Esther 9:19
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.

Young's Literal Translation
Therefore the Jews of the villages, who are dwelling in cities of the villages, are making the fourteenth day of the month of Adar—joy and banquet, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

King James Bible
Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar [a day of] gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

Hebrew
This is why
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the rural
הַפְּרָזִ֗ים (hap·pə·rā·zîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6521: Hamlet dweller

Jews,
הַיְּהוּדִ֣ים (hay·yə·hū·ḏîm)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 3064: Jews -- Jewish

who live
הַיֹּשְׁבִים֮ (hay·yō·šə·ḇîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

in the villages,
בְּעָרֵ֣י (bə·‘ā·rê)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 5892: Excitement

observe
עֹשִׂ֗ים (‘ō·śîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 6213: To do, make

the fourteenth day
אַרְבָּעָ֤ה (’ar·bā·‘āh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 702: Four

of the month
לְחֹ֣דֶשׁ (lə·ḥō·ḏeš)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month

of Adar
אֲדָ֔ר (’ă·ḏār)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 143: The twelfth month in the Jewish calendar

as a day
י֣וֹם (yō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3117: A day

of joy
שִׂמְחָ֥ה (śim·ḥāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8057: Blithesomeness, glee

and feasting.
וּמִשְׁתֶּ֖ה (ū·miš·teh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4960: Drink, drinking, a banquet, feast

It is a holiday
וְי֣וֹם (wə·yō·wm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

for sending
וּמִשְׁל֥וֹחַ (ū·miš·lō·w·aḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4916: A sending out, presentation, seizure

gifts
מָנ֖וֹת (mā·nō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4490: Something weighed out, a division, a ration, a lot

to one
אִ֥ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

another.
לְרֵעֵֽהוּ׃ (lə·rê·‘ê·hū)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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