H0413–אֶל–el

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

וְאֵלַ֣י (אֵלַ֣) 'e.La “to”

And at the evening sacrifice I arose from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands to the LORD 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 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, to which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled to him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very bitterly.

אֵלָ֨יו (אֵלָ֨י) 'e.La “to”

Then Ezra arose from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he ate no bread, nor drank water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.

אֶל־ 'el- “into”

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

אֲלֵהֶ֔ם (אֲלֵ) 'a.le. “to”

Let thy ear now be attentive, and thy eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess 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 turn to me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you driven to the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them to 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 thy ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cup-bearer.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”וְאֶל־ (אֶל) 'el- “to”

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

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And I said to the king, If it should please the king, and if thy servant hath found favor in thy sight, that thou wouldst send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchers, that I may build it.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”

Moreover, I said to the king, If it should please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over 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 appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

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

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

אֶֽל־ 'el- “to”

So 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; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

אֶל־ 'el- “into”

And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon-well, and to the dung-port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and their gates were consumed with fire.

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

Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”וְאֶל־ (אֶל) 'el- “to”

Then said I to them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and its gates are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we may be no more a reproach.

אֲלֵהֶ֗ם (אֲלֵ) 'a.le. “to”

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

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

Nevertheless we made our prayer 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 in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

אֶל־ 'el- “into”

And I looked, and arose, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be ye 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, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to naught, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one to his work.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”