Esther 4:3
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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.In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
In other translations
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.In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Hebrew words
וּבְכָל־uvekhol-and in everyH3605מְדִינָהmedinahprovinceH4082וּמְדִינָהumedinahand provinceH4082מְקוֹםmekom[the] placeH4725אֲשֶׁר'asher<of> whereH834דְּבַר־devar-[the] word ofH1697הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428וְדָתוֹvedatoand law hisH1881מַגִּיעַmagia'[were] reachingH5060אֵבֶל'evelmourningH60גָּדוֹלgadolgreatH1419לַיְּהוּדִיםlaiyehudim[belonged] to the JewsH3064וְצוֹםvetzomand fastingH6685וּבְכִיuvekhiand weepingH1065וּמִסְפֵּדumispedand wailingH4553שַׂקsaksackclothH8242וָאֵפֶרva'eferand ash[es]H665יֻצַּעyutza'it was spread as a bedH3331לָרַבִּים׃larabimby <the> many [people]H7227
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