Esther 4:1
Now when Mordecai found out all that was done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, and wailed loudly and bitterly.This verse in the real world
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In what words
- אֵפֶרʼêpherashes
- מַרmarbitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
- שַׂקsaqproperly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking
- מׇרְדְּכַיMordᵉkayMordecai, an Israelite
- קָרַעqâraʻto rend, literally or figuratively (revile, paint the eyes, as if enlarging them)
- זָעַקzâʻaqto shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publi
- לָבַשׁlâbashproperly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or ano
- בֶּגֶדbegeda covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Dan 9:3, 2Sa 13:19, 2Sa 1:11, Ezk 27:30–31, Job 42:6, Rev 18:17–19, Zep 1:14, Mic 1:8