H9005–/ל–l

Go and speak to David saying, Thus saith Jehovah: I offer thee three [supplied: things]; choose one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

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

And Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah:

ל֛וֹ (ל֛) l “to”לָֽךְ׃ (לָֽ) La “for”

Choose thee, either three years of famine, or three months to be destroyed before thine adversaries while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee, or three days the sword of Jehovah and the pestilence in the land, and the angel of Jehovah destroying through all the borders of Israel. And now consider what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

לְמַשֶּׂגֶת֒ (לְ) le. “to”

And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall, I pray thee, into the hand of Jehovah, for his mercies are very great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.

לִ֣י (לִ֣) l “to”

And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it; and as he was destroying, Jehovah beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough; withdraw now thine hand. And the angel of Jehovah stood by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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

And David said to God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? It is I that have sinned and done evil; but these sheep, what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, Jehovah my God, be on me and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be smitten.

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

And the angel of Jehovah commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up and rear an altar to Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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

And David came to Ornan, and Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing-floor, and bowed himself to David with [supplied: his] face to the ground.

לְדָוִ֛יד (לְ) le. “to”

And David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of the threshing-floor, that I may build an altar in it to Jehovah: grant it to me for the full money, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

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

And Ornan said to David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his sight: see, I give the oxen for the burnt-offering, and the threshing-sledges for wood, and the wheat for the oblation; 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; but I will in any case buy [supplied: them] for the full money; for I will not take that which is thine for Jehovah, to offer up a burnt-offering without cost.

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

And David gave to Ornan for the place in shekels of gold the weight of six hundred [supplied: shekels].

לְאָרְנָ֖ן (לְ) le. “to”

And David built there an altar to Jehovah, and offered up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and he answered him from the heavens by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering.

לַיהוָ֔ה (לַ) la. “to”

And Jehovah spoke to the angel; and he put up his sword again into its sheath.

לַמַּלְאָ֔ךְ (לַ) la. “to the”

But David could not go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Jehovah.

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

And David said, This is the house of Jehovah Elohim, and this is the altar of burnt-offering for Israel.

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

And David commanded to collect the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

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

And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joists, and brass in abundance without weight;

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 innumerable; for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar-wood in abundance to David.

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

For David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for Jehovah must be exceeding great in fame and in beauty in all lands: I will therefore make preparation for it. And David prepared abundantly before his death.

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>”

And he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a house for Jehovah the God of Israel.

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

And David said to Solomon, As for me, my son, I was minded to build a house unto the name of Jehovah my God.

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

But the word of Jehovah came to me saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build a house unto my name, for thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.

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

Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about; for his name shall be Solomon, and in his days I will give peace and quietness unto Israel.

לָ֗ךְ (לָ֗) La “to”ל֛וֹ (ל֛) l “to”

He shall build a house unto my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.

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