richmahn_en_tn/est/09/23.md

This passage summarizes much of the story of Esther in order to explain the reason for the festival of Purim.

## Haman ##

(See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

## Hammedatha ##

(See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

## Agagite ##

This is the people group of Haman. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

## Pur ##

"Purim" or "lots"

## and he threw Pur (that is, he threw lots), to crush and destroy them ##

"and he threw Pur (that is, he cast lots to find out what would be the most lucky day in the year for him to do it on" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00			`This passage summarizes much of the story of Esther in order to explain the reason for the festival of Purim.`

added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`## Haman ##`
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added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`(See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`## Hammedatha ##`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`(See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])`

			`## Agagite ##`

			`This is the people group of Haman. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])`

			`## Pur ##`

			`"Purim" or "lots"`

added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00			`## and he threw Pur (that is, he threw lots), to crush and destroy them ##`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00			`"and he threw Pur (that is, he cast lots to find out what would be the most lucky day in the year for him to do it on" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`