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Esther 9:19

This 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.

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ASV

Therefore do the Jews of the villages, that dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

KJV

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.

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
עַל־'al-there-H5921 →
כֵּ֞ןken-foreH3651 →
הַיְּהוּדִ֣יםhai.ye.hu.Dimthe JewsH3064 →
הַפְּרָזִ֗יםha.pe.ro.zimthe rural villagersH6521 →
הַיֹּשְׁבִים֮hai.yo.she.Vimwho were dwellingH3427 →
בְּעָרֵ֣יbe.'a.Reiin [the] cities ofH5892 →
הַפְּרָזוֹת֒ha.pe.ra.zOtthe open regionsH6519 →
עֹשִׂ֗ים'o.Sim[are] observingH6213 →
אֵ֠ת'et<obj.>H853 →
י֣וֹםYomdayH3117 →
אַרְבָּעָ֤ה'ar.ba.'Ahfour-H702 →
עָשָׂר֙'a.SarteenH6240 →
לְחֹ֣דֶשׁle.Cho.deshof [the] monthH2320 →
אֲדָ֔ר'a.DarAdarH143 →
שִׂמְחָ֥הsim.ChahjoyH8057 →
וּמִשְׁתֶּ֖הu.mish.Tehand a feastH4960 →
וְי֣וֹםve.Yomand a dayH3117 →
ט֑וֹבTovgoodH2896 →
וּמִשְׁל֥וֹחַu.mish.Lo.achand [the] sending ofH4916 →
מָנ֖וֹתma.NotportionsH4490 →
אִ֥ישׁ'isheachH376 →
לְרֵעֵֽהוּ׃ פle.re.'E.huto neighbor hisH7453 →

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Nehemiah 8:10Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”Esther 8:17In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.Deuteronomy 16:14And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.Nehemiah 8:10–12Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”Revelation 11:10And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them, and will celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.Esther 9:22as 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.1 Samuel 25:8Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can afford to your servants and to your son David.’”Ecclesiastes 11:2Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.Deuteronomy 16:11and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.Deuteronomy 3:5All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages.Psalms 118:11–16They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.Zechariah 2:4and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.Luke 11:41But give as alms the things that are within you, and you will see that everything is clean for you.Judges 5:7Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.Ezra 6:15And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

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