H9005–/ל–l

And David cometh in unto his house at Jerusalem, and the king taketh the ten women-concubines -- whom he had left to keep the house, and putteth them in a house of ward, and sustaineth them, and unto them he hath not gone in, and they are shut up unto the day of their death, in widowhood living.

לִשְׁמֹ֨ר (לִ) li “to”

And the king saith unto Amasa, `Call for me the men of Judah `in' three days, and thou, stand here,'

לִ֥י (לִ֥) l “to <the>”

and Amasa goeth to call Judah, and tarrieth beyond the appointed time that he had appointed him;

לְהַזְעִ֣יק (לְ) le. “to”

and David saith unto Abishai, `Now doth Sheba son of Bichri do evil to us more than Absalom; thou, take the servants of thy lord, and pursue after him, lest he have found for himself fenced cities, and delivered himself `from' our eye.'

לָ֛נוּ (לָ֛) La. “for <the>”ל֛וֹ (ל֛) l “for <the>”

And the men of Joab go out after him, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and all the mighty men, and they go out from Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri;

לִרְדֹּ֕ף (לִ) li “to”

they `are' near the great stone that `is' in Gibeon, and Amasa hath gone before them, and Joab `is' girded; his long robe he hath put on him, and upon it a girdle -- a sword `is' fastened upon his loins in its sheath; and he hath gone out, and it falleth.

לִפְנֵיהֶ֑ם (לִ) li “<to>”

And Joab saith to Amasa, `Art thou `in' peace, my brother?' and the right hand of Joab layeth hold on the beard of Amasa to give a kiss to him;

לַעֲמָשָׂ֔א (לַ) la. “to”לִנְשָׁק־ (לִ) li “to”לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “<to> <the>”

and Amasa hath not been watchful of the sword that `is' in the hand of Joab, and he smiteth him with it unto the fifth `rib', and sheddeth out his bowels to the earth, and he hath not repeated `it' to him, and he dieth; and Joab and Abishai his brother have pursued after Sheba son of Bichri.

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to <the>”

And a man hath stood by him, of the young men of Joab, and saith, `He who hath delight in Joab, and he who `is' for David -- after Joab!'

לְדָוִ֖ד (לְ) le. “[belongs] to”

When he hath been removed out of the highway, every man hath passed on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri.

לִרְדֹּ֕ף (לִ) li “to”

and they go in and lay siege against him, in Abel of Beth-Maachah, and cast up a mount against the city, and it standeth in a trench, and all the people who are `are' with Joab are destroying, to cause the wall to fall.

לְהַפִּ֥יל (לְ) le. “to”

And he cometh near unto her, and the woman saith, `Art thou Joab?' and he saith, `I `am'.' And she saith to him, `Hear the words of thy handmaid;' and he saith, `I am hearing.'

ל֗וֹ (ל֗) l “to <the>”

and she speaketh, saying, `They spake often in former times, saying, Let them diligently ask at Abel, and so they finished.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

I `am' of the peaceable -- faithful ones of Israel; thou art seeking to destroy a city, and a mother in Israel; why dost thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?

לְהָמִ֨ית (לְ) le. “to”לָ֥מָּה (לָ֥) La. “<to>”

And Joab answereth and saith, `Far be it -- far be it from me; I do not swallow up nor destroy.

לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to <the>”

The matter `is' not so; for a man of the hill-country of Ephraim -- Sheba son of Bichri his name -- hath lifted up his hand against the king, against David; give ye up him by himself, and I go away from the city.' And the woman saith unto Joab, `Lo, his head is cast unto thee over the wall.'

לְבַדּ֔וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

And the woman cometh unto all the people in her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri, and cast `it' unto Joab, and he bloweth with a trumpet, and they are scattered from the city, each to his tents, and Joab hath turned back to Jerusalem unto the king.

לְאֹהָלָ֑יו (לְ) le. “to”

and also, Ira the Jairite hath been minister to David.

לְדָוִֽד׃ (לְ) le. “of”

And the king calleth for the Gibeonites, and saith unto them -- as to the Gibeonites, they `are' not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorite, and the sons of Israel had sworn to them, and Saul seeketh to smite them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah --

לַגִּבְעֹנִ֖ים (לַ) la. “<to> the”לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”לְהַכֹּתָ֔ם (לְ) le. “to”לִבְנֵֽי־ (לִ) li “for”

yea, David saith unto the Gibeonites, `What do I do for you? and with what do I make atonement? and bless ye the inheritance of Jehovah.'

לָכֶ֑ם (לָ) la. “for <the>”

And the Gibeonites say to him, `We have no silver and gold by Saul and by his house, and we have no man to put to death in Israel;' and he saith, `What ye are saying I do to you.'

ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “to <the>”לָ֜נוּ (לָ֜) l “to <the>”לָ֥נוּ (לָ֥) La. “to <the>”לְהָמִ֣ית (לְ) le. “to”לָכֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “for <the>”

And they say unto the king, `The man who consumed us, and who devised against us -- we have been destroyed from stationing ourselves in all the border of Israel --

לָ֑נוּ (לָ֑) La. “to <the>”

let there be given to us seven men of his sons, and we have hanged them before Jehovah, in the height of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah.' And the king saith, `I do give;'

לָ֜נוּ (לָ֜) La. “to <the>”לַֽיהוָ֔ה (לַֽ) la. “to”

and the king taketh the two sons of Rizpah daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth, and the five sons of Michal daughter of Saul whom she bare to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite,

לְשָׁא֔וּל (לְ) le. “to”לְעַדְרִיאֵ֥ל (לְ) le. “to”

and giveth them into the hand of the Gibeonites, and they hang them in the hill before Jehovah; and the seven fall together, and they have been put to death in the days of harvest, in the first `days', the commencement of barley-harvest.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”