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# they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur
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To call something after something else is an idiom that means to give it the same name or a similar name. Alternate translation: "They called these days Purim, like the word Pur" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# Purim
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This is the name of the festival that commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Persia from Haman's plot to destroy and kill all the Jews in a single day. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# the name of Pur.
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It can be stated clearly what "Pur" means. Alternate translation: "the word Pur, which means 'lot.'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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