H9005–/ל–l

Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh above all that were before him.

לְפָנָֽיו׃ (לְ) le. “[were] <to>”

It happened, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshiped him.

לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “to”

He reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.

לַבָּ֑עַל (לַ) la. “to <the>”

Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did yet more to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

לַעֲשׂ֗וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לְהַכְעִיס֙ (לְ) le. “to”לְפָנָֽיו׃ (לְ) le. “<to>”

Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the foreigners of Gilead, said to Ahab, As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

לְפָנָ֔יו (לְ) le. “<to>”לְפִ֥י (לְ) le. “to”

The word of Yahweh came to him, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Get you hence, and turn you eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

לְּךָ֖ (לְּ) le. “<for>”

It shall be, that you shall drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.

לְכַלְכֶּלְךָ֖ (לְ) le. “to”

The ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

ל֜וֹ (ל֜) l “to”

The word of Yahweh came to him, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Arise, get you to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.

לְצִיד֔וֹן (לְ) le. “[belongs] to”לְכַלְכְּלֶֽךָ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Please get me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

לִ֧י (לִ֧) l “for”

As she was going to get it, he called to her, and said, Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.

לָקַ֑חַת (לָ) la. “to”לִ֛י (לִ֛) l “for”

She said, As Yahweh your God lives, I don't have a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the jar: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

לִ֣י (לִ֣) l “to”לִ֣י (לִ֣) l “for”וְלִבְנִ֔י (לִ) li “for”

Elijah said to her, Don't be afraid; go and do as you have said; but make me of it a little cake first, and bring it forth to me, and afterward make for you and for your son.

לִ֣י (לִ֣) l “for”לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to”וְלָ֣ךְ (לָ֣) La “for”וְלִבְנֵ֔ךְ (לִ) li “for”

She said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son!

לִּ֥י (לִּ֥) l “[is] to”וָלָ֖ךְ (לָ֖) La “to <the>”לְהַזְכִּ֥יר (לְ) le. “to”וּלְהָמִ֥ית (לְ) le. “to”

He said to her, Give me your son. He took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the chamber, where he abode, and laid him on his own bed.

לִ֣י (לִ֣) l “to”

He cried to Yahweh, and said, Yahweh my God, have you also brought evil on the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?

לְהָמִ֥ית (לְ) le. “by”

Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, Behold, your son lives.

לְאִמּ֑וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

It happened after many days, that the word of Yahweh came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain on the earth.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was sore in Samaria.

לְהֵרָא֖וֹת (לְ) le. “to”

So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

לָהֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “to”לַֽעֲבָר־ (לַֽ) la. “to”לְבַדּ֔וֹ (לְ) le. “to”לְבַדּֽוֹ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

As Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Is it you, my lord Elijah?

לִקְרָאת֑וֹ (לִ) li “to”

He answered him, It is I: go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah [supplied: is here].

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to”לַאדֹנֶ֖יךָ (לַ) la. “to”

He said, Wherein have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?

לַהֲמִיתֵֽנִי׃ (לַ) la. “to”