Esther 8:17
In every province and in every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness, joy, a feast and a holiday. Many from among the peoples of the land became Jews, for the fear of the Jews had fallen on them.This verse in the real world
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- יָהַדyâhadto Judaize, i.e. become Jewish
- דָּתdâtha royal edict or statute
- שָׂשׂוֹןsâsôwncheerfulness; specifically, welcome
- מְדִינָהmᵉdîynâhproperly, a judgeship, i.e. jurisdiction; by implication, a district (as ruled by a judge)
- מִשְׁתֶּהmishtehdrink, by implication, drinking (the act); also (by implication) a banquet or (generally)
- פַּחַדpachada (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling)
- יְהוּדִיYᵉhûwdîya Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
- שִׂמְחָהsimchâhblithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)
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