H9005–/ל–l

And he blessed Joseph, and said: 'The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath been my shepherd all my life long unto this day,

לְפָנָיו֙ (לְ) le. “<to>”

the angel who hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.'

לָרֹ֖ב (לָ) la. “to”

And when Joseph saw that his father was laying his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him, and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.

לְהָסִ֥יר (לְ) le. “to”

And his father refused, and said: 'I know it, my son, I know it; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.'

לְּעָ֖ם (לְּ) le. “<into>”

And he blessed them that day, saying: 'By thee shall Israel bless, saying: God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh.' And he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

לֵאמוֹר֒ (לֵ) le. “<to>”לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.'

לְךָ֛ (לְ) le. “to”

And Jacob called unto his sons, and said: 'Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the end of days.

לָכֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to”

Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise; thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; thy father's sons shall bow down before thee.

לְךָ֖ (לְ) le. “to”

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, as long as men come to Shiloh; and unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.

וְל֖וֹ (ל֖) L “[will belong] to”

Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washeth his garments in wine, and his vesture in the blood of grapes;

לַגֶּ֙פֶן֙ (לַ) la. “to the”וְלַשֹּׂרֵקָ֖ה (לַ) la. “to the”

Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the sea, and he shall be a shore for ships, and his flank shall be upon Zidon.

לְח֥וֹף (לְ) le. “to”לְח֣וֹף (לְ) le. “to”

For he saw a resting-place that it was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant under task-work

לִסְבֹּ֔ל (לִ) li “to”לְמַס־ (לְ) le. “<into>”

I wait for Thy salvation, O Lord.

לִֽישׁוּעָתְךָ֖ (לִֽ) li. “for”

The blessings of thy father are mighty beyond the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of the prince among his brethren.

לְרֹ֣אשׁ (לְ) le. “to”וּלְקָדְקֹ֖ד (לְ) le. “to the”

Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth; in the morning he devoureth the prey, and at even he divideth the spoil.'

וְלָעֶ֖רֶב (לָ) la. “to the”

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is it that their father spoke unto them and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

לָהֶ֤ם (לָ) la. “to”

in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place.

לַאֲחֻזַּת־ (לַ) la. “to”

And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and expired, and was gathered unto his people.

לְצַוֹּ֣ת (לְ) le. “to”

And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “<to>”

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.

לַחֲנֹ֖ט (לַ) la. “to”

And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him threescore and ten days.

לוֹ֙ (ל) l “for”

And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke unto the house of Pharaoh, saying: 'If now I have found favour in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying:

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

My father made me swear, saying: Lo, I die; in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come back.'

לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לִי֙ (לִ) l “for”

And Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,

לִקְבֹּ֣ר (לִ) li “to”

And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they wailed with a very great and sore wailing; and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

לְאָבִ֛יו (לְ) le. “for”