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And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes. (KJV)
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וּבְכָל\־u.ve.Khol-and in every
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Esther 4:3 word 1
מְדִינָ֣הme.di.Nahprovince
Lemma: מְדִינָה (me.di.nah) · Strong's: H4082
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: province
Used 53 times. Also: 1 Kings 20:14, 1 Kings 20:15, 1 Kings 20:17, 1 Kings 20:19, Ezra 2:1, Nehemiah 1:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4082; TAHOT Esther 4:3 word 2
וּמְדִינָ֗הu.me.di.Nahand province
Lemma: מְדִינָה (me.di.nah) · Strong's: H4082
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: province
Used 53 times. Also: 1 Kings 20:14, 1 Kings 20:15, 1 Kings 20:17, 1 Kings 20:19, Ezra 2:1, Nehemiah 1:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4082; TAHOT Esther 4:3 word 3
מְקוֹם֙me.kOm[the] place
Lemma: מָקוֹם (ma.qom) · Strong's: H4725
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: place
Used 401 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 13:3, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 18:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4725; TAHOT Esther 4:3 word 4
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.Sher<of> where
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Esther 4:3 word 5
דְּבַר\־de.var-[the] word of
Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: word
Used 867 times. Also: Genesis 11:1, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:52, Genesis 27:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1697G; TAHOT Esther 4:3 word 6
הַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe king
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: king
Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT Esther 4:3 word 7
וְדָתוֹ֙ve.da.Toand law his
Lemma: דָּת (dat) · Strong's: H1881
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: law
Used 21 times. Also: Ezra 8:36, Esther 1:8, Esther 1:13, Esther 1:15, Esther 1:19, Esther 2:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1881; TAHOT Esther 4:3 word 8
מַגִּ֔יעַma.Gi.a'[were] reaching
Lemma: נָגַע (na.ga) · Strong's: H5060
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)
Meaning: to touch
Used 150 times. Also: Genesis 3:3, Genesis 12:17, Genesis 20:6, Genesis 26:11, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 28:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5060; TAHOT Esther 4:3 word 9
אֵ֤בֶל'E.velmourning
Lemma: אֵ֫בֶל (e.vel) · Strong's: H0060
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: mourning
Used 24 times. Also: Genesis 27:41, Genesis 50:10, Genesis 50:11, Deuteronomy 34:8, 2 Samuel 11:27, 2 Samuel 14:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0060; TAHOT Esther 4:3 word 10
גָּדוֹל֙ga.dOlgreat
Lemma: גָּדוֹל (ga.dol) · Strong's: H1419A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: great: large
Used 495 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 4:13, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 12:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1419A; TAHOT Esther 4:3 word 11
לַיְּהוּדִ֔יםlai.ye.hu.Dim[belonged] to the Jews
Lemma: יְהוּדִי (ye.hu.di) · Strong's: H3064
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNgmpa)
Meaning: Jew
Used 69 times. Also: 2 Kings 16:6, 2 Kings 25:25, Nehemiah 1:2, Nehemiah 2:16, Nehemiah 4:1, Nehemiah 4:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3064; TAHOT Esther 4:3 word 12
וְצ֥וֹםve.Tzomand fasting
Lemma: צוֹם (tsom) · Strong's: H6685
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: fast
Used 26 times. Also: 2 Samuel 12:16, 1 Kings 21:9, 1 Kings 21:12, 2 Chronicles 20:3, Ezra 8:21, Nehemiah 9:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6685; TAHOT Esther 4:3 word 13
וּבְכִ֖יu.ve.Khiand weeping
Lemma: בְּכִי (be.khi) · Strong's: H1065
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: weeping
Used 30 times. Also: Genesis 45:2, Deuteronomy 34:8, Judges 21:2, 2 Samuel 13:36, 2 Kings 20:3, Ezra 3:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1065; TAHOT Esther 4:3 word 14
וּמִסְפֵּ֑דu.mis.Pedand wailing
Lemma: מִסְפֵּד (mis.ped) · Strong's: H4553
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: mourning
Used 16 times. Also: Genesis 50:10, Psalms 30:11, Isaiah 22:12, Jeremiah 6:26, Jeremiah 48:38, Ezekiel 27:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4553; TAHOT Esther 4:3 word 15
שַׂ֣קsaksackcloth
Lemma: שַׂק (saq) · Strong's: H8242
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: sackcloth
Used 48 times. Also: Genesis 37:34, Genesis 42:25, Genesis 42:27, Genesis 42:35, Leviticus 11:32, Joshua 9:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8242; TAHOT Esther 4:3 word 16
וָאֵ֔פֶרva.'E.ferand ash[es]
Lemma: אֵ֫פֶר (e.pher) · Strong's: H0665
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: ashes
Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 18:27, Numbers 19:9, Numbers 19:10, 2 Samuel 13:19, Esther 4:1, Job 2:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0665; TAHOT Esther 4:3 word 17
יֻצַּ֖עyu.Tza'it was spread as a bed
Lemma: יָצַע (ya.tsa) · Strong's: H3331
Parsing: Verb · Hophal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVHi3ms)
Meaning: to lay
Used 4 times. Also: Psalms 139:8, Isaiah 14:11, Isaiah 58:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3331; TAHOT Esther 4:3 word 18
לָֽרַבִּֽים\׃La.ra.Bimby <the> many [people]
Lemma: רַב (rav) · Strong's: H7227A
Parsing: Aampa (Aampa)
Meaning: many
Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 21:34, Genesis 24:25, Genesis 25:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7227A; TAHOT Esther 4:3 word 19
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| In every | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| province | → | מְדִינָה H4082 province |
| . . . | → | מְדִינָה H4082 province |
| to which | → | מָקוֹם H4725 place |
| the king’s | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| command | → | דָּבָר H1697G word |
| and edict | → | דָּת H1881 law |
| came | → | נָגַע H5060 to touch |
| there was great | → | גָּדוֹל H1419A great: large |
| mourning | → | אֵ֫בֶל H0060 mourning |
| among the Jews | → | יְהוּדִי H3064 Jew |
| They fasted | → | צוֹם H6685 fast |
| wept | → | בְּכִי H1065 weeping |
| and lamented | → | מִסְפֵּד H4553 mourning |
| and many | → | רַב H7227A many |
| lay | → | יָצַע H3331 to lay |
| in sackcloth | → | שַׂק H8242 sackcloth |
| and ashes | → | אֵ֫פֶר H0665 ashes |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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