H9005–/ל–l

By the life of the Lord your God, there is not a nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent in search of you; and when they said, He is not here; he made them take an oath that they had not seen you.

לְבַקֶּשְׁךָ֔ (לְ) le. “to”

And now you say, Go, say to your lord, Elijah is here.

לַאדֹנֶ֖יךָ (לַ) la. “to”

And straight away, when I have gone from you, the spirit of the Lord will take you away, I have no idea where, so that when I come and give word to Ahab, and he sees you not, he will put me to death: though I, your servant, have been a worshipper of the

לְהַגִּ֧יד (לְ) le. “to”לְאַחְאָ֛ב (לְ) le. “to”

Has my lord not had word of what I did when Jezebel was putting the Lord's prophets to death? how I kept a hundred of them in a secret hole in the rock, fifty at a time, and gave them bread and water?

לַֽאדֹנִי֙ (לַֽ) la. “to”

And now you say, Go and say to your Lord, Elijah is here; and he will put me to death.

לַֽאדֹנֶ֖יךָ (לַֽ) la. “to”

And Elijah said, By the life of the Lord of armies, whose servant I am, I will certainly let him see me today.

לְפָנָ֑יו (לְ) le. “<to>”

So Obadiah went to Ahab and gave him the news; and Ahab went to see Elijah.

לִקְרַ֥את (לִ) li “to”ל֑וֹ (ל֑) l “to”לִקְרַ֥את (לִ) li “to”

Then Elijah said to the people, I, even I, am the only living prophet of the Lord; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

לַיהוָ֖ה (לַ) la. “of”לְבַדִּ֑י (לְ) le. “to”

Now, let them give us two oxen; and let them take one for themselves, and have it cut up, and put it on the wood, but put no fire under it; I will get the other ox ready, and put it on the wood, and put no fire under it.

לָ֜נוּ (לָ֜) La. “to”לָהֶם֩ (לָ) la. “for”

Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Take one ox for yourselves and get it ready first, for there are more of you; and make your prayers to your god, but put no fire under.

לִנְבִיאֵ֣י (לִ) li “to”לָכֶ֜ם (לָ) la. “for”

So they took the ox which was given them, and made it ready, crying out to Baal from morning till the middle of the day, and saying, O Baal, give ear to us. But there was no voice and no answer. And they were jumping up and down before the altar they had

לָהֶם֮ (לָ) la. “to”לֵאמֹר֙ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And in the middle of the day, Elijah made sport of them, saying, Give louder cries, for he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or he may have gone away for some purpose, or he may be on a journey, or by chance he is sleeping and has to be made awake.

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “[belongs] to”ל֑וֹ (ל֑) l “[belongs] to”

And from the middle of the day they went on with their prayers till the time of the offering; but there was no voice, or any answer, or any who gave attention to them.

לַעֲל֣וֹת (לַ) la. “<to>”

Then Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me; and all the people came near. And he put up again the altar of the Lord which had been broken down.

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”

And Elijah took twelve stones, the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, Israel will be your name:

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And with the stones he made an altar to the name of the Lord; and he made a deep drain all round the altar, great enough to take two measures of seed.

לַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ (לַ) la. “<to> the”

And the water went all round the altar, till the drain was full.

לַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ (לַ) la. “<to> the”

And Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal, let not one of them get away. So they took them, and Elijah made them go down to the stream Kishon, and put them to death there.

לָהֶ֜ם (לָ) la. “to”

Then Elijah said to Ahab, Up! take food and drink, for there is a sound of much rain.

לְאַחְאָ֔ב (לְ) le. “to”

So Ahab went up to have food and drink, while Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he went down on the earth, putting his face between his knees.

לֶאֱכֹ֣ל (לֶ) le. “to”וְלִשְׁתּ֑וֹת (לִ) li “to”

And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he made himself strong, and went running before Ahab till they came to Jezreel.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”

Ahab gave Jezebel news of all Elijah had done, and how he had put all the prophets to death with the sword.

לְאִיזֶ֔בֶל (לְ) le. “to”

Then Jezebel sent a servant to Elijah, saying, May the gods' punishment be on me if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And he got up, fearing for his life, and went in flight, and came to Beer-sheba in Judah, parting there from his servant;

לִֽיהוּדָ֑ה (לִֽ) li. “[belongs] to”

While he himself went a day's journey into the waste land, and took a seat under a broom-plant, desiring for himself only death; for he said, It is enough: now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.

לָמ֔וּת (לָ) la. “to”