H3117G–יוֹם–yom

Then on the thirteenth day of the first month, the king's scribes were sent for, and they put in writing Haman's orders to all the king's captains and the rulers of every division of his kingdom and the chiefs of every people: for every division of the k

יוֹם֮ yOm “day”

And letters were sent by the runners into every division of the kingdom ordering the death and destruction of all Jews, young and old, little children and women, on the same day, even the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar, and the takin

בְּי֣וֹם (י֣וֹם) Yom “a day”

A copy of the writing, to be made public in every part of the kingdom, was sent out to all the peoples, so that they might be ready when that day came.

לַיּ֥וֹם (יּ֥וֹם) i.Yom “day”

It is common knowledge among all the king's servants and the people of every part of the kingdom, that if anyone, man or woman, comes to the king in his inner room without being sent for, there is only one law for him, that he is to be put to death; only

יֽוֹם׃ Yom “day[s]”

Go, get together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and go without food for me, taking no food or drink night or day for three days: and I and my women will do the same; and so I will go in to the king, which is against the law: and if death is to

יָמִים֙ ya.Mim “days”וָי֔וֹם (י֔וֹם) Yom “day”

Now on the third day, Esther put on her queen's robes, and took her place in the inner room of the king's house, facing the king's house: and the king was seated on his high seat in the king's house, facing the doorway of the house.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (יּ֣וֹם) i.Yom “day”

And Esther in answer said, If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman come today to the feast which I have made ready for him.

הַיּ֔וֹם (יּ֔וֹם) Yom “day”

Then on that day Haman went out full of joy and glad in heart; but when he saw Mordecai in the king's doorway, and he did not get to his feet or give any sign of fear before him, Haman was full of wrath against Mordecai.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (יּ֣וֹם) i.Yom “day”

That night the king was unable to get any sleep; and he sent for the books of the records; and while some one was reading them to the king,

הַיָּמִ֔ים (יָּמִ֔ים) ya.Mim “days”

And the king said to Esther again on the second day, while they were drinking, What is your prayer, Queen Esther? for it will be given to you; and what is your request? for it will be done, even to the half of my kingdom.

בַּיּ֤וֹם (יּ֤וֹם) i.Yom “day”

That day the king gave all the family of Haman, the hater of the Jews, to Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had made clear what he was to her.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (יּ֣וֹם) i.Yom “day”

On one day in every division of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, that is, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar.

בְּי֣וֹם (י֣וֹם) Yom “a day”

A copy of the writing, to be made public as an order in every division of the kingdom, was given out to all the peoples, so that the Jews might be ready when that day came to give punishment to their haters.

לַיּ֣וֹם (יּ֣וֹם) i.Yom “day”

And in every part of the kingdom and in every town, wherever the king's letter and his order came, the Jews were glad with great joy, and had a feast and a good day. And a great number of the people of the land became Jews: for the fear of the Jews had c

וְי֣וֹם (י֣וֹם) Yom “a day”

Now on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, when the time came for the king's order to be put into effect, on the very day when the haters of the Jews had been hoping to have rule over them; though the opposite had come about

יוֹם֙ yOm “day”בַּיּ֗וֹם (יּ֗וֹם) i.Yom “day”

On that day the number of those who had been put to death in the town of Shushan was given to the king.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (יּ֣וֹם) i.Yom “day”

For the Jews who were in Shushan came together again on the fourteenth day of the month Adar and put to death three hundred men in Shushan; but they put not a hand on their goods.

בְּי֣וֹם (י֣וֹם) Yom “day”

This they did on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same month they took their rest, and made it a day of feasting and joy.

בְּיוֹם־ (יוֹם) yom- “day”י֖וֹם Yom “a day of”

But the Jews in Shushan came together on the thirteenth and on the fourteenth day of the month; and on the fifteenth day they took their rest, and made it a day of feasting and joy.

י֖וֹם Yom “a day of”

So the Jews of the country places living in unwalled towns make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of feasting and joy and a good day, a day for sending offerings one to another.

י֣וֹם Yom “day”וְי֣וֹם (י֣וֹם) Yom “a day”

Ordering them to keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and the fifteenth day of the same month, every year,

י֣וֹם Yom “day”יוֹם־ yom- “day”

As days on which the Jews had rest from their haters, and the month which for them was turned from sorrow to joy, and from weeping to a good day: and that they were to keep them as days of feasting and joy, of sending offerings to one another and good th

כַּיָּמִ֗ים (יָּמִ֗ים) i.ya.Mim “days”לְי֣וֹם (י֣וֹם) Yom “a day”יְמֵי֙ ye.Mei “days of”

So these days were named Purim, after the name of Pur. And so, because of the words of this letter, and of what they had seen in connection with this business, and what had come to them,

לַיָּמִ֨ים (יָּמִ֨ים) i.ya.Mim “days”

The Jews made a rule and gave an undertaking, causing their seed and all those who were joined to them to do the same, so that it might be in force for ever, that they would keep those two days, as ordered in the letter, at the fixed time every year;

הַיָּמִים֙ (יָּמִים֙) ya.Mim “days”

And that those days were to be kept in memory through every generation and every family, in every division of the kingdom and every town, that there might never be a time when these days of Purim would not be kept among the Jews, or when the memory of th

וְהַיָּמִ֣ים (יָּמִ֣ים) ya.Mim “days”וִימֵ֞י (ימֵ֞י) Mei “[the] days of”