Sought to destroy, kill, and annihilate

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Sought to destroy, kill, and annihilate

Sought to destroy, kill, and annihilate

Wanted to murder masses of people indiscriminately.

(“And letters were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all the Jews” – Esther 3:13; and also: “And Haman sought to destroy all the Jews” – Esther 3:6; and also: “In the days of Mordechai and Esther in Shushan the capital, when the wicked Haman rose against them, he sought to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews, from youth to old age” – from the ‘Al HaNissim’ prayer recited on Purim.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בִּיקֵּשׁ לְהַשְׁמִיד לַהֲרֹג וּלְאַבֵּד

Definition (Hebrew)

רָצָה לִרְצוֹחַ הֲמוֹנֵי בְּנֵי אָדָם לְלֹא הַבְחָנָה.

("וְנִשְׁלוֹחַ סְפָרִים בְּיַד הָרָצִים אֶל כָּל מְדִינוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ לְהַשְׁמִיד לַהֲרֹג וּלְאַבֵּד אֶת כָּל הַיְּהוּדִים" –אֶסְתֵּר ג יג, וְכֵן: "בִּימֵי מָרְדֳּכַי וְאֶסְתֵּר בְּשׁוּשַׁן הַבִּירָה, כְּשֶׁעָמַד עֲלֵיהֶם הָמָן הָרָשָׁע, בִּיקֵּשׁ לְהַשְׁמִיד לַהֲרֹג וּלְאַבֵּד אֶת כָּל הַיְּהוּדִים מִנַּעַר וְעַד זָקֵן" – תְּפִלַּת "עַל הַנִּסִּים" הַנֶּאֱמֶרֶת בְּפוּרִים בַּתְּפִלָּה)

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