H9005–/ל–l

He said to them, Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I am become his priest.

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

They said to him, Ask counsel, we pray you, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to <the>”

The priest said to them, Go in peace: before Yahweh is your way wherein you go.

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

Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people who were therein, how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, possessing authority, that might put [supplied: them] to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with any man.

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

They came to their brothers to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brothers said to them, What [supplied: say] you?

לָהֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

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

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

They went up, and encamped in Kiriath Jearim, in Judah: therefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan, to this day; behold, it is behind Kiriath Jearim.

לַמָּק֨וֹם (לַ) la. “<to> the”

Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered, and said to their brothers, Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and an engraved image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what you have to do.

לְרַגֵּל֮ (לְ) le. “to”

They turned aside there, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even to the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.

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

The five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the engraved 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 war.

לְרַגֵּ֣ל (לְ) le. “to”

They said to him, Hold your peace, lay your hand on your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to 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>”

They cried to the children of Dan. They turned their faces, and said to Micah, What ails you, that you come with such a company?

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

He said, you have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and are gone away, and what have I more? and how then say you to me, What ails you?

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

The children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.

לְדַרְכָּ֑ם (לְ) le. “to”

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

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

There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with any man; and it was in the valley that lies by Beth Rehob. They built the city, and lived therein.

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

They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel: however the name of the city was Laish at the first.

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

The children of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, 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 engraved image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “for <the>”

It happened 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 Bethlehem Judah.

לוֹ֙ (ל) l “for <the>”

Her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly to her, to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of donkeys: and she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the young lady saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

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

It happened on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart: and the young lady's father said to his son-in-law, Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward you shall go your way.

לָלֶ֑כֶת (לָ) la. “to”

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

לָלֶ֑כֶת (לָ) la. “to”

He arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the young lady's father said, Please strengthen your heart and stay until the day declines; and they ate, both of them.

לָלֶכֶת֒ (לָ) la. “to”