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Esther 9:26

Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,

KJV

atque ex illo tempore dies isti appellati sunt phurim, id est sortium : eo quod phur, id est sors, in urnam missa fuerit. Et cuncta quæ gesta sunt, epistolæ, id est, libri hujus volumine, continentur :

Vulgate

διὰ τοῦτο ἐπεκλήθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι αὗται Φρουραὶ διὰ τοὺς κλήρους, ὅτι τῇ διαλέκτῳ αὐτῶν καλοῦνται Φρουραί, διὰ τοὺς λόγους τῆς ἐπιστολῆς ταύτης, καὶ ὅσα πεπόνθασιν διὰ ταῦτα καὶ ὅσα αὐτοῖς ἐγένετο

LXX

Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur. Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come unto them,

ASV

עַל כֵּ֡ן קָֽרְאוּ֩ לַ/יָּמִ֨ים הָ/אֵ֤לֶּה פוּרִים֙ עַל שֵׁ֣ם הַ/פּ֔וּר עַל כֵּ֕ן עַל כָּל דִּבְרֵ֖י הָ/אִגֶּ֣רֶת הַ/זֹּ֑את וּ/מָֽה רָא֣וּ עַל כָּ֔כָה וּ/מָ֥ה הִגִּ֖יעַ אֲלֵי/הֶֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִגְּרוֹת֙
'grvt
noun · 10×
אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
כָּ֣כָה
kkh
adverb · 37×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נֹּגֵ֥עַ
ng'
verb · 149×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פּוּר֩
pvr
noun · 8×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Esth 9:20 — And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,