Parallel Strong's Berean Study Bibleas the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor. Young's Literal Translation as days on which the Jews have rested from their enemies, and the month that hath been turned to them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning to a good day, to make them days of banquet and of joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the needy. King James Bible As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor. Hebrew as the daysכַּיָּמִ֗ים (kay·yā·mîm) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3117: A day on which אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the Jews הַיְּהוּדִים֙ (hay·yə·hū·ḏîm) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's 3064: Jews -- Jewish had rid themselves נָ֨חוּ (nā·ḥū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5117: To rest, settle down of their enemies מֵא֣וֹיְבֵיהֶ֔ם (mê·’ō·wy·ḇê·hem) Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary and the month וְהַחֹ֗דֶשׁ (wə·ha·ḥō·ḏeš) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month in which אֲשֶׁר֩ (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that their sorrow מִיָּגוֹן֙ (mî·yā·ḡō·wn) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3015: Grief, sorrow had turned נֶהְפַּ֨ךְ (neh·paḵ) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2015: To turn about, over, to change, overturn, return, pervert to joy לְשִׂמְחָ֔ה (lə·śim·ḥāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8057: Blithesomeness, glee and their mourning וּמֵאֵ֖בֶל (ū·mê·’ê·ḇel) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 60: Lamentation into a holiday. לְי֣וֹם (lə·yō·wm) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day [He wrote] that these were to be לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 6213: To do, make days יְמֵי֙ (yə·mê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 3117: A day of feasting מִשְׁתֶּ֣ה (miš·teh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4960: Drink, drinking, a banquet, feast and joy, וְשִׂמְחָ֔ה (wə·śim·ḥāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8057: Blithesomeness, glee of sending וּמִשְׁל֤וֹחַ (ū·miš·lō·w·aḥ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4916: A sending out, presentation, seizure gifts מָנוֹת֙ (mā·nō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 4490: Something weighed out, a division, a ration, a lot to one אִ֣ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person another לְרֵעֵ֔הוּ (lə·rê·‘ê·hū) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow [and] וּמַתָּנ֖וֹת (ū·mat·tā·nō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 4979: A present, a sacrificial offering, a bribe to the poor. לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִֽים׃ (lā·’eḇ·yō·w·nîm) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 34: In want, needy, poor |
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