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Ester 9:24

Në fakt Hamani, bir i Hamedathas, Agagitit, armiku i të gjithë Judejve, kishte komplotuar kundër Judejve për t'i shkatërruar dhe kishte hedhur Purin (domethënë kishte hedhur shortin), për t'i shfarosur dhe për t'i shkatërruar.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Hammedatha;   Lot, the;   Month;   Purim;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Feast of Purim, or Lots, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Purim;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Feasts;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Day;   Feasts and Festivals of Israel;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Festivals, Religious;   Pur, Purim;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Purim;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Esther;   Festivals;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Agagite;   Bacchurus;   Eliashib;   Eliasibus;   Hammedatha;   Purim;   Shallum;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Lots;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Agagite ;   Lots, Casting;   Pur, Purim;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Lots;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Pu'rim;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Haman;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Agagite;   Feasts, and Fasts;   Macedonia;   Purim;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Haman the Agagite;   Hammedatha;  

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the enemy: Esther 9:10, Esther 3:5-13

Pur: The word pur seems to be derived either from the Persian bahr and bar, a part, portion, lot, or pari, anything which happens fortuitously or fortunately; whence the annual festival in commemoration of the wonderful deliverance of the Jews from their enemies was called Purim, or in Arabic and Persian, Fuhr, or Lots; which has been observed by them, in all places of their dispersion, from that day to the present time, without any interruption. Esther 3:7

consume: Heb. crush

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 21:5 - The man Isaiah 22:25 - the burden

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them,.... Had formed a design to exterminate them from the whole Persian empire in one day:

and had cast Pur, (that is, the lot,) to consume them, and to destroy them; had cast lots to find out what would be the most lucky day in the year for him to do it on, and the most unlucky and unfortunate to the Jews; and, according to the lot, the thirteenth of Adar was pitched upon; this and the following verse give the reasons for observing the above two days as festivals.


 
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