Study it in the app“And Mordecai wrote these things and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, those near and those far,”
And Mordecaiוַ מָרְדֳּכַיwroteיִּכְתֹּבtheseהָאֵלֶּהthingsהַדְּבָרִיםand sentוַיִּשְׁלַחlettersסְפָרִיםtoאֶלallכָּלthe Jewsהַיְּהוּדִיםwho wereאֲשֶׁרin allבְּכָלthe provincesמְדִינוֹתof King Ahasuerus,הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁthose nearהַקְּרוֹבִיםand those far,וְהָרְחוֹקִים
Mordecai
Mordecai: the name of one of those who returned with Zerubbabel; in the book of Esther, the relative who raised Esther.
Where else “mardochay” appearswrite
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “yichtov” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devarim” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appearsletter
A writing sent to someone with a message or an order, like a king's letter.
Where else “sefarim” appearsJew, Judean
Jew: a person of Judah, first of the kingdom of Judah and then, in general, of the people descended from it. Its first appearance is 2 Kings 16:6, where it names the men of Judah who lived in Elath. It is frequent in Jeremiah, Nehemiah and Esther.
Where else “yehudim” appearsprovince, district
Province, district: a territory governed by a ruler or judge.
Where else “medinot” 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” appearsnear
Close by, or having access to YHWH.
Where else “kerovim” appearsfar
To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.
Where else “rechokim” appears19Therefore the Jews of the open country, who live in the unwalled cities, make the fourteenth day of the month of Adar a day of gladness and banqueting and a good day, and of sending portions each to his companion.
20 · This verse (above)
21to establish for them that they should observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and the fifteenth day of it, every year,
