Esther 3:7
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.”
נָפַל
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
יוֹם
day
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יוֹם
Day. Yom. A period of time. This is the day the LORD has made. Every day is His gift.
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עָשָׂר
ten
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עָשָׂר
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
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שָׁלוֹשׁ
three plus
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שָׁלוֹשׁ
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
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נִיסָן
Nisan
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נִיסָן
Nisan, the first month of the Jewish sacred year
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פּוּר
Pur
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פּוּר
a lot (as by means of a broken piece)
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חֹדֶשׁ
is the month of
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חֹדֶשׁ
the new moon; by implication, a month
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שְׁנַיִם
two plus
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שְׁנַיִם
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
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הָמָן
Haman
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הָמָן
Haman, a Persian vizier
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