“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
and he wentconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
עַ֖דʿad
topronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
לִ/פְנֵ֣יlipənēy
beforepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
שַֽׁעַרšaʿar
the gate ofnounH8179
door · gate · port
הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְhamelekə
the kingparticleH4428
royal
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אֵ֥יןʾēyn
notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
לָ/ב֛וֹאlābwōʾ
to gopronH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֶלʾel
intopronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
שַׁ֥עַרšaʿar
the gate ofnounH8179
door · gate · port
הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְhamelekə
the kingparticleH4428
royal
בִּ/לְב֥וּשׁbiləbwš
in clothing ofpronH3830
clothed with · clothing · garment · raiment ···
שָֽׂקśāq
sackclothnounH8242
-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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