H0413–אֶל–el

Then were assembled to me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the unfaithfulness of those that had been carried away; and I sat overwhelmed until the evening oblation.

וְאֵלַ֣י (אֵלַ֣) 'e.La “to”

And at the evening oblation I arose up from my humiliation; and with my mantle and my garment rent, I fell on my knees, and spread out my hands to Jehovah my God,

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

and said: O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over [supplied: our] head, and our trespass is grown up to the heavens.

אֵלֶ֑יךָ (אֵלֶ֑י) 'e.Lei. “to”

which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess [supplied: it], is an unclean land through the filthiness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations with which they have filled it from one end to another through their uncleanness.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And while Ezra prayed, and made confession, weeping and falling down before the house of God, there were gathered to him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children; for the people wept very much.

אֵלָ֨יו (אֵלָ֨י) 'e.La “to”

And Ezra arose from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib; and when he came thither, he ate no bread and drank no water; for he mourned because of the unfaithfulness of them that had been carried away.

אֶל־ 'el- “into”

And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, Ye have acted unfaithfully, and have taken foreign wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.

אֲלֵהֶ֔ם (אֲלֵ) 'a.le. “to”

Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, confessing the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

but if ye return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

אֵלַ֔י (אֵלַ֔) 'e.La “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”

O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who delight to fear thy name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was the king's cupbearer.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”וְאֶל־ (אֶל) 'el- “to”

And the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of the heavens.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And I said to the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And I said to the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may set me forward till I come into Judah;

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which [supplied: appertains] to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֵלָ֑יו (אֵלָ֑י) 'e.La “into”

And I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of a force and horsemen with me.

אֶֽל־ 'el- “to”

And I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me -- but I told no man what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem -- and there was no beast with me, except the beast that I rode upon.

אֶל־ 'el- “into”

And I went out by night by the valley-gate, even toward the jackal-fountain, and to the dung-gate; and I viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were in ruins, and its gates were consumed with fire.

וְאֶל־ (אֶל) 'el- “to”וְאֶל־ (אֶל) 'el- “to”

And I went on to the fountain-gate, and to the king's pool; and there was no place for the beast under me to pass.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”וְאֶל־ (אֶל) 'el- “to”

And I said to them, Ye see the distress that we are in, that Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

אֲלֵהֶ֗ם (אֲלֵ) 'a.le. “to”

Hear, our God, for we are despised, and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in a land of captivity!

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

Then we prayed to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them and kill them, and put an end to the work.

אֶל־ 'el- “into”

And I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not afraid of them: remember the Lord who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your houses.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”וְאֶל־ (אֶל) 'el- “to”וְאֶל־ (אֶל) 'el- “to”

And it came to pass that when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had defeated their counsel, we returned all of us to the wall, every one to his work.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”