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Esther 9:26

עַל כֵּ֡ן קָרְא֣וּ לַיָּמִ֣ים הָאֵ֣לֶּה פוּרִ֡ים עַ֣ל שֵׁ֣ם הַפּ֡וּר עַל כֵּ֡ן עַל כָּל דִּבְרֵ֣י הָאִ֣גֶּרֶת הַזֹּ֗את וּמָ֤ה רָאוּ֙ עַל כָּ֔כָה וּמָ֖ה הִגִּ֥יעַ אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
ʿal ken qarʾv layamiym haʾeleh pvriym ʿal shem hapvr ʿal ken ʿal kal dibrey haʾigeret hazoʾt vmah raʾv ʿal kakah vmah higiyʿa ʾaleyhem
King James Version (KJV)

Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,

Modern English

Therefore they called these days Purim, after the term Pur. Therefore, because of all that was written in this letter, and of what they had faced in this matter, and of what had happened to them,

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