BDB6563 [H6332]

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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