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And Mordecaiוַ מָרְדֳּכָיwent awayיַּעֲבֹרand didוַיַּעַשׂaccording to allכְּכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרEstherאֶסְתֵּרhad commandedצִוְּתָהhim.עָלָיו
Esther 4:17
Study it in the app“And Mordecai went away and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 4:17, word by word
- And Mordecaiמָרְדֳּכָיmardochay
Mordecai
Mordecai: the name of one of those who returned with Zerubbabel; in the book of Esther, the relative who raised Esther.
Where else “mardochay” appears- went awayיַּעֲבֹרyaavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavor” appears- and didיַּעַשׂyaas
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “yaas” appears- Estherאֶסְתֵּרester
Esther
Esther: the other name of Hadassah, the Jewish young woman, cousin of Mordecai, who became queen of Persia and delivered her people.
Where else “ester” appears- had commandedצִוְּתָהtsivta
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsivta” appears
The context
16“Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Susa, and fast for me, and do not eat and do not drink for three days, night and day. I also and my young women will fast in the same way; and so I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.”
17 · This verse (above)