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Esther 4:1

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Masoretic Text 1524

H4782 When Mordecai ומרדכי

H3045 perceived ידע

H853 את

H3605 all כל

H834 that אשׁר

H6213 was done נעשׂה

H7167 rent ויקרע

H4782 Mordecai מרדכי

H853 את

H899 his clothes בגדיו

H3847 and put on וילבשׁ

H8242 sackcloth שׂק

H665 with ashes ואפר

H3318 and went out ויצא

H8432 into the midst בתוך

H5892 of the city העיר

H2199 and cried ויזעק

H2201 cry זעקה

H1419 with a loud גדולה

H4751 and a bitter ומרה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

When

H4782 Mordecai

H3045 perceived

H3605 all

H834 that

was

H6213 done

H4782 Mordecai

H7167 rent

his

H899 clothes

and

put

H3847 on

H8242 sackcloth

with

H665 ashes

and

went

H3318 out

into

the

H8432 midst

the

H5892 city

and

H2199 cried

with

H1419 loud

and

H4751 bitter

H2201 cry

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H4782

Hebrew: מׇרְדְּכַי

Transliteration: Mordᵉkay

Pronunciation: mor-dek-ah'-ee

Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine

Bible Usage: Mordecai.

Definition:

{Mordecai} an Israelite

Mordecai = "little man" or "worshipper of Mars"

1. cousin and adoptive father of queen Esther; son of Jair of the tribe of Benjamin; deliverer under Divine providence of the children of Israel from the destruction plotted by Haman the chief minister of Ahasuerus; institutor of the feast of Purim

2. a Jew who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906