04-05-2022, 12:32 PM
From Rabbi Fohrman's book "The Queen You Thought You Knew" -
Page 117 - We are now in a position to understand the mysterious name of the holiday. As noted earlier, the Megillah seems to be hinting that Purim is named for something Esther did, not just for something Haman did. But what does the name Purim - lots - have to do with what Esther did?
The answer is: nothing. Not at least , if you translate pur as lots. But there is another translation available for that word as well, a translation borrowed from our passage in the Book of Numbers.
Pur, the word which in Ancient Persian or Aramaic means lots, just happens, in Biblical Hebrew, to mean: "annul".
The rest of his video and book goes into that much deeper.
Of course this is all just "thought" and no one is saying it is definitely a 100% answer , but that's what is done in Judaism. Things are looked at with a wide angle lens to find familiarity with words, verses and concepts.
Page 117 - We are now in a position to understand the mysterious name of the holiday. As noted earlier, the Megillah seems to be hinting that Purim is named for something Esther did, not just for something Haman did. But what does the name Purim - lots - have to do with what Esther did?
The answer is: nothing. Not at least , if you translate pur as lots. But there is another translation available for that word as well, a translation borrowed from our passage in the Book of Numbers.
Pur, the word which in Ancient Persian or Aramaic means lots, just happens, in Biblical Hebrew, to mean: "annul".
The rest of his video and book goes into that much deeper.
Of course this is all just "thought" and no one is saying it is definitely a 100% answer , but that's what is done in Judaism. Things are looked at with a wide angle lens to find familiarity with words, verses and concepts.