Esther · אֶסְתֵּר

Esther 4:3

וּבְכָל מְדִינָ֣ה וּמְדִינָ֗ה מְקוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר דְּבַר הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ וְדָת֣וֹ מַגִּ֗יעַ אֵ֣בֶל גָּד֣וֹל לַיְּהוּדִ֔ים וְצ֥וֹם וּבְכִ֖י וּמִסְפֵּ֑ד שַׂ֣ק וָאֵ֔פֶר יֻצַּ֖ע לָרַבִּֽים׃
vbkal mdiynah vmdiynah mqvom ʾasher dbar hamelek vdatvo magiyʿa ʾebel gadvol layhvdiym vṣvom vbkiy vmisped shaq vaʾeper yuṣaʿ larabiym
King James Version (KJV)

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.

Modern English

And in every province, wherever the king's command and his decree reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting and weeping and lamenting, and many of them lay in sackcloth and ashes.

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