The ???? ??? says that the yevanim wanted to be ???? the ???? so we light 36 lights corresponding to the 36 ?????? ???”? .
The ??????? says that ????? stands for ?’ ????? ????? ???? ??? that we light 1-8 lights like ???? ??? and not 8-1 like ???? ????? . It must be apparent each day that we are lighting according to ???? ???. So if we would light on only 7 nights, then on the 4th day both ???? ??? and ????? ????? would hold that 4 lights are lit, so we would not be able to tell from walking past menorahs who we pa?s?ken like. (and the ??’ ?????? part would not fit in!)