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This wason the thirteenthבְּ שְׁלֹשָׁה עָשָׂרdayיוֹםof the monthלְחֹדֶשׁof Adar;אֲדָרand they restedוְנוֹחַon the fourteenthבְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂרof it,בּוֹand madeוְעָשֹׂהitאֹתוֹa dayיוֹםof banquetingמִשְׁתֶּהand gladness.וְשִׂמְחָה
Esther 9:17
Study it in the app“This was on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar; and they rested on the fourteenth of it, and made it a day of banqueting and gladness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 9:17, word by word
- on the thirteenthשְׁלֹשָׁהshelosha
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- dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of the 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- and they restedנוֹחַnoach
rest
To stay still and settle in a place.
Where else “noach” appears- on the fourteenthאַרְבָּעָהarbaa
four
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appears- and madeעָשֹׂהaso
prepare
To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.
Where else “aso” appears- of banquetingמִשְׁתֶּהmishte
feast
A party with food and drink.
Where else “mishte” appears- and gladnessשִׂמְחָהsimcha
joy
Joy, gladness, celebration.
Where else “simcha” appears
The context
16And the rest of the Jews who were in the king’s provinces assembled and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and killed among those who hated them seventy-five thousand; but on the plunder they did not stretch out their hand.
17 · This verse (above)
18But the Jews who were in Susa assembled on the thirteenth of it and on the fourteenth of it, and rested on the fifteenth of it, and made it a day of banqueting and gladness.