H9005–/ל–l

And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.

לָ֣נוּ (לָ֣) La. “for <the>”

So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt.

לִשְׁבֹּ֥ר (לִ) li “to”

And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.

לִשְׁבֹּ֖ר (לִ) li “to”

Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came before him and went down on their faces to the earth.

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”ל֥וֹ (ל֥) l “to <the>”

And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.

לִשְׁבָּר־ (לִ) li “to”

Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how poor the land is.

לָהֶ֑ם (לָ) la. “of <the>”לִרְא֛וֹת (לִ) li “to”

And they said to him, Not so, my lord: your servants have come with money to get food.

לִשְׁבָּר־ (לִ) li “to”

And he said to them, No, but you have come to see how poor the land is.

לִרְאֽוֹת׃ (לִ) li “to”

And Joseph said, It is as I said; you have come with some secret purpose;

לֵאמֹ֖ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And Reuben said to them, Did I not say to you, Do the child no wrong? but you gave no attention; so now, punishment has come on us for his blood.

לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לֵאמֹ֛ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And turning away from them, he was overcome with weeping; then he went on talking to them again and took Simeon and put chains on him before their eyes.

לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ (לְ) le. “to”

Then Joseph gave orders for their bags to be made full of grain, and for every man's money to be put back into his bag, and for food to be given them for the journey: which was done.

וּלְהָשִׁ֤יב (לְ) le. “to”וְלָתֵ֥ת (לָ) la. “to”לָהֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”לַדָּ֑רֶךְ (לַ) la. “for the”לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “for <the>”

Now at their night's resting-place one of them, opening his bag to give his ass some food, saw his money in the mouth of the bag.

לָתֵ֥ת (לָ) la. “to”לַחֲמֹר֖וֹ (לַ) la. “to”

And he said to his brothers, My money has been given back: it is in my bag; then their hearts became full of fear, and turning to one another they said, What is this which God has done to us?

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָֽנוּ׃ (לָֽ) La. “to <the>”

So when they came to Jacob their father, in the land of Canaan, they gave him an account of all their experiences, saying,

ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “to <the>”לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And come back to me with your youngest brother: then I will be certain that you are true men, and I will give your brother back to you and let you do trade in the land.

לָכֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

And Reuben said, Put my two sons to death if I do not come back to you with him; let him be in my care and I will give him safely back to you.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.

לְבַדּ֣וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.

לֶאֱכֹ֣ל (לֶ) le. “to”לָ֥נוּ (לָ֥) La. “for”

If you will let our brother go with us, we will go down and get food:

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לֵאמֹר֙ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

But if you will not send him, we will not go down: for the man said to us, You are not to come before me if your brother is not with you.

לְךָ֖ (לְ) le. “for”

And they said, The man put a number of questions to us about ourselves and our family, saying, Is your father still living? have you another brother? And we had to give him answers; how were we to have any idea that he would say, Come back with your brot

לָמָ֥ה (לָ) la. “<to>”לִ֑י (לִ֑) L “to”לְהַגִּ֣יד (לְ) le. “by”לָאִ֔ישׁ (לָ) la. “to the”לָכֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “[belong] to”

Then Judah said to Israel, his father, Send the boy with me, and let us be up and going, so that we and you and our little ones may not come to destruction.

לָ֣נוּ (לָ֣) La. “of”וּלְמֽוֹלַדְתֵּ֜נוּ (לְ) le. “of”לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָכֶ֣ם (לָ) la. “[belong] to”ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “to”

Truly, if we had not let the time go by, we might have come back again by now.

לְפָנֶ֔יךָ (לְ) le. “<to>”לְךָ֖ (לְ) le. “to”

And take twice as much money with you; that is to say, take back the money which was put in your bags, for it may have been an error;

לָאִ֖ישׁ (לָ) la. “to the”