Esther 4:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

Young's Literal Translation
And in every province and province, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, a great mourning have the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and lamenting: sackcloth and ashes are spread for many.

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
In every
וּבְכָל־ (ū·ḇə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

province
מְדִינָ֣ה (mə·ḏî·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4082: A judgeship, jurisdiction, a district, a region

to which
מְקוֹם֙ (mə·qō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition

the king’s
הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

command
דְּבַר־ (də·ḇar-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

and edict
וְדָתוֹ֙ (wə·ḏā·ṯōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1881: A royal edict, statute

came,
מַגִּ֔יעַ (mag·gî·a‘)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike

there was great
גָּדוֹל֙ (gā·ḏō·wl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

mourning
אֵ֤בֶל (’ê·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 60: Lamentation

among the Jews.
לַיְּהוּדִ֔ים (lay·yə·hū·ḏîm)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 3064: Jews -- Jewish

They fasted,
וְצ֥וֹם (wə·ṣō·wm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6685: Fasting, a fast

wept,
וּבְכִ֖י (ū·ḇə·ḵî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1065: A weeping, a dripping

and lamented,
וּמִסְפֵּ֑ד (ū·mis·pêḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4553: A lamentation

and many
לָֽרַבִּֽים׃ (lā·rab·bîm)
Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

lay
יֻצַּ֖ע (yuṣ·ṣa‘)
Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3331: To strew as a, surface

in sackcloth
שַׂ֣ק (śaq)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8242: A mesh, coarse loose cloth, sacking, a bag

and ashes.
וָאֵ֔פֶר (wā·’ê·p̄er)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 665: Ashes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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