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Esther 4:1-3

1When Mordecaiוּמָרְדֳּכַ֗יu.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782learned ofיָדַע֙ya.Da'H3045אֶת־'et-H853allכָּל־kol-H3605thatאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834had happenedנַעֲשָׂ֔הna.'a.SahH6213,heמָרְדֳּכַי֙ma.re.do.KhaiH4782אֶת־'et-H853toreוַיִּקְרַ֤עvai.yik.Ra'H7167his clothesבְּגָדָ֔יוbe.ga.DavH899,put onוַיִּלְבַּ֥שׁvai.yil.BashH3847sackclothשַׂ֖קsakH8242and ashesוָאֵ֑פֶרva.'E.ferH665,and went outוַיֵּצֵא֙vai.ye.Tze'H3318into the middleבְּת֣וֹךְbe.TokhH8432of the cityהָעִ֔ירha.'IrH5892,wailingוַיִּזְעַ֛ק זְעָקָ֥הvai.yiz.'Ak ze.'a.KahH2199 H2201loudlyגְדֹלָ֖הge.do.LahH1419and bitterlyוּמָרָֽה׃u.ma.RahH4751.

2But he went onlyוַיָּב֕וֹאvai.ya.Vo'H935asעַ֖ד לִפְנֵ֣י'ad lif.NeiH5704 H6440far as the king’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428gateשַֽׁעַר־sha.'ar-H8179,becauseכִּ֣יkiH3588the law prohibitedאֵ֥ין'einH369anyone wearingבִּלְב֥וּשׁbil.VushH3830sackclothשָֽׂק׃SakH8242from enteringלָב֛וֹא אֶל־la.Vo' 'el-H935 H413thatהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428gateשַׁ֥עַרSha.'arH8179.

3In everyוּבְכָל־u.ve.Khol-H3605provinceH4082to whichמְקוֹם֙me.kOmH4725אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834the king’sהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428commandדְּבַר־de.var-H1697and edictוְדָתוֹ֙ve.da.ToH1881cameמַגִּ֔יעַma.Gi.a'H5060,there was greatגָּדוֹל֙ga.dOlH1419mourningאֵ֤בֶל'E.velH60among the Jewsלַיְּהוּדִ֔יםlai.ye.hu.DimH3064.They fastedוְצ֥וֹםve.TzomH6685,weptוּבְכִ֖יu.ve.KhiH1065,and lamentedוּמִסְפֵּ֑דu.mis.PedH4553,and manyלָֽרַבִּֽים׃La.ra.BimH7227layיֻצַּ֖עyu.Tza'H3331in sackclothשַׂ֣קsakH8242and ashesוָאֵ֔פֶרva.'E.ferH665.

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