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And when the people came back to their tents, the responsible men of Israel said, Why has the Lord let the Philistines overcome us today? Let us get the ark of the Lord's agreement here from Shiloh, so that it may be with us and give us salvation from th

לָ֣מָּה (לָ֣) La. “<to>”לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”

And the Philistines, full of fear, said, God has come into their tents. And they said, Trouble is ours! for never before has such a thing been seen.

לָ֔נוּ (לָ֔) La. “to <the>”

Trouble is ours! Who will give us salvation from the hands of these great gods? These are the gods who sent all sorts of blows on the Egyptians in the waste land.

לָ֔נוּ (לָ֔) La. “to <the>”

Be strong, O Philistines, be men! Do not be servants to the Hebrews as they have been to you: go forward to the fight without fear.

לַֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ (לַֽ) la. “<into>”לָעִבְרִ֔ים (לָ) la. “<to> the”לָכֶ֑ם (לָ) la. “<to> <the>”לַאֲנָשִׁ֖ים (לַ) la. “<into>”

So the Philistines went to the fight, and Israel was overcome, and every man went in flight to his tent: and great was the destruction, for thirty thousand footmen of Israel were put to the sword.

לְאֹהָלָ֔יו (לְ) le. “to”

And when he came, Eli was seated by the wayside watching: and in his heart was fear for the ark of God. And when the man came into the town and gave the news, there was a great outcry.

לְהַגִּ֣יד (לְ) le. “to”

And Eli, hearing the noise and the cries, said, What is the reason of this outcry? And the man came quickly and gave the news to Eli.

לְעֵלִֽי׃ (לְ) le. “to”

Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were fixed so that he was not able to see.

לִרְאֽוֹת׃ (לִ) li “to”

And the man said, Israel went in flight from the Philistines, and there has been great destruction among the people, and your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been taken.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”

And his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was with child and near the time when she would give birth; and when she had the news that the ark of God had been taken and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, her pains came on her suddenly a

לָלַת֒ (לָ) la. “to”

And she gave the child the name of Ichabod, saying, The glory has gone from Israel: because the ark of God was taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

לַנַּ֗עַר (לַ) la. “<to> the”לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And when the people of Ashdod got up early on the morning after, they saw that Dagon had come down to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon up and put him in his place again.

לְפָנָיו֙ (לְ) le. “to”לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “<to>”לִמְקוֹמֽוֹ׃ (לִ) li “to”

And when they got up early on the morning after, Dagon had come down to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord; and his head and his hands were broken off on the doorstep; only the base was in its place.

לְפָנָיו֙ (לְ) le. “to”לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “<to>”

So they sent for all the lords of the Philistines to come together there, and said, What are we to do with the ark of the God of Israel? And their answer was, Let the ark of the God of Israel be taken away to Gath. So they took the ark of the God of Isra

לַֽאֲרוֹן֙ (לַֽ) la. “to”

But after they had taken it away, the hand of the Lord was stretched out against the town for its destruction: and the signs of disease came out on all the men of the town, small and great.

לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And when the ark of God came to Ekron, the people of the town made an outcry, saying, They have sent the ark of the God of Israel to us for the destruction of us and of our people.

לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לַהֲמִיתֵ֖נִי (לַ) la. “to”

So they sent and got together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go back to its place, so that it may not be the cause of death to us and to our people: for there was a great fear of death

לִמְקֹמ֔וֹ (לִ) li “to”

And the Philistines sent for the priests and those who were wise in secret arts, and said to them, What are we to do with the ark of the Lord? How are we to send it away to its place?

לַכֹּהֲנִ֤ים (לַ) la. “<to> the”וְלַקֹּֽסְמִים֙ (לַ) la. “<to> the”לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לַאֲר֣וֹן (לַ) la. “to”לִמְקוֹמֽוֹ׃ (לִ) li “to”

And they said, If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it without an offering, but send him a sin-offering with it: then you will have peace again, and it will be clear to you why the weight of his hand has not been lifted from you.

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to <the>”לָכֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “by <the>”לָ֛מָּה (לָ֛) La. “<to>”

Then they said, What sin-offering are we to send to him? And they said, Five gold images of the growths caused by your disease and five gold mice, one for every lord of the Philistines: for the same disease came on you and on your lords.

לוֹ֒ (ל) l “to <the>”לְכֻלָּ֖ם (לְ) le. “[belongs] to”וּלְסַרְנֵיכֶֽם׃ (לְ) le. “to”

So make images of the growths caused by your disease and of the mice which are damaging your land; and give glory to the God of Israel: it may be that the weight of his hand will be lifted from you and from your gods and from your land.

לֵאלֹהֵ֥י (לֵ) le. “to”

Why do you make your hearts hard, like the hearts of Pharaoh and the Egyptians? When he had made sport of them, did they not let the people go, and they went away?

וְלָ֤מָּה (לָ֤) La. “<to>”

And put the ark of the Lord on the cart, and the gold images which you are sending as a sin-offering in a chest by its side; and send it away so that it may go.

לוֹ֙ (ל) l “to <the>”

If it goes by the land of Israel to Beth-shemesh, then this great evil is his work; but if not, then we may be certain that the evil was not his doing, but was the working of chance.

לָ֔נוּ (לָ֔) La. “to <the>”לָֽנוּ׃ (לָֽ) La. “to <the>”

And the people of Beth-shemesh were cutting their grain in the valley, and lifting up their eyes they saw the ark and were full of joy when they saw it.

לִרְאֽוֹת׃ (לִ) li “to”