Esther 4:2
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And he came lamenting in this manner even to the gate of the palace: for no one clothed with sackcloth might enter the king's court.

Context
Mordecai Appeals to Esther
1Now when Mardochai had heard these things, he rent his garments, and put on sackcloth, strewing ashes on his head and he cried with a loud voice in the street in the midst of the city, shewing the anguish of his mind. 2And he came lamenting in this manner even to the gate of the palace: for no one clothed with sackcloth might enter the king's court.3And in all provinces, towns, and places, to which the king's cruel edict was come, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, wailing, and weeping, many using sackcloth and ashes for their bed.…
Cross References
Esther 4:1
Now when Mardochai had heard these things, he rent his garments, and put on sackcloth, strewing ashes on his head and he cried with a loud voice in the street in the midst of the city, shewing the anguish of his mind.

Esther 4:3
And in all provinces, towns, and places, to which the king's cruel edict was come, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, wailing, and weeping, many using sackcloth and ashes for their bed.

Lexicon
But he went only
וַיָּב֕וֹא (way·yā·ḇō·w)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

as
עַ֖ד (‘aḏ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

far as the King’s
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

Gate,
שַֽׁעַר־ (ša·‘ar-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8179: An opening, door, gate

because
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

the law prohibited
אֵ֥ין (’ên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

anyone wearing
בִּלְב֥וּשׁ (bil·ḇūš)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3830: A garment, clothing, raiment

sackcloth
שָֽׂק׃ (śāq)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8242: A mesh, coarse loose cloth, sacking, a bag

from entering
לָב֛וֹא (lā·ḇō·w)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

[that]
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

gate.
שַׁ֥עַר (ša·‘ar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8179: An opening, door, gate


Additional Translations
But he went only as far as the King’s Gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate.And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

and he came even before the king's gate: for none might enter within the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

And he came to the king's gate, and stood; for it was not lawful for him to enter into the palace, wearing sackcloth and ashes.

and came even before the king's gate; for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

and he came even before the king's gate: for none might enter within the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

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

He came even before the king's gate, for no one is allowed inside the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

and he cometh in unto the front of the gate of the king, but none is to come in unto the gate of the king with a sackcloth-garment.
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