בִּיקֵּשׁ לְהַשְׁמִיד לַהֲרֹג וּלְאַבֵּד

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Sought to destroy, kill, and annihilate

הגדרה (אנגלית)

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.)