comes the name of the feast of Purim.
Where else “pur” appearscast lots
To make fall; throw lots.
Where else “hipil” appearslot
Small stones cast to decide something.
Where else “goral” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsHaman
Haman: the man whom King Ahasuerus set above all his officials; he wanted to destroy the Jews and ended hanged on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai.
Where else “haman” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsAdar
Adar: the twelfth month of the calendar, between February and March. The name comes from Babylon.
Where else “adar” appears“Pur” is a foreign word that the text itself explains: “the lot.” They cast lots to choose the day and the month; from this comes the name of the feast of Purim (9:26).
6But in his eyes it was beneath him to stretch out his hand against Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai; and Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of Mordecai.
7 · This verse (above)
8And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and separated among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different from those of every people, and the king’s laws they do not keep; and for the king it is not worthwhile to leave them alone.
