H9005–/ל–l

And stretching himself on the earth, he went to sleep under the broom-plant; but an angel, touching him, said to him, Get up and have some food.

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to”

And there he went into a hole in the rock for the night; then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, What are you doing here, Elijah?

ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “to”לְּךָ֥ (לְּ) le. “[is] to”

And he said, I have been burning for the honour of the Lord, the God of armies; for the children of Israel have not kept your agreement; they have made destruction of your altars, and have put your prophets to death with the sword: till I, even I, am the

לַיהוָ֣ה׀ (לַ) la. “for”לְבַדִּ֔י (לְ) le. “to”לְקַחְתָּֽהּ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

Then he said, Go out and take your place on the mountain before the Lord. Then the Lord went by, and mountains were parted by the force of a great wind, and rocks were broken before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind there was

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”

And Elijah, hearing it, went out, covering his face with his robe, and took his place in the opening of the hole. And there a voice came to him saying, What are you doing here, Elijah?

לְּךָ֥ (לְּ) le. “[is] to”

And he said, I have been burning for the honour of the Lord, the God of armies; for the children of Israel have not kept your agreement; they have had your altars broken down, and have put your prophets to death with the sword: till I, even I, am the onl

לַיהוָ֣ה׀ (לַ) la. “for”לְבַדִּ֔י (לְ) le. “to”לְקַחְתָּֽהּ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

And the Lord said to him, Go back on your way through the waste land to Damascus; and when you come there, put the holy oil on Hazael to make him king over Aram;

לְדַרְכְּךָ֖ (לְ) le. “to”לְמֶ֖לֶךְ (לְ) le. “to”

And on Jehu, son of Nimshi, making him king over Israel; and on Elisha, the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah, to be prophet in your place.

לְמֶ֖לֶךְ (לְ) le. “to”לְנָבִ֖יא (לְ) le. “to”

But I will keep safe seven thousand in Israel, all those whose knees have not been bent to Baal, and whose mouths have given him no kisses.

לַבַּ֔עַל (לַ) la. “to <the>”לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “<to>”

So he went away from there and came across Elisha, the son of Shaphat, ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen, he himself walking with the twelfth; and Elijah went up to him and put his robe on him.

לְפָנָ֔יו (לְ) le. “[were] <to>”

And letting the oxen be where they were, he came running after Elijah, and said, Only let me give a kiss to my father and mother, and then I will come after you. But he said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you?

לְאָבִ֣י (לְ) le. “<to>”וּלְאִמִּ֔י (לְ) le. “<to>”לוֹ֙ (ל) l “to”לָֽךְ׃ (לָֽ) La “to”

And he went back, and took the oxen and put them to death, and cooking their flesh with the yokes of the oxen, he gave the people a feast. Then he got up and went after Elijah and became his servant.

לָעָ֖ם (לָ) la. “to the”

And he sent representatives into the town to Ahab, king of Israel;

ל֗וֹ (ל֗) l “to”

And they said to him, Ben-hadad says, Your silver and your gold are mine; and your wives and children are mine.

לִֽי־ (לִֽ) li “[belongs] to”לִי־ (לִ) li “[belong] to”

And the king of Israel sent him an answer saying, As you say, my lord king, I am yours with all I have.

לְךָ֥ (לְ) le. “[belong] to”לִֽי׃ (לִֽ) L “[belongs] to”

Then the representatives came back again, and said, These are the words of Ben-hadad: I sent to you saying, Give up to me your silver and your gold, your wives and your children;

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

Then the king of Israel sent for all the responsible men of the land, and said, Now will you take note and see the evil purpose of this man: he sent for my wives and my children, my silver and my gold, and I did not keep them back.

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “<to>”לְנָשַׁ֤י (לְ) le. “for”וּלְבָנַי֙ (לְ) le. “for”וּלְכַסְפִּ֣י (לְ) le. “for”וְלִזְהָבִ֔י (לִ) li “for”

So he said to the representatives of Ben-hadad, Say to my lord the king, All the orders you sent the first time I will do; but this thing I may not do. And the representatives went back with this answer.

לְמַלְאֲכֵ֣י (לְ) le. “to”לַֽאדֹנִ֤י (לַֽ) la. “to”לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

Then Ben-hadad sent to him, saying, May the gods' punishment be on me if there is enough of the dust of Samaria for all the people at my feet to take some in their hands.

לִ֛י (לִ֛) l “to”לִשְׁעָלִ֕ים (לִ) li “for”לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “for”

And the servants of the chiefs who were over the divisions of the land went forward first; and when Ben-hadad sent out, they gave him the news, saying, Men have come out from Samaria.

לוֹ֙ (ל) l “to”לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And he said, If they have come out for peace, take them living, and if they have come out for war, take them living.

לְשָׁל֥וֹם (לְ) le. “for”לְמִלְחָמָ֛ה (לְ) le. “for”

Then the prophet came up to the king of Israel, and said to him, Now make yourself strong, and take care what you do, or a year from now the king of Aram will come up against you again.

לוֹ֙ (ל) l “to”לִתְשׁוּבַ֣ת (לִ) li “to”

And get together another army like the one which came to destruction, horse for horse, and carriage for carriage; and let us make war on them in the lowlands, and certainly we will be stronger than they. And he gave ear to what they said, and did so.

לְךָ֣׀ (לְ) le. “for”לְקֹלָ֖ם (לְ) le. “to”

So, a year later, Ben-hadad got the Aramaeans together and went up to Aphek to make war on Israel.

לִתְשׁוּבַ֣ת (לִ) li “to”לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (לַ) la. “for <the>”

And the children of Israel got themselves together, and food was made ready and they went against them; the tents of the children of Israel were like two little flocks of goats before them, but all the country was full of the Aramaeans.

לִקְרָאתָ֑ם (לִ) li “to”