H9005–/ל–l

You have also appointed prophets to preach of you at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

לִקְרֹא֩ (לִ) li “to”לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (לַ) la. “by the”

Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as you say, but you feign them out of your own heart.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it not be done. But now, [supplied: God], strengthen you my hands.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

I went to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to kill you; yes, in the night will they come to kill you.

לְהָרְגֶ֔ךָ (לְ) le. “to”לְהָרְגֶֽךָ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

For this cause was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “for”לְשֵׁ֣ם (לְ) le. “<into>”

Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.

לְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה (לְ) le. “to”וּלְסַנְבַלַּ֖ט (לְ) le. “to”לְנוֹעַדְיָ֤ה (לְ) le. “<to>”וּלְיֶ֣תֶר (לְ) le. “to”

So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth [supplied: day] of [supplied: the month] Elul, in fifty-two days.

לֶאֱל֑וּל (לֶ) le. “of”לַחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים (לַ) la. “to”

Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and [supplied: the letters] of Tobiah came to them.

לְטוֹבִיָּ֖ה (לְ) le. “[belonged] to”

For there were many in Judah sworn to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah as wife.

ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “to”לִשְׁכַנְיָ֣ה (לִ) li “of”

Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.

לְפָנַ֔י (לְ) le. “<to>”ל֑וֹ (ל֑) l “to”לְיָֽרְאֵֽנִי׃ (לְ) le. “to”

I said to them, Don't let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand [supplied: on guard], let them shut the doors, and bar you them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, everyone in his watch, and everyone [supplied: to be] over against his house.

לָהֶ֗ם (לָ) la. “to”

My God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found written therein:

לְהִתְיַחֵ֑שׂ (לְ) le. “to”

These are the children of the province, who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, everyone to his city;

לִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֛ם (לִֽ) li. “to”וְלִיהוּדָ֖ה (לִ) li. “to”לְעִירֽוֹ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred [supplied: and] eighteen.

לִבְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “of”

The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.

לְחִזְקִיָּ֖ה (לְ) le. “of”

The priests: The children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three.

לְבֵ֣ית (לְ) le. “of”

The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah, seventy-four.

לְקַדְמִיאֵ֛ל (לְ) le. “of”לִבְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “of”לְהוֹדְוָ֖ה (לְ) le. “of”

These were those who went up from Tel-melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers' houses, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel:

לְהַגִּ֤יד (לְ) le. “to”

The governor said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, until there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.

לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to”לְאוּרִ֥ים (לְ) le. “to”

besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and they had two hundred forty-five singing men and singing women.

מִ֠לְּבַד (לְּ) le. “<to>”וְלָהֶ֗ם (לָ) la. “[belonged] to”

Some from among the heads of fathers' [supplied: houses] gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred thirty priests' garments.

לַמְּלָאכָ֑ה (לַ) la. “for the”לָאוֹצָ֗ר (לָ) la. “to the”

Some of the heads of fathers' [supplied: houses] gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand two hundred minas of silver.

לְאוֹצַ֣ר (לְ) le. “to”

All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded to Israel.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “[was] <to>”לְעֶזְרָ֣א (לְ) le. “to”לְהָבִ֗יא (לְ) le. “to”

Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.

לִפְנֵ֤י (לִ) li “<to>”לִשְׁמֹ֑עַ (לִ) li “to”לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ (לַ) la. “of the”

He read therein before the broad place that was before the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were [supplied: attentive] to the book of the law.

לִפְנֵ֨י (לִ) li “<to>”לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “[was] <to>”