Mordecai tears his clothes and cries out in the middle of the city

Esther 4:1-3 · 9 of 25advanced

Esther 4:1advanced

וּū-andמָרְדֳּכַ֗יmārəddŏkayMordecaiיָדַע֙yādaʿknowאֶתʾet<object marker>כָּלkālwholeאֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer<relative>נַעֲשָׂ֔הnaʿăśāhmakeוַwa-andיִּקְרַ֤עyiqraʿtearמָרְדֳּכַי֙mārəddŏkayMordecaiאֶתʾet<object marker>בְּגָדָ֔יוbəgādāywgarmentוַwa-andיִּלְבַּ֥שׁyilbbašclotheשַׂ֖קśaqsackוָwā-andאֵ֑פֶרʾēperdustוַwa-andיֵּצֵא֙yēṣēʾgo outבְּbə-inתֹ֣וךְtôkmidstהָhā-theעִ֔ירʿîrtownוַwa-andיִּזְעַ֛קyizʿaqcryזְעָקָ֥הzəʿāqāhcryגְדֹלָ֖הgədōlāhgreatוּū-andמָרָֽהmārāhbitter

Read aloud — modern Israeli pronunciation, not reconstructed Biblical. Good for hearing the consonants and the shape of the word; it ignores the cantillation.

KJVWhen Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;

Vocabulary — 4 word(s) occurring 50 times or fewer

שַׂ֖קשׂק · sack · 48×śaq · subs m sg a
אֵ֑פֶראפר · dust · 24×ʾēper · subs m sg a
זְעָקָ֥הזעקה · cry · 18×zəʿāqāh · subs f sg a
מָרָֽהמר · bitter · 50×mārāh · adjv f sg a

Grammar

נַעֲשָׂ֔ה — nifal — passive or reflexive
יִּקְרַ֤ע — wayyiqtol — the narrative past that carries Hebrew storyline

Esther 4:2intermediate

וַwa-andיָּבֹ֕ואyābôʾcomeעַ֖דʿaduntoלִli-toפְנֵ֣יpənēyfaceשַֽׁעַרšaʿargateהַha-theמֶּ֑לֶךְmelekkingכִּ֣יkîthatאֵ֥יןʾēyn<NEG>לָlā-toבֹ֛ואbôʾcomeאֶלʾeltoשַׁ֥עַרšaʿargateהַha-theמֶּ֖לֶךְmelekkingבִּbi-inלְב֥וּשׁləbūšclothingשָֽׂקśāqsack

Read aloud — modern Israeli pronunciation, not reconstructed Biblical. Good for hearing the consonants and the shape of the word; it ignores the cantillation.

KJVAnd came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.

Vocabulary — 2 word(s) occurring 50 times or fewer

לְב֥וּשׁלבושׁ · clothing · 48×ləbūš · subs m sg c
שָֽׂקשׂק · sack · 48×śāq · subs m sg a

Grammar

יָּבֹ֕וא — wayyiqtol — the narrative past that carries Hebrew storyline

Esther 4:3advanced

וּū-andבְbə-inכָלkālwholeמְדִינָ֣הmədînāhdistrictוּū-andמְדִינָ֗הmədînāhdistrictמְקֹום֙məqômplaceאֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer<relative>דְּבַרdəbarwordהַha-theמֶּ֤לֶךְmelekkingוְwə-andדָתֹו֙dātôordersמַגִּ֔יעַmaggîʿatouchאֵ֤בֶלʾēbelmourning ritesגָּדֹול֙gādôlgreatלַla-to-theיְּהוּדִ֔יםyəhūdîmJewishוְwə-andצֹ֥וםṣômfastingוּū-andבְכִ֖יbəkîweepingוּū-andמִסְפֵּ֑דmisppēdwailingשַׂ֣קśaqsackוָwā-andאֵ֔פֶרʾēperdustיֻצַּ֖עyuṣṣaʿspread outלָֽlā-to-theרַבִּֽיםrabbîmmuch

Read aloud — modern Israeli pronunciation, not reconstructed Biblical. Good for hearing the consonants and the shape of the word; it ignores the cantillation.

KJVAnd 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.

Vocabulary — 7 word(s) occurring 50 times or fewer

דָתֹו֙דת · orders · 36×dātô · subs f sg a
צֹ֥וםצום · fasting · 47×ṣôm · subs m sg a
בְכִ֖יבכי · weeping · 30×bəkî · subs m sg a
מִסְפֵּ֑דמספד · wailing · 16×misppēd · subs m sg a
שַׂ֣קשׂק · sack · 48×śaq · subs m sg a
אֵ֔פֶראפר · dust · 24×ʾēper · subs m sg a
יֻצַּ֖עיצע · spread out · 4×yuṣṣaʿ · verb hof impf p3 m sg

Grammar

מַגִּ֔יעַ — hifil — causative: “caused to …”
יֻצַּ֖ע — hofal — causative passive

How this was generated

{
  "episode": "esther-04",
  "mode": "scene",
  "character_in_frame": true,
  "prompt": "a bearded man in torn sackcloth and ashes crying aloud in a crowded Persian city square, people drawing back from him, wide shot",
  "palette": "ash grey and dull gold, cold morning light",
  "style": "comic book illustration, bold clean ink linework, flat cel shading",
  "reference": "esther-ref.png",
  "size": "768x768",
  "source": "full_00013_.png"
}