purim

«purim» in Mova's judaism dictionary: The Jewish holiday that remembers how Esther and Mordecai… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

The Jewish holiday that remembers how Esther and Mordecai saved the Jews of Persia from Haman. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The name means "lots." Esther and Mordecai wrote letters to make these days a yearly feast. Interpretation: It is kept with the reading of the Scroll of Esther, gifts of food to friends, gifts to the poor and a festive meal. Children dress up and make noise at Haman's name.

examples

• Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of pur. (Writings EST.9.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book. (Writings EST.9.32, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote down all the acts of power, to confirm this second letter of Purim. (Writings EST.9.29, JPS 1917) tree →

note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

In the corpora

• Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of pur.
• And the commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «purim» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.