H9005–/ל–l

Go, send up your cry for help to the gods of your selection; let them be your saviours in the time of your trouble.

לָכֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “<to> <the>”

And the children of Israel said to the Lord, We are sinners; do to us whatever seems good to you: only give us salvation this day.

לָ֔נוּ (לָ֔) La. “to <the>”

And the people of Israel said to one another, Who will be the first to make an attack on the children of Ammon? We will make him head over all Gilead.

לְהִלָּחֵ֖ם (לְ) le. “to”לְרֹ֔אשׁ (לְ) le. “<into>”לְכֹ֖ל (לְ) le. “of”

And Gilead's wife gave birth to sons, and when her sons became men, they sent Jephthah away, saying, You have no part in the heritage of our father's house, for you are the son of another woman.

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to <the>”לוֹ֙ (ל) l “to <the>”

And when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the responsible men of Gilead went to get Jephthah back from the land of Tob;

לָקַ֥חַת (לָ) la. “to”

And they said to Jephthah, Come and be our chief so that we may make war against the children of Ammon.

לְיִפְתָּ֔ח (לְ) le. “to”לָּ֖נוּ (לָּ֖) La. “of”לְקָצִ֑ין (לְ) le. “<into>”

But Jephthah said to the responsible men of Gilead, Did you not, in your hate for me, send me away from my father's house? Why do you come to me now when you are in trouble?

לְזִקְנֵ֣י (לְ) le. “to”לָכֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “to <the>”

And the responsible men of Gilead said to Jephthah, That is the reason we have come back to you; so go with us and make war against the children of Ammon, and we will make you our head over all the people of Gilead.

לָכֵן֙ (לָ) la. “<to>”לָּ֙נוּ֙ (לָּ֙) la. “of”לְרֹ֔אשׁ (לְ) le. “<into>”לְכֹ֖ל (לְ) le. “of”

Then Jephthah said to the responsible men of Gilead, If you take me back to make war against the children of Ammon, and if with the help of the Lord I overcome them, will you make me your head?

לְהִלָּחֵם֙ (לְ) le. “to”לְפָנָ֑י (לְ) le. “<to>”לָכֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “of”לְרֹֽאשׁ׃ (לְ) le. “<into>”

So Jephthah went with the responsible men of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them; and Jephthah said all these things before the Lord in Mizpah.

לְרֹ֣אשׁ (לְ) le. “into”וּלְקָצִ֑ין (לְ) le. “into”לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

Then Jephthah sent men to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What have you against me that you have come to make war against my land?

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לִּ֣י (לִּ֣) l “[is] to”וָלָ֔ךְ (לָ֔) La “to <the>”לְהִלָּחֵ֥ם (לְ) le. “to”

And said to him, This is the word of Jephthah: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or the land of the children of Ammon;

ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “to <the>”

Then Israel sent men to the king of Edom saying, Let me now go through your land; but the king of Edom did not give ear to them. And in the same way he sent to the king of Moab, but he would not; so Israel went on living in Kadesh.

לֵאמֹ֜ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Then he went on through the waste land and round the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and put up their tents on the other side of the Arnon; they did not come inside the limit of Moab, for the Arnon was th

לְאֶ֣רֶץ (לְ) le. “of”

And Israel sent men to Sihon, king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, Let me now go through your land to my place.

לוֹ֙ (ל) l “to <the>”

So I have done no wrong against you, but you are doing wrong to me in fighting against me: may the Lord, who is Judge this day, be judge between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

לָ֔ךְ (לָ֔) La “to <the>”לְהִלָּ֣חֶם (לְ) le. “by”

And Jephthah took an oath to the Lord, and said, If you will give the children of Ammon into my hands,

לַיהוָ֖ה (לַ) la. “to”

Then whoever comes out from the door of my house, meeting me when I come back in peace from the children of Ammon, will be the Lord's and I will give him as a burned offering.

לִקְרָאתִ֔י (לִ) li “to”לַֽיהוָ֔ה (לַֽ) la. “to”

So Jephthah went over to the children of Ammon to make war on them; and the Lord gave them into his hands.

לְהִלָּ֣חֶם (לְ) le. “to”

Then Jephthah came back to his house in Mizpah, and his daughter came out, meeting him on his way with music and with dances; she was his only child; he had no other sons or daughters.

לִקְרָאת֔וֹ (לִ) li “to”ל֥וֹ (ל֥) l “[belonged] to <the>”

And when he saw her he was overcome with grief, and said, Ah! my daughter! I am crushed with sorrow, and it is you who are the chief cause of my trouble; for I have made an oath to the Lord and I may not take it back.

לָשֽׁוּב׃ (לָ) la. “to”

And she said to him, My father, you have made an oath to the Lord; do then to me whatever you have said; for the Lord has sent a full reward on your haters, on the children of Ammon.

לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to <the>”לְךָ֙ (לְ) le. “for <the>”

Then she said to her father, Only do this for me: let me have two months to go away into the mountains with my friends, weeping for my sad fate.

לִּ֖י (לִּ֖) l “for <the>”

And at the end of two months she went back to her father, who did with her as he had said in his oath: and she had never been touched by a man. So it became a rule in Israel,

לָ֔הּ (לָ֔) La “to <the>”

For the women to go year by year sorrowing for the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite, four days in every year.

לְתַנּ֕וֹת (לְ) le. “to”לְבַת־ (לְ) le. “for”