Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThis is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another. Young's Literal Translation Therefore the Jews of the villages, who are dwelling in cities of the villages, are making the fourteenth day of the month of Adar—joy and banquet, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another. King James Bible Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar [a day of] gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another. Hebrew This is whyעַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the rural הַפְּרָזִ֗ים (hap·pə·rā·zîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 6521: Hamlet dweller Jews, הַיְּהוּדִ֣ים (hay·yə·hū·ḏîm) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's 3064: Jews -- Jewish who live הַיֹּשְׁבִים֮ (hay·yō·šə·ḇîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in the villages, בְּעָרֵ֣י (bə·‘ā·rê) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 5892: Excitement observe עֹשִׂ֗ים (‘ō·śîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 6213: To do, make the fourteenth day אַרְבָּעָ֤ה (’ar·bā·‘āh) Number - masculine singular Strong's 702: Four of the month לְחֹ֣דֶשׁ (lə·ḥō·ḏeš) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month of Adar אֲדָ֔ר (’ă·ḏār) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 143: The twelfth month in the Jewish calendar as a day י֣וֹם (yō·wm) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3117: A day of joy שִׂמְחָ֥ה (śim·ḥāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8057: Blithesomeness, glee and feasting. וּמִשְׁתֶּ֖ה (ū·miš·teh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4960: Drink, drinking, a banquet, feast It is a holiday וְי֣וֹם (wə·yō·wm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day for sending וּמִשְׁל֥וֹחַ (ū·miš·lō·w·aḥ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4916: A sending out, presentation, seizure gifts מָנ֖וֹת (mā·nō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 4490: Something weighed out, a division, a ration, a lot to one אִ֥ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person another. לְרֵעֵֽהוּ׃ (lə·rê·‘ê·hū) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow |
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