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title: פּוּר — lot · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פּוּר (6332), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: lot. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פּוּר

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«פּוּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lot** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** 6332 · **BDB:** פור

### Glosses

the.Purim (4); Pur (2); Purim (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lot [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6332/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (√ foll.; poss. foam, cf. Arabic ((فور), فَارَ), boil, ferment; Syriac ܦܘܪ, Ethpe., of anger).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword without dagesh, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פּוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6332/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Esther 9:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.9.32/)

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וּמַאֲמַ֣ר אֶסְתֵּ֔ר קִיַּ֕ם דִּבְרֵ֥י הַפֻּרִ֖ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וְנִכְתָּ֖ב בַּסֵּֽפֶר׃פ

*Word for word:* and the.command of.Esther it.confirmed the.words of the.Purim (the) these and \[it.was\].written in the book

*JPS 1917:* And the commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

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[Esther 9:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.9.29/)

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וַ֠תִּכְתֹּב אֶסְתֵּ֨ר הַמַּלְכָּ֧ה בַת־אֲבִיחַ֛יִל וּמָרְדֳּכַ֥י הַיְּהוּדִ֖י אֶת־כָּל־תֹּ֑קֶף לְקַיֵּ֗ם אֵ֣ת אִגֶּ֧רֶת הַפּוּרִ֛ים הַזֹּ֖את הַשֵּׁנִֽית׃

*Word for word:* and she.wrote Esther the queen the.daughter of.Abihail and Mordecai the Jew with all authority to confirm (et) the.letter of the.Purim (the) this (the) second

*JPS 1917:* 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.

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