A loud and bitter cry, a loud and bitter cry
A loud scream from great pain. A scream from great despair.
("And Mordecai knew all that was done, and Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a great and bitter cry" - Esther 4:1 (Mordecai after he heard of the decree of Ahasuerus), and so: "And Jacob cried one time, and he was answered by the well of the well, as it was said, and he cried with a great and bitter cry." And Mara and Gov - In the beginning of Rava (Theodor-Albeck) Parashah Toldot, Parashah 66, and it says: "And Mara cried out with a loud cry. And he asked the Be'eshoth whether all the doors of Teshuvah were closed" - Sha'i Agnon/ Sifurei HaBe'eshoth, HaChavreim)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
זְעָקָה גְּדוֹלָה וּמָרָה, צָעַק צְעָקָה גְּדוֹלָה וּמָרָה
Definition (Hebrew)
צְעָקָה גְּדוֹלָה מֵרַב כְּאֵב. זָעַק מֵרֹוב יֵאוּשׁ.
("וּמָרְדֳּכַי יָדַע אֶת כָּל אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשָׂה וַיִּקְרַע מָרְדֳּכַי אֶת בְּגָדָיו וַיִּלְבַּשׁ שַׂק וָאֵפֶר וַיֵּצֵא בְּתוֹךְ הָעִיר וַיִּזְעַק זְעָקָה גְדֹלָה וּמָרָה"- אֶסְתֵּר ד א (מָרְדְּכַי לְאַחַר שֶׁשָּׁמַע עַל גְּזֵרַת אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ), וְכֵן:"זְעָקָה אַחַת הִזְעִיק יַעֲקֹב לְעֵשָׂו וְהֵיכָן נִפְרַע לוֹ בְּשׁוּשָׁן הַבִּירָה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וַיִּזְעַק זְעָקָה גְדֹלָה וּמָרָה וְגֵו' -בְּרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה (תֵּאוֹדוֹר-אַלְבֵּק) פָּרָשַׁת תּוֹלְדוֹת פָּרָשָׁה סז, וְכֵן:"וַיִּצְעַק צְעָקָה גְּדֹלָה וּמָרָה .וְיִשְׁאַל אֶת הַבֵּעשְׁ"ט הַאִם נִסְכְּרוּ כָּל פִּתְחֵי תְּשׁוּבָה"- שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן/ סִפּוּרֵי הַבֵּעשְׁ"ט, הַחֲבֵרִים)