Study it in the app“And 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.”
And in every province,וּבְכָל מְדִינָה וּמְדִינָהin the placeמְקוֹםwhereאֲשֶׁרthe wordדְּבַרof the kingהַמֶּלֶךְand his lawוְדָתוֹreached,מַגִּיעַthere wasgreatגָּדוֹלmourningאֵבֶלamong the Jews,לַיְּהוּדִיםand fastingוְצוֹםand weepingוּבְכִיand lamenting;וּמִסְפֵּדsackclothשַׂקand ashesוָאֵפֶרwere spread outיֻצַּעfor many.לָרַבִּים
province, district
Province, district: a territory governed by a ruler or judge.
Where else “medina” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekom” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearslaw, decree
Law, decree.
Where else “dat” appearsreach
To reach a place or a moment.
Where else “magia” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appearsmourning
Mourning, grief for one who has died.
Where else “evel” appearsJew, Judean
Jew: a person of Judah, first of the kingdom of Judah and then, in general, of the people descended from it. Its first appearance is 2 Kings 16:6, where it names the men of Judah who lived in Elath. It is frequent in Jeremiah, Nehemiah and Esther.
Where else “yehudim” appearsfast
Fast: going without food for a time, as a sign of mourning, of sorrow for sin, or of pleading with God.
Where else “tsom” appearsweeping
Weeping.
Where else “vechi” appearslamentation
Lamentation: public expressions of grief for the dead.
Where else “misped” appearssackcloth
Rough cloth worn in mourning.
Where else “sak” appearsashes
Ashes. "Dust and ashes" is a way of saying one is of very little account.
Where else “efer” appearsspread out
To spread, to lay something out on the ground to lie on it.
Where else “yutsa” appearsmany
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears2and 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.
3 · This verse (above)
4And Esther’s young women and her eunuchs came and made it known to her, and the queen was greatly shaken; and she sent clothes to clothe Mordecai, and to remove his sackcloth from him, but he did not accept them.
