Purim is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Purim meaning
- A Jewish festival, celebrated on the 14th day of Adar, commemorating the deliverance of the Persian Jews from a complete massacre at the hand of Haman the Amalekite.
- A surname.
Synonyms of Purim
Using Purim
- The main meaning on this page is: A Jewish festival, celebrated on the 14th day of Adar, commemorating the deliverance of the Persian Jews from a complete massacre at the hand of Haman the Amalekite. | A surname.
- Useful related words include: jewish holy day.
- In the example corpus, purim often appears in combinations such as: of purim, on purim, purim which.
Context around Purim
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Purim
- In this selection, "purim" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, celebrate, drag, delicious, story, jewish and spiel stand out and add context to how "purim" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a purim skit at and always loved purim but i. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "purim" sits close to words such as aas, abaco and abramovich, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with purim
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Lots of fun fillings to create your delicious Purim treats! (10 words)
Part of your Purim pre-festivities can be making your own noisemakers. (12 words)
Aba died on Purim day, when Shoni was dressed as a panda bear. (13 words)
Let’s have this in mind in the next few weeks as we prepare to celebrate Purim, solemnly recall the destructive potential of our enemies, and offer the security guards and police officers outside of our schools and synagogues a few sweet hamantaschen. (43 words)
The Nesivos Shalom in his sefer on Megilas Esther explains that Purim is different from all the other yomim tovim – in that the ge’ulah did not come on account of zchus avos like it did on Pesach. (38 words)
As Purim approaches, Rabbi Yishai Fleisher is joined by Rav Mike Feuer to talk about the latest chaotic Israeli elections, the politics of the Persian court in Esther’s time, and the commandment to remember to forget Amalek. (38 words)
Lots of fun fillings to create your delicious Purim treats! (10 words)
Example sentences (20)
The event will feature the story of Purim being told by Drag Purim Spiel Disco Extravaganza and all the hamantaschen you can eat.
A Jewish Georgia legislator named Esther helped pass a law on antisemitism on the eve of Purim.
Celebrate Purim with a Feast that will include dinner, live music, entertainment for children, megillah reading, L’chaim, community and friends.
In addition to the fast, it is customary to read the Megillah on the evening of Purim.
Let’s have this in mind in the next few weeks as we prepare to celebrate Purim, solemnly recall the destructive potential of our enemies, and offer the security guards and police officers outside of our schools and synagogues a few sweet hamantaschen.
Lots of fun fillings to create your delicious Purim treats!
Meanwhile, the villain of the Purim story, who plots a genocide of Persia’s Jews, is Haman the “Agagite,” a descendent of Amalek.
More than 100 Orthodox megillah readings led by women this Purim, Jewish Ukrainian injured in attack, Schwarzenegger’s message to antisemites, and Texas has a restaurant called JewBoy Burgers.
The holiday of Purim, which begins on Monday evening, March 6, commemorates the saving of the Jews of Persia from being killed.
A Purim skit at the Volozhyn Yeshiva emphasized the high spiritual bar set for Jewish soldiers.
In addition to Christians celebrating Easter, we have Purim (Jewish), Ramadan (Muslim), Nowruz (Persian), and Holi (Hindu).
In other words, the closeness that we feel to Hashem during the time of Purim is reflected on Yom Kippur.
Note that had Haman not been so worried about his image (both because he wouldn’t care about the lone dissenter and because it’s ok to kill Mordechai), the Purim story wouldn’t have happened.
Part of your Purim pre-festivities can be making your own noisemakers.
The name and opening passage of this week’s which we read last week in anticipation of Purim, now a week away.
The Nesivos Shalom in his sefer on Megilas Esther explains that Purim is different from all the other yomim tovim – in that the ge’ulah did not come on account of zchus avos like it did on Pesach.
The story forms the core of the Jewish festival of Purim, during which it is read aloud twice; once in the evening and again the next morning.
Aba died on Purim day, when Shoni was dressed as a panda bear.
As Purim approaches, Rabbi Yishai Fleisher is joined by Rav Mike Feuer to talk about the latest chaotic Israeli elections, the politics of the Persian court in Esther’s time, and the commandment to remember to forget Amalek.
I have always loved Purim, but I was never a big fan of hamantaschen.
Common combinations with purim
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of purim 14×
- on purim 5×
- purim which 4×
- purim is 4×
- celebrate purim 3×
- the purim 3×
- purim story 2×
- purim jewish 2×
- that purim 2×
- as purim 2×