He fills pure, he falls pure, to cast lots/ draw lots

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He fills pure, he falls pure, to cast lots/ draw lots

He fills pure, he falls pure, to cast lots/ draw lots

Figuratively: the value or significance of the lot. It was determined by the lot.

("For Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, devised against the Jews to destroy them, and cast lots: he was their lot, and their destruction" - Esther 9:14, and so: "We will, in your name,/ cast lots,/ and the day will come! Without a bath and without a bath" - Nathan Alterman/ after the signing of the peace agreement)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הִפִּיל פּוּר, הֻופַּל הַפּוּר

Definition (Hebrew)

בִּמְלִיצָה: עֵרֶךְ הַגְרָלָה. עָלָה בַּגּוֹרָל.

("כִּי הָמָן בֶּן הַמְּדָתָא הָאֲגָגִי צֹרֵר כָּל הַיְּהוּדִים חָשַׁב עַל הַיְּהוּדִים לְאַבְּדָם וְהִפִּיל פּוּר הוּא הַגּוֹרָל לְהֻמָּם וּלְאַבְּדָם"- אֶסְתֵּר ט כַּד, וְכֵן:"אֲנַחְנוּ, בְּשִׁמְךָ,/ הִפַּלְנוּ פּוּר,/ וּבָא יוֹם! בְּלִי כְּבָס וּמַרְק"- נָתָן אַלְתֶּרְמָן/ אַחֲרֵי חֲתִימַת הֶסְכֵּם הַשִּׁלּוּמִים)

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