Esther 4:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“And came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.”

Esther 4:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Esther 4:213 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יָּב֕וֹאwayābwōʾ

abideconjH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

עַ֖דʿad

againstpronH5704

and · as · at · before ···

לִ/פְנֵ֣יlipənēy

a- forepronH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

שַֽׁעַרšaʿar

citynounH8179

door · gate · port

הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְhamelekə

kingparticleH4428

royal

כִּ֣יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

אֵ֥יןʾēyn

elseparticleH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

לָ/ב֛וֹאlābwōʾ

abidepronH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

שַׁ֥עַרšaʿar

citynounH8179

door · gate · port

הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְhamelekə

kingparticleH4428

royal

בִּ/לְב֥וּשׁbiləbwš

apparelpronH3830

clothed with · clothing · garment · raiment ···

שָֽׂקśāq

sack(-clothnounH8242

-clothes)

ℹWords 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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