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Go and say to David, The Lord says, Three things are offered to you: say which of them you will have, so that I may do it to you.

לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לְךָ֛ (לְ) le. “for”לָּֽךְ׃ (לָּֽ) La “to”

So Gad came to David and said to him, The Lord says, Take whichever you will:

ל֛וֹ (ל֛) l “to”לָֽךְ׃ (לָֽ) La “for”

Three years when there will not be enough food; or three months of war, when you will go in flight before your haters, being in great danger of the sword; or three days of the sword of the Lord, disease in the land, and the angel of the Lord taking destr

לְמַשֶּׂגֶת֒ (לְ) le. “to”

And David said to Gad, This is a hard decision for me to make: let me come into the hands of the Lord, for great are his mercies: let me not come into the hands of men.

לִ֣י (לִ֣) l “to”

And God sent an angel to Jerusalem for its destruction: and when he was about to do so, the Lord saw, and had regret for the evil, and said to the angel of destruction, It is enough; do no more. Now the angel of the Lord was by the grain-floor of Ornan t

לִֽירוּשָׁלִַם֮ (לִֽ) li. “to”לְהַשְׁחִיתָהּ֒ (לְ) le. “to”לַמַּלְאָ֤ךְ (לַ) la. “to the”

And David said to God, Was it not I who gave the order for the people to be numbered? It is I who have done the sin and the great wrong; but these are only sheep; what have they done? let your hand, O Lord God, be lifted up against me and against my fami

לִמְנ֣וֹת (לִ) li “to”לְמַגֵּפָֽה׃ (לְ) le. “to”

Then the angel of the Lord gave orders to Gad to say to David that he was to go and put up an altar to the Lord on the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

לֵאמֹ֣ר (לֵ) le. “to”לְדָוִ֑יד (לְ) le. “to”לְהָקִ֤ים (לְ) le. “to”לַיהוָ֔ה (לַ) la. “to”

And when David came, Ornan, looking, saw him, and came out from the grain-floor and went down on his face to the earth before him.

לְדָוִ֛יד (לְ) le. “to”

Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place where this grain-floor is, so that I may put up an altar here to the Lord: let me have it for its full price; so that this disease may be stopped among the people.

לִּי֙ (לִּ) l “to”לַיהוָ֑ה (לַ) la. “to”לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to”

And Ornan said to David, Take it, and let my lord the king do what seems right to him. See, I give you the oxen for burned offerings and the grain-cleaning instruments for fire-wood, and the grain for the meal offering; I give it all.

לָ֔ךְ (לָ֔) La “for”לָֽעֹל֗וֹת (לָֽ) la. “for the”לָעֵצִ֛ים (לָ) la. “for the”לַמִּנְחָ֖ה (לַ) la. “for the”

And King David said to Ornan, No; I will certainly give you the full price for it, because I will not take for the Lord what is yours, or give a burned offering without payment.

לְאָרְנָ֔ן (לְ) le. “to”לְךָ֙ (לְ) le. “[belongs] to”לַיהוָ֔ה (לַ) la. “for”

So David gave Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the place.

לְאָרְנָ֖ן (לְ) le. “to”

And David put up an altar there to the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings with prayers to the Lord; and he gave him an answer from heaven, sending fire on the altar of burned offering.

לַיהוָ֔ה (לַ) la. “to”

Then the Lord gave orders to the angel, and he put back his sword into its cover.

לַמַּלְאָ֔ךְ (לַ) la. “to the”

But David was not able to go before it to get directions from the Lord, so great was his fear of the sword of the angel of the Lord.

לָלֶ֥כֶת (לָ) la. “to”לְפָנָ֖יו (לְ) le. “<to>”לִדְרֹ֣שׁ (לִ) li “to”

Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar for Israel's burned offerings.

לְעֹלָ֖ה (לְ) le. “for”לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (לְ) le. “for”

And David gave orders to get together all the men from strange lands who were in the land of Israel; and he put stone-cutters to work, cutting stones for building the house of God.

לִכְנוֹס֙ (לִ) li “to”לַחְצוֹב֙ (לַ) la “to”לִבְנ֖וֹת (לִ) li “to”

And he got together a great store of iron, for the nails for the doors and for the joins; and brass, more in weight than might be measured;

לָ֠רֹב (לָ֠) la. “to”לַֽמִּסְמְרִ֞ים (לַֽ) la. “for the”לְדַלְת֧וֹת (לְ) le. “for”וְלַֽמְחַבְּר֖וֹת (לַֽ) la “for the”לָרֹ֖ב (לָ) la. “to”

And cedar-trees without number, for the Zidonians and the men of Tyre came with a great amount of cedar-trees for David.

לְאֵ֣ין (לְ) le. “to”לָרֹ֖ב (לָ) la. “to”לְדָוִֽיד׃ (לְ) le. “to”

And David said, Solomon my son is young and untested, and the house which is to be put up for the Lord is to be very great, a thing of wonder and glory through all countries; so I will make ready what is needed for it. So David got ready a great store of

לִבְנ֣וֹת (לִ) li “to”לַיהוָ֗ה (לַ) la. “for”לְהַגְדִּ֨יל׀ (לְ) le. “[is] to”לְמַ֜עְלָה (לְ) le. “<to>”לְשֵׁ֤ם (לְ) le. “for”וּלְתִפְאֶ֙רֶת֙ (לְ) le. “for”לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”ל֑וֹ (ל֑) l “for”לָרֹ֖ב (לָ) la. “to”לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

Then he sent for his son Solomon, and gave him orders for the building of a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.

לִשְׁלֹמֹ֣ה (לִ) li “<to>”לִבְנ֣וֹת (לִ) li “to”לַיהוָ֖ה (לַ) la. “for”

And David said to Solomon, My son, it was my desire to put up a house for the name of the Lord my God.

לִשְׁלֹמֹ֑ה (לִ) li “to”לִבְנ֣וֹת (לִ) li “to”לְשֵׁ֖ם (לְ) le. “for”

But the word of the Lord came to me saying, You have taken lives without number and made great wars; I will not let you be the builder of a house for my name, because of the lives you have taken on the earth before my eyes.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָרֹב֙ (לָ) la. “to”לִשְׁמִ֔י (לִ) li “for”לְפָנָֽי׃ (לְ) le. “<to>”

But you will have a son who will be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from wars on every side. His name will be Solomon, and in his time I will give Israel peace and quiet;

לָ֗ךְ (לָ֗) La “to”ל֛וֹ (ל֛) l “to”

He will be the builder of a house for my name; he will be to me a son, and I will be to him a father; and I will make the seat of his rule over Israel certain for ever.

לִשְׁמִ֔י (לִ) li “for”לִּ֣י (לִּ֣) l “of”לְבֵ֔ן (לְ) le. “<into>”ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “of”לְאָ֑ב (לְ) le. “<into>”