Study it in the app“to 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.”
to establishלְקַיֵּםtheseהָאֵלֶּהdaysיְמֵיof Purimהַפֻּרִיםat their appointed times,בִּזְמַנֵּיהֶםasכַּאֲשֶׁרMordecaiמָרְדֳּכַיthe Jewהַיְּהוּדִיand Estherוְאֶסְתֵּרthe queenהַמַּלְכָּהhad establishedקִיַּםfor them,עֲלֵיהֶםand asוְכַאֲשֶׁרthey had establishedקִיְּמוּfor themselvesעַל נַפְשָׁםand for their offspring:וְעַל זַרְעָםthe mattersדִּבְרֵיof the fastsהַצֹּמוֹתand of their crying out.וְזַעֲקָתָם
establish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “kayem” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appearsPur, 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” appearsset time
An appointed time, a set time.
Where else “zemane” appearsMordecai
Mordecai: the name of one of those who returned with Zerubbabel; in the book of Esther, the relative who raised Esther.
Where else “mardochay” appearsJew, 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” appearsEsther
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” appearsqueen
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” appearsperson
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nafsha” appearsoffspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zara” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “divre” appearsfast
Fast: going without food for a time, as a sign of mourning, of sorrow for sin, or of pleading with God.
Where else “tsomot” appearsoutcry
Cry, outcry: the cry of someone who suffers injustice and calls for help.
Where else “zaakata” appears30And he sent letters to all the Jews, to the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, words of peace and truth,
31 · This verse (above)
32And the command of Esther established these matters of Purim, and it was written in the book.
