Esther 9:27

“the Jews established and accepted for themselves and for their offspring and for all who joined them, so that it would not pass away, that they would observe these two days according to their writing and according to their appointed time, every year;”

Esther 9:27 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Esther 9:27, word by word

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
establishedקִיְּמוּkiymu

establish

To put something up, or confirm a covenant.

Where else “kiymu” appears
and acceptedקִבְּלוּkiblu

receive

To take on something, good or bad.

Where else “kiblu” appears
and for their offspringזַרְעָzara

offspring

The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.

Where else “zara” appears
who joinedנִּלְוִיםnilvim

join

To join oneself to someone and be bound to him.

Where else “nilvim” appears
pass awayיַעֲבוֹרyaavor

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

Where else “yaavor” appears
that they wouldהְיוֹתheot

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “heot” appears
observeעֹשִׂיםosim

carry out

To do what is commanded.

Where else “osim” appears
twoשְׁנֵיshene

two

A pair, a quantity of two.

Where else “shene” appears
daysיָּמִיםyamim

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yamim” appears
according to their writingכְתָבָchetava

document

A written document: a letter, an order or a decree of the king.

Where else “chetava” appears
and according to their appointed timeזְמַנָּzemana

set time

An appointed time, a set time.

Where else “zemana” appears
yearשָׁנָהshana

year

Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.

Where else “shana” appears

The context

26Therefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur. Therefore, because of all the words of this letter, and what they had seen concerning this, and what had come to them,

27 · This verse (above)

28and these days would be remembered and observed in every generation, each family, each province, and each city; and these days of Purim would not pass away from among the Jews, and the remembrance of them would not cease from their offspring.

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