This is the people group of Haman. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
## Pur ##
"Purim" or "lots"
## and he threw Pur (that is, he threw lots), to crush and destroy them. ##
"and he threw Pur (that is, had cast lots to find out what would be the most lucky day in the year for him to do it on," (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])