Esther 9:29

Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Esther	אֶסְתֵּ֨ר 'es.Ter	H635	Ester · proper noun, a woman's name
queen	הַמַּלְכָּ֧ה ha.mal.Kah	H4436	a queen · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
daughter	בַת vat-	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · noun, common feminine singular construct
Abihail	אֲבִיחַ֛יִל 'a.vi.Cha.yil	H32	Abihail or Abichail · proper noun, a man's name
Mordecai	וּמָרְדֳּכַ֥י u.ma.re.do.Khai	H4782	Mordecai · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
Jew	הַיְּהוּדִ֖י hai.ye.hu.Di	H3064	a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew) · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine singular absolute
wrote	וַ֠תִּכְתֹּב va.tikh.to	H3789	to grave · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
authority	תֹּ֑קֶף To.kef	H8633	might or (figuratively) positiveness · noun, common masculine singular absolute
confirm	לְקַיֵּ֗ם le.kai.Yem	H6965	to rise (in various applications · preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct
second	הַשֵּׁנִֽית ha.she.Nit	H8145	properly · definite article + ordinal number, feminine singular absolute
letter	אִגֶּ֧רֶת 'i.Ge.ret	H107	an epistle · noun, common feminine singular construct
Purim	הַפּוּרִ֛ים ha.pu.Rim	H6332	a lot (as by means of a broken piece) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Esther 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,
Esther 2:15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the k…
Esther 8:10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus’ name, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, c…
Esther 3:15 The posts went out, being hastened by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat dow…

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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 9:26

they called these days Purim after the name of Pur--"Pur," in the Persian language, signifies "lot"; and the feast of Purim, or lots, has a reference to the time having been pitched upon by Haman through the decision of the lot. In consequence of the signal national deliverance which divine providence gave them from the infamous machinations of Haman, Mordecai ordered the Jews to commemorate that event by an anniversary festival, which was to last for two days, in accordance with the two days' war of defense they had to maintain. There was a slight difference in the time of this festival; for the Jews in the provinces, having defended themselves against their enemies on the thirteenth, devot…

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Adam Clarke on Esther 9:29

Esther - wrote with all authority - Esther and Mordecai had the king's license so to do: and their own authority was great and extensive.

John Gill on Esther 9:29

Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority,.... Strongly pressing the observance of this festival; before, Mordecai only recommended it, but now the queen gave a sanction to it, and laid her obligation on the Jews to observe it; perhaps some of the Jews were backward to it, or neglected to observe it, and therefore Esther and Mordecai joined in a letter to them, to press them to it; the Jewish chronologer (x) says, this was written the year following; the former Targum is, they wrote this whole volume, and the strength of the miracle, or set the miraculous deliverance in the strongest light, with this view: to confirm this second letter of…

The Church Fathers

For we require this admonition so that we will have always in our hearts the peace of Christianity, and will adopt the truth of the Gospel itself; which will prevent us from inadvertently falling, through discord and disagreement, into the errors of the heretics from which there can be no salvation but certain damnation and ruin. So all those who recognize that, through the seed of the word of God, they have been reborn in baptism from the Church and the ministry of the sacred teachers as sons to God the Father, are certainly required to fast in piety, i.e. to lead a pious, chaste and modest life; to send up the cries of their prayers and teachings; to celebrate the days of lots, i.e. of the victory to come, with reverence and firm hope; and to observe with robust faith and good works everything contained in the book of the two Testaments.
— Rabanus Maurus, Commentary on Esther

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Dictionary and topics

Abihail — Father of might. (1.) Num. 3:35. (2.) 1 Chr. 2:29. (3.) 1 Chr. 5:14. (4.) The second wife of King Rehoboam (2 Chr. 11:18), a descendant of Eliab, David’s eldest brother. (5.) The father of Esther and…
Festivals, Religious — There were daily (Lev. 23), weekly, monthly, and yearly festivals, and great stress was laid on the regular observance of them in every particular (Num. 28:1-8; Ex. 29:38-42; Lev. 6:8-23; Ex. 30:7-9;…
Pur, Purim — A lot, lots, a festival instituted by the Jews (Esther 9:24-32) in ironical commemoration of Haman’s consultation of the Pur (a Persian word), for the purpose of ascertaining the auspicious day for…
Feast Of Purim, Or Lots, The · Confirmed by royal authority — Confirmed by royal authority
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 9:29

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 9:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 9:26

Adam Clarke on Esther 9:29

John Gill on Esther 9:29

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Esther 9:29

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 9:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 9:26

Adam Clarke on Esther 9:29

John Gill on Esther 9:29

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Esther 9:29–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Esther 9:29-32

Rashi on Esther 9:29