H9005–/ל–l

Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there was gathered together to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very sore.

לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “<to>”

Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land: yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

לְעֶזְרָ֔א (לְ) le. “to”לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (לְ) le. “for”

Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

לֵ֠אלֹהֵינוּ (לֵ֠) Le. “to”לְהוֹצִ֨יא (לְ) le. “to”

Then arose Ezra, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. So they swore.

לַעֲשׂ֛וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib: and [supplied: when] he came there, he ate no bread, nor drink water; for he mourned because of the trespass of them of the captivity.

מִלִּפְנֵי֙ (לִּ) li “to”

They made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together to Jerusalem;

לְכֹל֙ (לְ) le. “to”לְהִקָּבֵ֖ץ (לְ) le. “to”

and that whoever didn't come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the assembly of the captivity.

לִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת (לִ) li “to”

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth [supplied: day] of the month: and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

לִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת (לִ) li “to”

Ezra the priest stood up, and said to them, You have trespassed, and have married foreign women, to increase the guilt of Israel.

לְהוֹסִ֖יף (לְ) le. “to”

Now therefore make confession to Yahweh, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign women.

לַיהוָ֥ה (לַ) la. “to”

Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, As you have said concerning us, so must we do.

לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ (לַ) la. “to”

But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand outside: neither is this a work of one day or two; for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.

לַעֲמ֣וֹד (לַ) la. “to”לְי֤וֹם (לְ) le. “[belongs] to”לִשְׁנַ֔יִם (לִ) li “to”לִפְשֹׁ֖עַ (לִ) li “to”

Let now our princes be appointed for all the assembly, and let all those who are in our cities who have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges of it, until the fierce wrath of our God be turned from us, until this matter be dispatched.

לְֽכָל־ (לְֽ) le. “for”לְעִתִּ֣ים (לְ) le. “to”לְהָשִׁ֞יב (לְ) le. “<to>”לַדָּבָ֥ר (לַ) la. “to the”

The children of the captivity did so. Ezra the priest, [supplied: with] certain heads of fathers' [supplied: houses], after their fathers' houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

לְבֵ֥ית (לְ) le. “for”לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ (לַ) la. “of the”לְדַרְי֖וֹשׁ (לְ) le. “to”

They made an end with all the men who had married foreign women by the first day of the first month.

לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ (לַ) la. “of the”

They gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, [supplied: they offered] a ram of the flock for their guilt.

לְהוֹצִ֣יא (לְ) le. “to”

They said to me, The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates of it are burned with fire.

לִי֒ (לִ) l “to”

It happened, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “<to>”

and said, I beg you, Yahweh, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments:

לְאֹהֲבָ֖יו (לְ) le. “to”וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י (לְ) le. “to”

Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father's house have sinned:

לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ (לִ) li “to”לְפָנֶ֤יךָ (לְ) le. “<to>”לָ֔ךְ (לָ֔) La “to”

we have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant Moses.

לָ֑ךְ (לָ֑) La “to”

Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, If you trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples:

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.

לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן (לְ) le. “to”

Lord, I beg you, let now your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was cup bearer to the king.

לְיִרְאָ֣ה (לְ) le. “to”לְעַבְדְּךָ֙ (לְ) le. “to”לְרַחֲמִ֔ים (לְ) le. “<to>”לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “<to>”לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (לַ) la. “of the”

It happened in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been [supplied: before] sad in his presence.

לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּא (לְ) le. “of”לְפָנָ֑יו (לְ) le. “[was] <to>”לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (לַ) la. “to the”לְפָנָֽיו׃ (לְ) le. “<to>”