Esther 9:22

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
days	כַּיָּמִ֗ים kai.ya.Mim	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
Jews	הַיְּהוּדִים֙ hai.ye.hu.Dim	H3064	a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew) · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
rested	נָ֨חוּ Na.chu	H5117	to rest · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
enemies	מֵא֣וֹיְבֵיהֶ֔ם me.'oy.vei.Hem	H341	hating · preposition + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
month	וְהַחֹ֗דֶשׁ ve.ha.Cho.desh	H2320	the new moon · conjunction + definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
turned	נֶהְפַּ֨ךְ neh.Pakh	H2015	to turn about or over · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
sorrow	מִיָּגוֹן֙ mi.ya.goyN	H3015	affliction · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
joy	לְשִׂמְחָ֔ה le.sim.Chah	H8057	blithesomeness or glee · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
mourning	וּמֵאֵ֖בֶל u.me.'E.vel	H60	lamentation · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
good	ט֑וֹב Tov	H2896	good (as an adjective) in the widest sense · adjective, masculine singular absolute
day	לְי֣וֹם le.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
make	לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת la.'a.Sot	H6213	to do or make · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
days	יְמֵי֙ ye.Mei	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine plural construct
feasting	מִשְׁתֶּ֣ה mish.Teh	H4960	drink · noun, common masculine singular absolute
joy	וְשִׂמְחָ֔ה ve.sim.Chah	H8057	blithesomeness or glee · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
sending	וּמִשְׁל֤וֹחַ u.mish.Lo.ach	H4916	a sending out · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
portions	מָנוֹת֙ ma.nOt	H4490	properly · noun, common feminine plural absolute
one	אִ֣ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
another	לְרֵעֵ֔הוּ le.re.'E.hu	H7453	an associate (more or less close) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
gifts	וּמַתָּנ֖וֹת u.ma.ta.Not	H4979	a present · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural absolute
poor	לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִֽים La.'ev.yo.Nim	H34	destitute · preposition with the article + adjective, masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Psalms 30:11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
Esther 9:19 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 feasti…
Isaiah 12:1-2 And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst…
Isaiah 14:3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherei…
Esther 3:12-13 Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commande…
Galatians 2:10 Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
Exodus 13:3-8 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the…
Nehemiah 8:10-12 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this da…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 9:20–end

We may well imagine how much affected Mordecai and Esther were with the triumphs of the Jews over their enemies, and how they saw the issue of that decisive day with a satisfaction proportionable to the care and concern with which they expected it. How were their hearts enlarged with joy in God and his salvation, and what new songs of praise were put into their mouths! But here we are told what course they took to spread the knowledge of it among their people, and to perpetuate the remembrance of it to posterity, for the honour of God and the encouragement of his people to trust in him at all times. I. The history was written, and copies of it were dispersed among all the Jews in all the pro…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 9:20

THE TWO DAYS OF PURIM MADE FESTIVAL. (Est 9:20-32) Mordecai wrote these things--Commentators are not agreed what is particularly meant by "these things"; whether the letters following, or an account of these marvellous events to be preserved in the families of the Jewish people, and transmitted from one generation to another.

Adam Clarke on Esther 9:20

Mordecai wrote these things - It has been supposed that thus far that part of the book of Esther, which was written by Mordecai extends: what follows to the end, was probably added either by Ezra, or the men of the Great Synagogue; though what is said here may refer only to the letters sent by Mordecai to the Jews of the provinces. From this to the end of the chapter is nothing else than a recapitulation of the chief heads of the preceding history, and an account of the appointment of an annual feast, called the feast of Purim, in commemoration of their providential deliverance from the malice of Haman.

John Gill on Esther 9:22

As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies,.... Having slain all those that rose up against them, and assaulted them: and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning unto a good day; for in this month Adar, on the thirteenth day of it, they expected to have been all destroyed, which had occasioned great sorrow and mourning in them; but beyond their expectation, in the same month, and on the selfsame day of the month, they had deliverance and freedom from their enemies; which was matter of joy, and made this day a good day to them: that they should make them days of feasting and joy; keep both the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month as festi…

Dictionary and topics

Alms — Not found in the Old Testament, but repeatedly in the New. The Mosaic legislation (Lev. 25:35; Deut. 15:7) tended to promote a spirit of charity, and to prevent the occurrence of destitution among…
Banquet — A feast provided for the entertainment of a company of guests (Esther 5; 7; 1 Pet. 4:3); such as was provided for our Lord by his friends in Bethany (Matt. 26:6; Mark 14:3; comp. John 12:2). These…
Feast Of Purim, Or Lots, The · Mode of celebrating — Mode of celebrating
Purim · from the plot of Haman — from the plot of Haman

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Esther 9:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 9:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 9:20

Adam Clarke on Esther 9:20

John Gill on Esther 9:22

Dictionary and topics

Esther 9:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 9:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 9:20

Adam Clarke on Esther 9:20

John Gill on Esther 9:22

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Esther 9:20-22

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Esther 9:19

Rashi on Esther 9:20