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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - פּוּר
פּוּר
H6332
Transliteration: Pûwr
Pronunciation: poor
Definition: Pur
Original: פּרים פּוּרים פּוּר Transliteration: pûr pûrı̂ym pûrı̂ym Phonetic: poor
BDB Definition:
Pur or Purim = "lot" or " piece"- lot
- a special feast among the post-exilic Jews, to celebrate their deliverance from Haman's destruction through queen Esther's heroic actions