H9005–/ל–l

Ezra the scribe stood on a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, [supplied: and] Meshullam.

לַדָּבָר֒ (לַ) la. “for the”

Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:

לְעֵינֵ֣י (לְ) le. “to”

and Ezra blessed Yahweh, the great God. All the people answered, Amen, Amen, with the lifting up of their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground.

לַיהוָ֖ה (לַ) la. “to”

Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people [supplied: stood] in their place.

לַתּוֹרָ֑ה (לַ) la. “<to> the”

Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to Yahweh your God; don't mourn, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”לַיהוָ֣ה (לַ) la. “to”

Then he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord: neither be you grieved; for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.

לָהֶ֡ם (לָ) la. “to”לְאֵ֣ין (לְ) le. “to”ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “for”לַאֲדֹנֵ֑ינוּ (לַ) la. “to”

So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be you grieved.

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “<to>”לֵאמֹ֣ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

All the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.

לֶאֱכֹ֤ל (לֶ) le. “to”וְלִשְׁתּוֹת֙ (לִ) li “to”וּלְשַׁלַּ֣ח (לְ) le. “to”וְלַעֲשׂ֖וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לָהֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “to”

On the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers' [supplied: houses] of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the law.

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “of”וּלְהַשְׂכִּ֖יל (לְ) le. “to”

and that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth to the mountain, and get olive branches, and branches of wild olive, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.

לֵאמֹר֒ (לֵ) le. “<to>”לַעֲשֹׂ֥ת (לַ) la. “to”

So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, everyone on the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broad place of the water gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim.

לָהֶ֨ם (לָ) la. “for”

Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth on them.

לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ (לַ) la. “of the”

They stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Yahweh their God a fourth part of the day; and [supplied: another] fourth part they confessed, and worshiped Yahweh their God.

לַיהוָ֖ה (לַ) la. “to”

You are Yahweh, even you alone; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are thereon, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all; and the host of heaven worships you.

לְבַדֶּךָ֒ (לְ) le. “to”לְךָ֥ (לְ) le. “to”

and found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his seed, and have performed your words; for you are righteous.

לְפָנֶיךָ֒ (לְ) le. “<to>”לָתֵ֡ת (לָ) la. “to”לָתֵ֣ת (לָ) la. “to”לְזַרְע֑וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

and shown signs and wonders on Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land; for you knew that they dealt proudly against them, and did get you a name, as it is this day.

לְךָ֥ (לְ) le. “for”

You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers you did cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.

לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם (לִ) li “<to>”

Moreover in a pillar of cloud you led them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way in which they should go.

לְהָאִ֣יר (לְ) le. “to”לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “for”

You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,

לָהֶ֜ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,

לָהֶ֑ם (לָ) la. “to”לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to”

and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commanded those who they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to”לִרְעָבָ֔ם (לִ) li “for”לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “for”לִצְמָאָ֑ם (לִ) li “for”לָהֶ֗ם (לָ) la. “to”לָבוֹא֙ (לָ) la. “to”לָרֶ֣שֶׁת (לָ) la. “to”לָתֵ֥ת (לָ) la. “to”לָהֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “to”

and refused to obey, neither were mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn't forsake them.

לִשְׁמֹ֗עַ (לִ) li “to”לָשׁ֥וּב (לָ) la. “to”לְעַבְדֻתָ֖ם (לְ) le. “to”

Yes, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt, and had committed awful blasphemies;

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “for”

yet you in your manifold mercies didn't forsake them in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud didn't depart from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which they should go.

לְהַנְחֹתָ֣ם (לְ) le. “to”לְהָאִ֣יר (לְ) le. “to”לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “for”

You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and didn't withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.

לְהַשְׂכִּילָ֑ם (לְ) le. “to”לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to”לִצְמָאָֽם׃ (לִ) li “for”