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H9005/לl
to/for
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Now these are the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whose mother was Hagar the Egyptian, the servant of Sarah:
לְאַבְרָהָֽם׃ (לְ) le. “to”
These are the names of the sons of Ishmael by their generations: Ishmael's first son was Nebaioth; then Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam
לְתוֹלְדֹתָ֑ם (לְ) le. “to”
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names in their towns and their tent-circles; twelve chiefs with their peoples.
לְאֻמֹּתָֽם׃ (לְ) le. “to”
Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean of Paddan-aram, and the sister of Laban the Aramaean, to be his wife.
ל֥וֹ (ל֥) l “for <the>”לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (לְ) le. “to”
Isaac made prayer to the Lord for his wife because she had no children; and the Lord gave ear to his prayer, and Rebekah became with child.
לַֽיהוָה֙ (לַֽ) la. “to”לְנֹ֣כַח (לְ) le. “to”לוֹ֙ (ל) l “by <the>”
And the children were fighting together inside her, and she said, If it is to be so, why am I like this? So she went to put her question to the Lord.
לָ֥מָּה (לָ֥) La. “<to>”לִדְרֹ֥שׁ (לִ) li “to”
And the Lord said to her, Two nations are in your body, and two peoples will come to birth from you: the one will be stronger than the other, and the older will be the servant of the younger.
לָ֗הּ (לָ֗) La “to <the>”
And when the time came for her to give birth, there were two children in her body.
לָלֶ֑דֶת (לָ) la. “to”
And Jacob said, First of all give me your birthright.
לִֽי׃ (לִֽ) L “to <the>”
And Esau said, Truly, I am at the point of death: what profit is the birthright to me?
לָמ֑וּת (לָ) la. “to”וְלָמָּה־ (לָ) la. “for”לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “to <the>”
And Jacob said, First of all give me your oath; and he gave him his oath, handing over his birthright to Jacob.
לִּי֙ (לִּ) l “to <the>”ל֑וֹ (ל֑) l “to <the>”לְיַעֲקֹֽב׃ (לְ) le. “to”
Then Jacob gave him bread and soup; and he took food and drink and went away, caring little for his birthright.
לְעֵשָׂ֗ו (לְ) le. “to”
Then came a time of great need in the land, like that which had been before in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.
מִלְּבַד֙ (לְּ) le. “<to>”
Keep in this land, and I will be with you and give you my blessing; for to you and to your seed will I give all these lands, giving effect to the oath which I made to your father Abraham;
לְךָ֣ (לְ) le. “to”וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֗ (לְ) le. “to”לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם (לְ) le. “to”
I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and will give them all these lands, and your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth;
לְזַרְעֲךָ֔ (לְ) le. “to”
And when he was questioned by the men of the place about his wife, he said, She is my sister; fearing to say, She is my wife; for, he said, the men of the place may put me to death on account of Rebekah; because she is very beautiful.
לְאִשְׁתּ֔וֹ (לְ) le. “of”לֵאמֹ֣ר (לֵ) le. “to”
And when he had been there for some time, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looking through a window, saw Isaac playing with Rebekah his wife.
ל֥וֹ (ל֥) l “to <the>”
And he said to Isaac, It is clear that she is your wife: why then did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said, For fear that I might be put to death because of her.
לְיִצְחָ֗ק (לְ) le. “<to>”
Then Abimelech said, What have you done to us? one of the people might well have had connection with your wife, and the sin would have been ours.
לָּ֑נוּ (לָּ֑) La. “to <the>”
And Abimelech gave orders to his people that anyone touching Isaac or his wife was to be put to death.
לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”
For he had great wealth of flocks and herds and great numbers of servants; so that the Philistines were full of envy.
ל֤וֹ (ל֤) l “to <the>”
And he made again the water-holes which had been made in the days of Abraham his father, and which had been stopped up by the Philistines; and he gave them the names which his father had given them.
לָהֶן֙ (לָ) la. “<to> <the>”לָהֶ֖ן (לָ) la. “<to> <the>”
But the herdmen of Gerar had a fight with Isaac's herdmen, for they said, The spring is ours: so he gave the spring the name of Esek, because there was a fight about it.
לֵאמֹ֖ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָ֣נוּ (לָ֣) La. “[belongs] to <the>”
Then he went away from there, and made another water-hole, about which there was no fighting: so he gave it the name of Rehoboth, for he said, Now the Lord has made room for us, and we will have fruit in this land.
לָ֖נוּ (לָ֖) La. “for <the>”
Then he made a feast for them, and they all had food and drink.
לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “for <the>”