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Esther 4:1-4

1WhenMordecaiוּמָרְדֳּכַ֗יu.ma.re.do.KhaiH4782perceivedיָדַע֙ya.Da'H3045all that wasdoneנַעֲשָׂ֔הna.'a.SahH6213,Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַי֙ma.re.do.KhaiH4782toreוַיִּקְרַ֤עvai.yik.Ra'H7167hisclothesבְּגָדָ֔יוbe.ga.DavH899, and putonוַיִּלְבַּ֥שׁvai.yil.BashH3847sackclothשַׂ֖קsakH8242withashesוָאֵ֑פֶרva.'E.ferH665, and wentoutוַיֵּצֵא֙vai.ye.Tze'H3318into themidstבְּת֣וֹךְbe.TokhH8432of thecityהָעִ֔ירha.'IrH5892, andcriedוַיִּזְעַ֛קvai.yiz.'AkH2199with aloudגְדֹלָ֖הge.do.LahH1419and abitterוּמָרָֽה׃u.ma.RahH4751cryזְעָקָ֥הze.'a.KahH2201;

2Andcameוַיָּב֕וֹאvai.ya.Vo'H935evenbeforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440theking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428gateשַֽׁעַר־sha.'ar-H8179: for none mightenterלָב֛וֹאla.Vo'H935into theking’sהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428gateשַׁ֥עַרSha.'arH8179clothedבִּלְב֥וּשׁbil.VushH3830withsackclothשָֽׂק׃SakH8242.

3And in everyprovinceH4082,whereverמְקוֹם֙me.kOmH4725theking’sהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428commandmentדְּבַר־de.var-H1697and hisdecreeוְדָתוֹ֙ve.da.ToH1881cameמַגִּ֔יעַma.Gi.a'H5060, there wasgreatגָּדוֹל֙ga.dOlH1419mourningאֵ֤בֶל'E.velH60among theJewsלַיְּהוּדִ֔יםlai.ye.hu.DimH3064, andfastingוְצ֥וֹםve.TzomH6685, andweepingוּבְכִ֖יu.ve.KhiH1065, andwailingוּמִסְפֵּ֑דu.mis.PedH4553; andmanyלָֽרַבִּֽים׃La.ra.BimH7227layיֻצַּ֖עyu.Tza'H3331insackclothשַׂ֣קsakH8242andashesוָאֵ֔פֶרva.'E.ferH665.

4SoEsther’sאֶסְתֵּ֤ר'es.TerH635maidsנַעֲר֨וֹתna.'a.RotH5291and herchamberlainsוְסָרִיסֶ֙יהָ֙ve.sa.ri.Sei.haH5631cameוַ֠תָּבֹאינָהva.te.vo.'ei.nahH935andtoldוַיַּגִּ֣ידוּvai.ya.Gi.duH5046it to her. Then was thequeenהַמַּלְכָּ֖הha.mal.KahH4436exceedinglyמְאֹ֑דme.'OdH3966grievedוַתִּתְחַלְחַ֥לva.tit.chal.ChalH2342; and shesentוַתִּשְׁלַ֨חva.tish.LachH7971raimentבְּגָדִ֜יםbe.ga.DimH899toclotheלְהַלְבִּ֣ישׁle.hal.BishH3847Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכַ֗יma.re.do.KhaiH4782, and to takeawayוּלְהָסִ֥ירu.le.ha.SirH5493hissackclothשַׂקּ֛וֹsa.KoH8242from him: but heacceptedקִבֵּֽל׃ki.BelH6901it not.

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