Esther 4:6
in Esther 4So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the king’s gate,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So Hathach went forth to Mordecai unto the broad place of the city, which was before the king’s gate.
KJV
So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king’s gate.
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This verse in Esther 4
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
When Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came
on Esther 4:4-6
Esther's first response is clothing, and "he would not accept them": comfort is refused until the truth is faced. The queen must learn of her people's death sentence through Hathach, because the palace has sealed her off from the city's news. Every message in these verses passes through a go-between.
This site's exposition
So Hathach went out to Mordecai
Hathach met Mordecai in the open square in front of the king’s gate, the nearest place his sackcloth allowed him to stand. John Gill notes that he kept his grief public there, on the road that led to the palace. The queen’s servant had to go out to him.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
So Hatach went forth to Mordecai, unto the street of the city,.... Where he was, in a public manner, expressing his grief and sorrow: which was before the king's gate: that led to the royal palace.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּצֵ֥א | vaiyetze' | and he went out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| הֲתָ֖ךְ | hatakh | Hathach | H2047 → | 4 times |
| אֶֽל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מָרְדֳּכָ֑י | maredokhai | Mordecai | H4782 → | 60 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| רְח֣וֹב | rechov | [the] open place of | H7339 → | 43 times |
| הָעִ֔יר | hair | the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | [was] <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| שַֽׁעַר־ | shaar- | [the] gate of | H8179 → | 374 times |
| הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
וַיֵּצֵ֥אand he went out
vaiyetze'H3318 →1067 times
הֲתָ֖ךְHathach
hatakhH2047 →4 times
אֶֽל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מָרְדֳּכָ֑יMordecai
maredokhaiH4782 →60 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
רְח֣וֹב[the] open place of
rechovH7339 →43 times
הָעִ֔ירthe city
hairH5892 →1090 times
אֲשֶׁ֖רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לִפְנֵ֥י[was] <to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
שַֽׁעַר־[the] gate of
shaar-H8179 →374 times
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃the king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Esther 9:12who said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces?…
it leads to
- Esther 5:6
And as they drank their wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Esther 7:2
and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to…
- Esther 5:6
Through
Esther 4:3In 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.
it leads to
- Isaiah 22:12
On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
- Daniel 9:3
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
- Isaiah 37:1–3
On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
- Isaiah 22:12
Through
Esther 7:2and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to…
it leads to
- John 16:24
Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
- Esther 5:3
“What is it, Queen Esther?” the king inquired. “What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be given to you.”
- Esther 9:12
who said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces?…
- John 16:24
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and W. F. Adeney, Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther (Expositor's Bible).