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And Estherוַ אֶסְתֵּרthe queen,הַמַּלְכָּהdaughterבַתof Abihail,אֲבִיחַיִלand Mordecaiוּמָרְדֳּכַיthe Jewהַיְּהוּדִיwroteתִּכְתֹּבwith allכָּלauthorityתֹּקֶףto establishלְקַיֵּםthisהַזֹּאתsecondהַשֵּׁנִיתletterאִגֶּרֶתof Purim.הַפּוּרִים
Esther 9:29
Study it in the app“And Esther the queen, daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew wrote with all authority to establish this second letter of Purim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 9:29, word by word
- And Estherאֶסְתֵּרester
Esther
Esther: the other name of Hadassah, the Jewish young woman, cousin of Mordecai, who became queen of Persia and delivered her people.
Where else “ester” appears- the queenמַּלְכָּהmalka
queen
Queen: a woman who reigns or the chief wife of a king. It is said of the queen of Sheba and of the queens in the book of Esther.
Where else “malka” appears- daughterבַתvat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vat” appears- of Abihailאֲבִיחַיִלavichayil
Abihail
Abihail, father of Zuriel, of the Levites of Merari; other people, men and women, bear the same name. It means "father of strength."
Where else “avichayil” appears- and 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- the Jewיְּהוּדִיyehudi
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 “yehudi” appears- wroteתִּכְתֹּבtichtov
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “tichtov” appears- authorityתֹּקֶףtokef
authority, power
Authority, the strength with which someone commands.
Where else “tokef” appears- to establishקַיֵּםkayem
establish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “kayem” appears- secondשֵּׁנִיתshenit
second
The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
Where else “shenit” appears- letterאִגֶּרֶתigeret
letter
Letter: a written message that is sent. A word of the late books (Chronicles, Nehemiah, Esther).
Where else “igeret” 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
The context
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.
29 · This verse (above)
30And he sent letters to all the Jews, to the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, words of peace and truth,