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H9005/לl

to/for

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Occurrences by book

  1. 1,358
  2. 1,094
  3. 786
  4. 1,406
  5. 1,133
  6. 708
  7. 655
  8. 115
  9. 926
  10. 734
  11. 866
  12. 608
  13. 927
  14. 1,177
  15. 299
  16. 390
  17. 263
  18. 440
  19. 1,460
  20. 392
  21. 237
  22. 78
  23. 977
  24. 1,329
  25. 90
  26. 1,142
  27. 461
  28. 143
  29. 46
  30. 88
  31. 14
  32. 51
  33. 85
  34. 16
  35. 49
  36. 35
  37. 34
  38. 163
  39. 44

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20,819 occurrences in 12,013 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Genesis 47:11

    And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

    לָהֶ֤ם (לָ) la. “to”

  2. Genesis 47:12

    And Joseph sustained his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to the want of their little ones.

    לְפִ֥י (לְ) le. “to”

  3. Genesis 47:15

    And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said: 'Give us bread; for why should we die in thy presence? for our money faileth.'

    לֵאמֹר֙ (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָּ֣נוּ (לָּ֣) La. “to”וְלָ֥מָּה (לָ֥) La. “<to>”

  4. Genesis 47:16

    And Joseph said: 'Give your cattle, and I will give you bread for your cattle, if money fail.'

    לָכֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to”

  5. Genesis 47:17

    And they brought their cattle unto Joseph. And Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the asses; and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their cattle for that year.

    לָהֶם֩ (לָ) la. “to”

  6. Genesis 47:18

    And when that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him: 'We will not hide from my lord, how that our money is all spent; and the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is nought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and

    לוֹ֙ (ל) l “to”לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”

  7. Genesis 47:19

    Wherefore should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be bondmen unto Pharaoh; and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not desolate.'

    לָ֧מָּה (לָ֧) La. “<to>”לְעֵינֶ֗יךָ (לְ) le. “to”לְפַרְעֹ֔ה (לְ) le. “of”

  8. Genesis 47:20

    So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine was sore upon them; and the land became Pharaoh's.

    לְפַרְעֹ֔ה (לְ) le. “to”לְפַרְעֹֽה׃ (לְ) le. “to”

  9. Genesis 47:21

    And as for the people, he removed them city by city, from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end thereof.

    לֶעָרִ֑ים (לֶ) le. “to the”

  10. Genesis 47:22

    Only the land of the priests bought he not, for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them; wherefore they sold not their land.

    לַכֹּהֲנִ֜ים (לַ) la. “[belonged] to the”לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to”

  11. Genesis 47:23

    Then Joseph said unto the people: 'Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh. Lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.

    לְפַרְעֹ֑ה (לְ) le. “for”לָכֶ֣ם (לָ) la. “for”

  12. Genesis 47:24

    And it shall come to pass at the ingatherings, that ye shall give a fifth unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.'

    לְפַרְעֹ֑ה (לְ) le. “to”לָכֶם֩ (לָ) la. “to”לְזֶ֨רַע (לְ) le. “to”וּֽלְאָכְלְכֶ֛ם (לְ) le. “to”וְלַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (לַ) la. “for”וְלֶאֱכֹ֥ל (לֶ) le. “to”לְטַפְּכֶֽם׃ (לְ) le. “for”

  13. Genesis 47:25

    And they said: 'Thou hast saved our lives. Let us find favour in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's bondmen.'

    לְפַרְעֹֽה׃ (לְ) le. “of”

  14. Genesis 47:26

    And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests alone became not Pharaoh's.

    לְחֹק֩ (לְ) le. “to”לְפַרְעֹ֖ה (לְ) le. “[belongs] to”לַחֹ֑מֶשׁ (לַ) la. “to the”לְבַדָּ֔ם (לְ) le. “to”לְפַרְעֹֽה׃ (לְ) le. “to”

  15. Genesis 47:29

    And the time drew near that Israel must die; and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him: 'If now I have found favour in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt.

    לָמוּת֒ (לָ) la. “to”לִבְנ֣וֹ (לִ) li “<to>”לְיוֹסֵ֗ף (לְ) le. “<to>”לוֹ֙ (ל) l “to”

  16. Genesis 47:31

    And he said: 'Swear unto me.' And he swore unto him. And Israel bowed down upon the bed's head.

    לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to”ל֑וֹ (ל֑) l “to”

  17. Genesis 48:1

    And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph: 'Behold, thy father is sick.' And he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

    לְיוֹסֵ֔ף (לְ) le. “to”

  18. Genesis 48:2

    And one told Jacob, and said: 'Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee.' And Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

    לְיַעֲקֹ֔ב (לְ) le. “to”

  19. Genesis 48:4

    and said unto me: Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

    לִקְהַ֣ל (לִ) li “<into>”לְזַרְעֲךָ֥ (לְ) le. “to”

  20. Genesis 48:5

    And now thy two sons, who were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine.

    לְךָ֜ (לְ) le. “to”לִי־ (לִ) li “[belong] to”לִֽי׃ (לִֽ) L “to”

  21. Genesis 48:6

    And thy issue, that thou begettest after them, shall be thine; they shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

    לְךָ֣ (לְ) le. “to <the>”

  22. Genesis 48:7

    And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died unto me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some way to come unto Ephrath; and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath--the same is Beth-lehem.'

    לָבֹ֣א (לָ) la. “to”

  23. Genesis 48:9

    And Joseph said unto his father: 'They are my sons, whom God hath given me here.' And he said: 'Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.'

    לִ֥י (לִ֥) l “to”

  24. Genesis 48:10

    Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

    לִרְא֑וֹת (לִ) li “to”לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “<to>”לָהֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “<to>”

  25. Genesis 48:12

    And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he fell down on his face to the earth.

    לְאַפָּ֖יו (לְ) le. “to”