H9005–/ל–l

Remember them, my God, for they are polluters of the priesthood, and of the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites!

לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to”

And I purified them from all foreigners, and appointed the charges of the priests and the Levites, every one in his service;

לַכֹּהֲנִ֥ים (לַ) la. “to the”וְלַלְוִיִּ֖ם (לַ) la “to the”

and for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first-fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good!

וּלְקֻרְבַּ֧ן (לְ) le. “for”וְלַבִּכּוּרִ֑ים (לַ) la “for the”לִּ֥י (לִּ֥) l “to”לְטוֹבָֽה׃ (לְ) le. “for”

in the third year of his reign, he made a feast to all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and the princes of the provinces being before him;

לְמָלְכ֔וֹ (לְ) le. “of”לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “for”לְפָנָֽיו׃ (לְ) le. “[were] <to>”

And when these days were expired, the king made a feast to all the people that were present in Shushan the fortress, both to great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “for”לְמִגָּ֧דוֹל (לְ) le. “<to>”

And the drinking was, according to commandment, without constraint; for so the king had appointed to all the magnates of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

Also the queen Vashti made a feast for the women of the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.

לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ (לַ) la. “[belonged] to the”

On the seventh day, when the king's heart was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of king Ahasuerus,

לִ֠מְהוּמָן (לִ֠) Li “to”

to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown to shew the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was of beautiful countenance.

לְ֠הָבִיא (לְ֠) Le. “to”לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”לְהַרְא֨וֹת (לְ) le. “to”

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the word of the king which was [supplied: sent] by the chamberlains; and the king was very wroth, and his fury burned in him.

לָבוֹא֙ (לָ) la. “to”

And the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for so was the king's business [supplied: conducted] before all that knew law and judgment;

לַחֲכָמִ֖ים (לַ) la. “to <the>”לִפְנֵ֕י (לִ) li “<to>”

What shall be done to the queen Vashti according to law, because she has not performed the word of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

לַּעֲשׂ֔וֹת (לַּ) la. “[is] to”

Then said Memucan before the king and the princes, The queen Vashti has not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the peoples that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

לִפְנֵ֤י (לִ) li “<to>”לְבַדּ֔וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

For the act of the queen will come abroad to all women, so as to render their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when they shall say, The king Ahasuerus commanded the queen Vashti to be brought in before him, and she came not!

לְהַבְז֥וֹת (לְ) le. “to”לְהָבִ֨יא (לְ) le. “to”לְפָנָ֖יו (לְ) le. “<to>”

And the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's act, will say it this day to all the king's princes, and there will be contempt and anger enough.

לְכֹ֖ל (לְ) le. “to”

If it please the king, let a royal order go forth from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it may not pass, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another that is better than she;

מִלְּפָנָ֔יו (לְּ) le. “to”לִפְנֵי֙ (לִ) li “<to>”לִרְעוּתָ֖הּ (לִ) li “to”

and when the king's edict which he shall make shall be heard throughout his realm -- for it is great -- all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, from the greatest to the least.

לְבַעְלֵיהֶ֔ן (לְ) le. “to”לְמִגָּד֖וֹל (לְ) le. “<to>”

And he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language, That every man should bear rule in his own house, and should speak according to the language of his people.

לִהְי֤וֹת (לִ) li “to”

Then said the king's servants that attended upon him, Let there be maidens, virgins of beautiful countenance, sought for the king;

לַמֶּ֛לֶךְ (לַ) la. “for the”

And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter; for she had neither father nor mother -- and the maiden was fair and beautiful -- and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.

לָ֖הּ (לָ֖) la “[belonged] to <the>”ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “of”לְבַֽת׃ (לְ) le. “to”

And the maiden pleased him, and obtained favour before him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, and her portions, and the seven maidens selected to be given her, out of the king's house; and he removed her and her maids to the best [supplied: place] of the house of the women.

לְפָנָיו֒ (לְ) le. “<to>”לָתֵ֣ת (לָ) la. “to”לָ֔הּ (לָ֔) La “to <the>”לָֽתֶת־ (לָֽ) la. “to”לָ֖הּ (לָ֖) la “to <the>”לְט֖וֹב (לְ) le. “to”

And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “to”לָדַ֙עַת֙ (לָ) la. “to”

And when every maiden's turn came to go in to king Ahasuerus after that she had been treated for twelve months, according to the manner of the women (for so were the days of their purification accomplished -- six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices, and with things for the purifying of the women,

לָב֣וֹא׀ (לָ) la. “to”לָ֜הּ (לָ֜) la “for <the>”

and thus came the maiden in unto the king), whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women to the king's house.

לָהּ֙ (לָ) la “to <the>”לָב֣וֹא (לָ) la. “to”

And when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, came to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained grace in the sight of all them that saw her.

ל֨וֹ (ל֨) l “of”לְבַ֜ת (לְ) le. “to”לָב֣וֹא (לָ) la. “to”