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on oneבְּ אֶחָדdayיוֹםin allבְּכָלthe provincesמְדִינוֹתof King Ahasuerus,הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁon the thirteenthבִּשְׁלוֹשָׁה עָשָׂרof the twelfthלְ שְׁנֵים עָשָׂרmonth,חֹדֶשׁwhichהוּאisthe monthחֹדֶשׁof Adar.אֲדָר
Esther 8:12
Study it in the app“on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 8:12, word by word
- on oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- the provincesמְדִינוֹתmedinot
province, district
Province, district: a territory governed by a ruler or judge.
Where else “medinot” appears- of King Ahasuerusמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of King Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁachashverosh
Ahasuerus
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” appears- on the thirteenthשְׁלוֹשָׁהshelosha
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appears- on the thirteenthעָשָׂרasar
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appears- of the twelfthשְׁנֵיםshenem
double
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shenem” appears- monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- of Adarאֲדָרadar
Adar
Adar: the twelfth month of the calendar, between February and March. The name comes from Babylon.
Where else “adar” appears
The context
11in which the king granted the Jews who were in every city permission to assemble and to stand for their lives, to destroy, to kill, and to make perish any army of any people or province that might harass them, little ones and women, and to plunder their spoil,
12 · This verse (above)
13A copy of the writing, to be given as law in every province, was published to all the peoples, and that the Jews should be ready for this day to avenge themselves on their enemies.