and theseוְ הָאֵלֶּהdaysהַיָּמִיםwould be rememberedנִזְכָּרִיםand observedוְנַעֲשִׂיםin everyבְּכָלgeneration,דּוֹר וָדוֹרeach family,מִשְׁפָּחָה וּמִשְׁפָּחָהeach province,מְדִינָה וּמְדִינָהand each city;וְעִיר וָעִירand theseוִ הָאֵלֶּהdaysימֵיof Purimהַפּוּרִיםwould notלֹאpass awayיַעַבְרוּfrom amongמִתּוֹךְthe Jews,הַיְּהוּדִיםand the remembrance of themוְזִכְרָםwould notלֹאceaseיָסוּףfrom their offspring.מִזַּרְעָם
Esther 9:28
Study it in the app“and 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 9:28, word by word
- daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- would be rememberedנִזְכָּרִיםnizkarim
commemorate
To remember a day, celebrate it.
Where else “nizkarim” appears- and observedנַעֲשִׂיםnaasim
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “naasim” appears- generationדּוֹרdor
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dor” appears- each familyמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpacha
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpacha” appears- each provinceמְדִינָהmedina
province, district
Province, district: a territory governed by a ruler or judge.
Where else “medina” appears- and each cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- of Purimפּוּרִיםpurim
Pur, lot
Pur: a foreign word that the book of Esther explains as "the lot": what is cast to decide something by chance. From it comes the name of the feast of Purim.
Where else “purim” appears- pass awayיַעַבְרוּyaavru
pass over
To pass, be gone; "pass over" a wrong is to forgive it.
Where else “yaavru” appears- from amongתּוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- 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- and the remembrance of themזִכְרָzichra
remembrance, name
Remembrance: the name by which someone is remembered and called upon.
Where else “zichra” appears- ceaseיָסוּףyasuf
end
Reach a close and leave nothing.
Where else “yasuf” appears- from their offspringזַּרְעָzara
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zara” appears
The context
27the 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;
28 · This verse (above)
29And Esther the queen, daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew wrote with all authority to establish this second letter of Purim.