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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
and MordecaiconjH4782
יָדַע֙yādaʿ
he knewverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
thatparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
נַעֲשָׂ֔הnaʿăśāh
it had been doneverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
וַ/יִּקְרַ֤עwayiqəraʿ
and he toreconjH7167
rend · surely · tear
מָרְדֳּכַי֙mārədŏkay
MordecainounH4782
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
בְּגָדָ֔י/וbəgādāyw
clothes hisnounH899
cloth(-es · ing) · garment · lap ···
וַ/יִּלְבַּ֥שׁwayiləbaš
and he put onconjH3847
arm · array · clothe · come upon ···
שַׂ֖קśaq
sackclothnounH8242
-clothes)
וָ/אֵ֑פֶרwāʾēper
and ashesconjH665
וַ/יֵּצֵא֙wayēṣēʾ
and he went outconjH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
בְּ/ת֣וֹךְbətwōkə
in the midst ofpronH8432
between · half · (there- · where-) ···
הָ/עִ֔ירhāʿiyr
the cityparticleH5892
city · court · town
וַ/יִּזְעַ֛קwayizəʿaq
and he criedconjH2199
call · cry · come with such a company · gather ···
זְעָקָ֥הzəʿāqāh
a crynounH2201
גְדֹלָ֖הgədōlāh
loudadjH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
וּ/מָרָֽהwmārāh
and bitterconjH4751
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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Mary PatelNote1mo ago
Finding rest in God - Esther 4
God is faithful in every circumstance. I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedience. The imagery here is agricultural - the original audience would have immediately unders...
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