Lexical Definition

‎פּוּר‎ Pûwr (poor) Purim ^H:N-M
also (plural) פּוּרִים Pûwrîym (poo-reem'); or פֻּרִים Purîym (poo-reem'); from ‎פּוּר‎

Pur, Purim.

• § Pur or Purim = "lot" or "piece"
• a lot (as by means of a broken piece)

1) lot
1a) a special feast among the post-exilic Jews, to celebrate their deliverance from Haman's destruction through queen Esther's heroic actions

Extended Information

• a special feast among the post-exilic Jews, to celebrate their deliverance from Haman's destruction through queen Esther's heroic actions

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פּוּר‎ noun masculine lot (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; perhaps Assyrian loanword from puru, buru, stone Jen^{ZA x. 339 f.} and in Wild^{Est p. 173 f.}); **Scheft^{49 f.} compare Old Iranian fravi, etc., progress, fortune, fate, lot. — explained by ‎הַגּוֺרָל‎ Esth 3:7; Esth 9:24 ‎שֵׁם‎ ‎הַפּוּר‎ vEsth 9:26 explains name of feast ‎פּוּרִים‎ vEsth 9:26 ‎יְמֵי‎ ‎הַפֻּרִים‎ days of Purim vEsth 9:28 vEsth 9:31 ‎׳‎‎אִגֶּרֶת הַפּ‎ vEsth 9:29, ‎׳‎‎דִּבְרֵי הַפּ‎ vEsth 9:32. — See on Purim especially Now^{Archaeology ii. 194 ff and references}.

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