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and he cameוַיָּבוֹאas far asעַדthe frontלִפְנֵיof the king’sהַמֶּלֶךְgate,שַׁעַרforכִּיno one couldאֵיןenterלָבוֹאthe gateאֶל שַׁעַרof the kingהַמֶּלֶךְin clothingבִּלְבוּשׁof sackcloth.שָׂק
Esther 4:2
Study it in the app“and he came as far as the front of the king’s gate, for no one could enter the gate of the king in clothing of sackcloth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Esther 4:2, word by word
- and he cameיָּבוֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- the frontפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- of the king’sמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- gateשַׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears- in clothingלְבוּשׁlevush
garment
Garment, clothing.
Where else “levush” appears- of sackclothשָׂקsak
sackcloth
Rough cloth worn in mourning.
Where else “sak” appears
The context
1And Mordecai knew all that had been done, and Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried out with a great and bitter cry;
2 · This verse (above)
3And in every province, in the place where the word of the king and his law reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting and weeping and lamenting; sackcloth and ashes were spread out for many.