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Esther 4:1 — King James Version← Study notes

When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;


Esther 4:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Esther 4:120 words
HebrewMeaning
וּ/מָרְדֳּכַ֗יwmārədŏkay
MordecaiconjH4782
יָדַע֙yādaʿ
acknowledgeverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
כָּלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
נַעֲשָׂ֔הnaʿăśāh
accomplishverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
וַ/יִּקְרַ֤עwayiqəraʿ
cut outconjH7167
rend · surely · tear
מָרְדֳּכַי֙mārədŏkay
MordecainounH4782
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
בְּגָדָ֔י/וbəgādāyw
apparelnounH899
cloth(-es · ing) · garment · lap ···
וַ/יִּלְבַּ֥שׁwayiləbaš
apparelconjH3847
arm · array · clothe · come upon ···
שַׂ֖קśaq
sack(-clothnounH8242
-clothes)
וָ/אֵ֑פֶרwāʾēper
ashesconjH665
וַ/יֵּצֵא֙wayēṣēʾ
appearconjH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
בְּ/ת֣וֹךְbətwōkə
amongpronH8432
between · half · (there- · where-) ···
הָ/עִ֔ירhāʿiyr
AiparticleH5892
city · court · town
וַ/יִּזְעַ֛קwayizəʿaq
assembleconjH2199
call · cry · come with such a company · gather ···
זְעָקָ֥הzəʿāqāh
crynounH2201
גְדֹלָ֖הgədōlāh
elderadjH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
וּ/מָרָֽהwmārāh
bitter(-lyconjH4751
angry · -ness) · chafed · discontented ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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