H9005–/ל–l

And he said unto them: 'Thus and thus hath Micah dealt with me, and he hath hired me, and I am become his priest.'

לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “for <the>”ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “of”לְכֹהֵֽן׃ (לְ) le. “<into>”

And they said unto him: 'Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we are going shall be prosperous.'

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to <the>”

And the priest said unto them: 'Go in peace; before the LORD is your way wherein ye go.'

לָהֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”לְשָׁל֑וֹם (לְ) le. “to”

Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt in security, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, possessing authority, that might put them to shame in an

לָ֠בֶטַח (לָ֠) La. “to”לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “[belonged] to <the>”

And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol; and their brethren said unto them: 'What say ye?'

לָהֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

And they said: 'Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good; and are ye still? be not slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.

לָלֶ֥כֶת (לָ) la. “to”לָבֹ֖א (לָ) la. “to”לָרֶ֥שֶׁת (לָ) la. “to”

And they went up, and encamped in Kiriath-jearim, in Judah; wherefore that place was called Mahaneh-dan unto this day; behold, it is behind Kiriath-jearim.

לַמָּק֨וֹם (לַ) la. “<to> the”

Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren: 'Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.'

לְרַגֵּל֮ (לְ) le. “to”

And they turned aside thither, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “of <the>”לְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ (לְ) le. “to”

And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men girt with weapons of

לְרַגֵּ֣ל (לְ) le. “to”

And they said unto him: 'Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest; is it better for thee to be priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?'

ל֨וֹ (ל֨) l “to <the>”לָ֖נוּ (לָ֖) La. “of”לְאָ֣ב (לְ) le. “<into>”וּלְכֹהֵ֑ן (לְ) le. “<into>”לְבֵית֙ (לְ) le. “of”לְשֵׁ֥בֶט (לְ) le. “of”וּלְמִשְׁפָּחָ֖ה (לְ) le. “of”

So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them.

לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ (לִ) li “<to>”

And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah: 'What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?'

לְמִיכָ֔ה (לְ) le. “to”לְּךָ֖ (לְּ) le. “[is that] to”

And he said: 'Ye have taken away my god which I made, and the priest, and are gone away, and what have I more? and how then say ye unto me: What aileth thee?'

לִּ֣י (לִּ֣) l “[belongs] to <the>”לָּֽךְ׃ (לָּֽ) La “[is] to <the>”

And the children of Dan went their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.

לְדַרְכָּ֑ם (לְ) le. “to”

And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire.

לוֹ֒ (ל) l “to <the>”לְפִי־ (לְ) le. “to”

And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no dealings with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built the city, and dwelt therein.

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “[belonged] to <the>”לְבֵית־ (לְ) le. “[belongs] to”

And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel; howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.

לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (לְ) le. “to”לָרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃ (לָ) la. “to the”

And the children of Dan set up for themselves the graven image; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.

לָהֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “for <the>”לְשֵׁ֣בֶט (לְ) le. “of”

So they set them up Micah's graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “for <the>”

And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem in Judah.

לוֹ֙ (ל) l “for <the>”

And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly unto her, to bring her back, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses; and she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

לְדַבֵּ֤ר (לְ) le. “to”לַהֲשִׁיבָ֔הּ (לַ) la. “to”לִקְרָאתֽוֹ׃ (לִ) li “to”

And it came to pass on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart; and the damsel's father said unto his son-in-law: 'Stay thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward ye shall go your way.'

לָלֶ֑כֶת (לָ) la. “to”

And the man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.

לָלֶ֑כֶת (לָ) la. “to”

And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the damsel's father said: 'Stay thy heart, I pray thee, and tarry ye until the day declineth'; and they did eat, both of them.

לָלֶכֶת֒ (לָ) la. “to”