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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

Renderings

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20,819 occurrences in 12,013 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:9

    Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.

    לִכְע֑וֹס (לִ) li “to”

  2. Ecclesiastes 7:11

    Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

    לְרֹאֵ֥י (לְ) le. “to”

  3. Ecclesiastes 7:13

    Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?

    לְתַקֵּ֔ן (לְ) le. “to”

  4. Ecclesiastes 7:14

    In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.

    לְעֻמַּת־ (לְ) le. “<to>”

  5. Ecclesiastes 7:16

    Be not given overmuch to righteousness and be not over-wise. Why let destruction come on you?

    לָ֖מָּה (לָ֖) La. “<to>”

  6. Ecclesiastes 7:17

    Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?

    לָ֥מָּה (לָ֥) La. “<to>”

  7. Ecclesiastes 7:19

    Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.

    לֶחָכָ֑ם (לֶ) le. “to the”

  8. Ecclesiastes 7:21

    Do not give ear to all the words which men say, for fear of hearing the curses of your servant.

    לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”

  9. Ecclesiastes 7:25

    I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.

    לָדַ֣עַת (לָ) la. “to”וְלָת֔וּר (לָ) la. “to”וְלָדַ֙עַת֙ (לָ) la. “to”

  10. Ecclesiastes 7:26

    And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.

    לִפְנֵ֤י (לִ) li “<to>”

  11. Ecclesiastes 7:27

    Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,

    לְאַחַ֖ת (לְ) le. “to”לִמְצֹ֥א (לִ) li “to”

  12. Ecclesiastes 7:29

    This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.

    לְבַד֙ (לְ) le. “<to>”

  13. Ecclesiastes 8:4

    The word of a king has authority; and who may say to him, What is this you are doing?

    ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to <the>”

  14. Ecclesiastes 8:6

    For every purpose there is a time and a decision, because the sorrow of man is great in him.

    לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “for”

  15. Ecclesiastes 8:7

    No one is certain what is to be, and who is able to say to him when it will be?

    לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “to <the>”

  16. Ecclesiastes 8:8

    No man has authority over the wind, to keep the wind; or is ruler over the day of his death. In war no man's time is free, and evil will not keep the sinner safe.

    לִכְל֣וֹא (לִ) li “to”

  17. Ecclesiastes 8:9

    All this have I seen, and have given my heart to all the work which is done under the sun: there is a time when man has power over man for his destruction.

    לְכָֽל־ (לְ) le. “to”לְרַ֥ע (לְ) le. “for”לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “of”

  18. Ecclesiastes 8:11

    Because punishment for an evil work comes not quickly, the minds of the sons of men are fully given to doing evil.

    לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

  19. Ecclesiastes 8:12

    Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his life is long, I am certain that it will be well for those who go in fear of God and are in fear before him.

    ל֑וֹ (ל֑) l “for <the>”לְיִרְאֵ֣י (לְ) le. “to”מִלְּפָנָֽיו׃ (לְּ) le. “to”

  20. Ecclesiastes 8:13

    But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.

    לָֽרָשָׁ֔ע (לָֽ) la. “to the”מִלִּפְנֵ֥י (לִּ) li “to”

  21. Ecclesiastes 8:15

    So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

    לָֽאָדָם֙ (לָֽ) la. “[belongs] to <the>”לֶאֱכ֥וֹל (לֶ) le. “to”וְלִשְׁתּ֖וֹת (לִ) li “to”וְלִשְׂמ֑וֹחַ (לִ) li “to”ל֥וֹ (ל֥) l “to <the>”

  22. Ecclesiastes 8:16

    When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night),

    לָדַ֣עַת (לָ) la. “to”וְלִרְאוֹת֙ (לִ) li “to”

  23. Ecclesiastes 8:17

    Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, s

    לִמְצוֹא֙ (לִ) li “to”בְּ֠שֶׁל (ל) l “<to>”לְבַקֵּ֖שׁ (לְ) le. “to”לָדַ֔עַת (לָ) la. “to”לִמְצֹֽא׃ (לִ) li “to”

  24. Ecclesiastes 9:1

    All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.

    וְלָב֣וּר (לָ) la. “to”לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ (לִ) li “[is] <to>”

  25. Ecclesiastes 9:2

    Because to all there is one event, to the upright man and to the evil, to the clean and to the unclean, to him who makes an offering and to him who makes no offering; as is the good so is the sinner; he who takes an oath is as he who has fear of it.

    לַכֹּ֗ל (לַ) la. “for <the>”לַצַּדִּ֤יק (לַ) la. “[belongs] to the”וְלָרָשָׁע֙ (לָ) la. “to the”לַטּוֹב֙ (לַ) la. “to the”וְלָרַע (לָ) la. “to the”וְלַטָּה֣וֹר (לַ) la. “to the”וְלַטָּמֵ֔א (לַ) la. “to the”וְלַזֹּבֵ֔חַ (לַ) la. “to the”וְלַאֲשֶׁ֖ר (לַ) la. “to”