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H9005/לl

to/for

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Occurrences by book

  1. 1,358
  2. 1,094
  3. 786
  4. 1,406
  5. 1,133
  6. 708
  7. 655
  8. 115
  9. 926
  10. 734
  11. 866
  12. 608
  13. 927
  14. 1,177
  15. 299
  16. 390
  17. 263
  18. 440
  19. 1,460
  20. 392
  21. 237
  22. 78
  23. 977
  24. 1,329
  25. 90
  26. 1,142
  27. 461
  28. 143
  29. 46
  30. 88
  31. 14
  32. 51
  33. 85
  34. 16
  35. 49
  36. 35
  37. 34
  38. 163
  39. 44

Renderings

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20,819 occurrences in 12,013 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Ruth 1:14

    Then again they were weeping; and Orpah gave her mother-in-law a kiss, but Ruth would not be parted from her.

    לַחֲמוֹתָ֔הּ (לַ) la. “<to>”

  2. Ruth 1:16

    But Ruth said, Give up requesting me to go away from you, or to go back without you: for where you go I will go; and where you take your rest I will take my rest; your people will be my people, and your God my God.

    לְעָזְבֵ֖ךְ (לְ) le. “to”לָשׁ֣וּב (לָ) la. “to”

  3. Ruth 1:17

    Wherever death comes to you, death will come to me, and there will be my last resting-place; the Lord do so to me and more if we are parted by anything but death.

    לִי֙ (לִ) l “to <the>”

  4. Ruth 1:18

    And when she saw that Ruth was strong in her purpose to go with her she said no more.

    לָלֶ֣כֶת (לָ) la. “to”לְדַבֵּ֥ר (לְ) le. “to”

  5. Ruth 1:20

    And she said to them, Do not let my name be Naomi, but Mara, for the Ruler of all has given me a bitter fate.

    לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “<to> <the>”לִי֙ (לִ) l “<to> <the>”לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “to <the>”

  6. Ruth 1:21

    I went out full, and the Lord has sent me back again with nothing; why do you give me the name Naomi, seeing that the Lord has given witness against me, and the Ruler of all has sent sorrow on me?

    לָ֣מָּה (לָ֣) La. “<to>”לִי֙ (לִ) l “<to> <the>”לִֽי׃ (לִֽ) L “to <the>”

  7. Ruth 2:1

    And Naomi had a relation of her husband, a man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

    וּֽלְנָעֳמִ֞י (לְ) le. “[belonged] to”לְאִישָׁ֗הּ (לְ) le. “of”

  8. Ruth 2:2

    And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Now let me go into the field and take up the heads of grain after him in whose eyes I may have grace. And she said to her, Go, my daughter.

    לָ֖הּ (לָ֖) la “to <the>”

  9. Ruth 2:3

    And she went, and came and took up the heads of grain in the field after the cutters; and by chance she went into that part of the field which was the property of Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.

    לְבֹ֔עַז (לְ) le. “of”

  10. Ruth 2:4

    And Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said to the grain-cutters, The Lord be with you. And they made answer, The Lord give you his blessing.

    לַקּוֹצְרִ֖ים (לַ) la. “to the”ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to <the>”

  11. Ruth 2:5

    Then Boaz said to his servant who was in authority over the cutters, Whose girl is this?

    לְנַעֲר֔וֹ (לְ) le. “to”לְמִ֖י (לְ) le. “[belongs] to”

  12. Ruth 2:8

    Then said Boaz to Ruth, Give ear to me, my daughter: do not go to take up the grain in another field, or go away from here, but keep here by my young women:

    לִלְקֹט֙ (לִ) li “to”

  13. Ruth 2:9

    Keep your eyes on the field they are cutting, and go after them; have I not given orders to the young men not to put a hand on you? And when you are in need of drink go to the vessels and take of what the young men have put there.

    לְבִלְתִּ֣י (לְ) le. “to”

  14. Ruth 2:10

    Then she went down on her face to the earth, and said to him, Why have I grace in your eyes, that you give attention to me, seeing I am from a strange people?

    לְהַכִּירֵ֔נִי (לְ) le. “to”

  15. Ruth 2:11

    And Boaz answering said to her, I have had news of everything you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband; how you went away from your father and mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people who are strange to you.

    לָ֔הּ (לָ֔) La “to <the>”לִ֗י (לִ֗) L “to <the>”

  16. Ruth 2:12

    The Lord give you a reward for what you have done, and may a full reward be given to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take cover.

    לַחֲס֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

  17. Ruth 2:14

    And at meal-time Boaz said to her, Come here, and take some of the bread, and put your bit into the wine. And she took her seat among the grain-cutters: and he gave her dry grain, and she took it, and there was more than enough for her meal.

    לָ֨ה (לָ֨) la “to <the>”לְעֵ֣ת (לְ) le. “to”לָ֣הּ (לָ֣) la “to <the>”

  18. Ruth 2:15

    And when she got ready to take up the grain, Boaz gave his young men orders, saying, Let her take it even from among the cut grain, and say nothing to her.

    לְלַקֵּ֑ט (לְ) le. “to”לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

  19. Ruth 2:16

    And let some heads of grain be pulled out of what has been corded up, and dropped for her to take, and let no sharp word be said to her.

    לָ֖הּ (לָ֖) la “for <the>”

  20. Ruth 2:18

    And she took it up and went into the town; and she let her mother-in-law see what she had got, and after taking enough for herself she gave her the rest.

    לָ֔הּ (לָ֔) La “to <the>”

  21. Ruth 2:19

    And her mother-in-law said to her, Where did you take up the grain today, and where were you working? May a blessing be on him who gave such attention to you. And she gave her mother-in-law an account of where she had been working, and said, The name of

    לָ֨הּ (לָ֨) la “to <the>”לַחֲמוֹתָ֗הּ (לַ) la. “to”

  22. Ruth 2:20

    And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, May the blessing of the Lord, who has at all times been kind to the living and to the dead, be on him. And Naomi said to her, The man is of our family, one of our near relations.

    לְכַלָּתָ֗הּ (לְ) le. “to”לַיהוָ֔ה (לַ) la. “by”לָ֣הּ (לָ֣) la “to <the>”לָ֙נוּ֙ (לָ֙) la. “to <the>”

  23. Ruth 2:21

    And Ruth the Moabitess said, Truly, he said to me, Keep near my young men till all my grain is cut.

    לִי֙ (לִ) l “[belong] to <the>”לִֽי׃ (לִֽ) L “[belongs] to <the>”

  24. Ruth 2:23

    So she kept near the servant-girls of Boaz to take up the grain till the cutting of the early grain and the cutting of the late grain were ended; and she went on living with her mother-in-law.

    לְלַקֵּ֔ט (לְ) le. “to”

  25. Ruth 3:1

    And Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, My daughter, am I not to get you a resting-place where you may be in comfort?

    לָ֖הּ (לָ֖) la “to <the>”לָ֛ךְ (לָ֛) la “for <the>”לָֽךְ׃ (לָֽ) La “for <the>”