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to establishלְקַיֵּםfor themעֲלֵיהֶםthat they shouldלִהְיוֹתobserveעֹשִׂיםthe fourteenthאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂרdayיוֹםof the monthלְחֹדֶשׁof Adarאֲדָרandוְthe fifteenthחֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂרdayיוֹםof it,בּוֹeveryבְּכָלyear,שָׁנָה וְשָׁנָה
Esther 9:21
Study it in the app“to establish for them that they should observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and the fifteenth day of it, every year,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 9:21, word by word
- to establishקַיֵּםkayem
establish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “kayem” appears- that they shouldהְיוֹתheot
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heot” appears- observeעֹשִׂיםosim
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “osim” appears- the fourteenthאַרְבָּעָהarbaa
four
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appears- the fourteenthעָשָׂרasar
-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- the fifteenthחֲמִשָּׁהchamisha
five
Five.
Where else “chamisha” appears- yearשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears
The context
20And 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,
21 · This verse (above)
22as the days in which the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month that was turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of banqueting and gladness, and of sending portions each to his companion, and gifts to the needy.