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And he sentוַיִּשְׁלַחlettersסְפָרִיםtoאֶלallכָּלthe Jews,הַיְּהוּדִיםtoאֶלthe hundredמֵאָהandוּtwenty-sevenשֶׁבַע וְעֶשְׂרִיםprovincesמְדִינָהof the kingdomמַלְכוּתof Ahasuerus,אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁwordsדִּבְרֵיof peaceשָׁלוֹםand truth,וֶאֱמֶת
Esther 9:30
Study it in the app“And he sent letters to all the Jews, to the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, words of peace and truth,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 9:30, word by word
- And he sentיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appears- lettersסְפָרִיםsefarim
letter
A writing sent to someone with a message or an order, like a king's letter.
Where else “sefarim” 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- the hundredמֵאָהmea
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appears- twenty-sevenשֶׁבַעsheva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears- twenty-sevenעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- provincesמְדִינָהmedina
province, district
Province, district: a territory governed by a ruler or judge.
Where else “medina” appears- of the kingdomמַלְכוּתmalchut
kingdom
A kingdom: the people and territory a king rules, or the one YHWH rules.
Where else “malchut” appears- of Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁachashverosh
Ahasuerus
Ahasuerus: the Hebrew name of a king of Persia. In Ezra 4:6 and in the book of Esther; Strong identifies him there with Xerxes.
Where else “achashverosh” appears- wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- of peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- and truthאֱמֶתemet
truth
What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.
Where else “emet” appears
The context
29And Esther the queen, daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew wrote with all authority to establish this second letter of Purim.
30 · This verse (above)
31to establish these days of Purim at their appointed times, as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had established for them, and as they had established for themselves and for their offspring: the matters of the fasts and of their crying out.