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And the commandוּמַאֲמַרof Estherאֶסְתֵּרestablishedקִיַּםtheseהָאֵלֶּהmattersדִּבְרֵיof Purim,הַפֻּרִיםand it was writtenוְנִכְתָּבin the book.בַּסֵּפֶר
Esther 9:32
Study it in the app“And the command of Esther established these matters of Purim, and it was written in the book.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 9:32, word by word
- And the commandמַאֲמַרmaamar
command, word
Command: what someone with authority says.
Where else “maamar” appears- of 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- establishedקִיַּםkiyam
establish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “kiyam” appears- mattersדִּבְרֵיdivre
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “divre” appears- of Purimפֻּרִיםpurim
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- and it was writtenנִכְתָּבnichtav
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “nichtav” appears- in the bookסֵּפֶרsefer
book
A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.
Where else “sefer” appears
The context
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.
32 · This verse (above)