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And the Jewsוְ הַיְּהוּדִיםacceptedקִבֵּלwhatאֲשֶׁרthey had begunהֵחֵלּוּto do,לַעֲשׂוֹתandוְwhatאֲשֶׁרMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַיhad writtenכָּתַבto them.אֲלֵיהֶם
Esther 9:23
Study it in the app“And the Jews accepted what they had begun to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 9:23, word by word
- And the Jewsיְּהוּדִיםyehudim
Jew, 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” appears- acceptedקִבֵּלkibel
receive
To take on something, good or bad.
Where else “kibel” appears- they had begunהֵחֵלּוּhechelu
begin
To start doing something.
Where else “hechelu” appears- to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַיmardochay
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” appears- had writtenכָּתַבkatav
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “katav” appears
The context
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.
23 · This verse (above)
24For Haman, son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the adversary of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to make them perish, and had cast Pur —that is, the lot— to throw them into turmoil and to make them perish.