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H9005/לl
to/for
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Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
לִכְע֑וֹס (לִ) li “to”
Wisdom is good with an inheritance, yea, a profit to them that see the sun.
לְרֹאֵ֥י (לְ) le. “to”
Consider the work of God; for who can make that straight, which He hath made crooked?
לְתַקֵּ֔ן (לְ) le. “to”
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God hath made even the one as well as the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
לְעֻמַּת־ (לְ) le. “<to>”
Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise; why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
לָ֖מָּה (לָ֖) La. “<to>”
Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish; why shouldest thou die before thy time?
לָ֥מָּה (לָ֥) La. “<to>”
Wisdom is a stronghold to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.
לֶחָכָ֑ם (לֶ) le. “to the”
Also take not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee;
לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”
I turned about, and applied my heart to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things, and to know wickedness to be folly, and foolishness to be madness;
לָדַ֣עַת (לָ) la. “to”וְלָת֔וּר (לָ) la. “to”וְלָדַ֙עַת֙ (לָ) la. “to”
and I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands; whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
לִפְנֵ֤י (לִ) li “<to>”
Behold, this have I found, saith Koheleth, adding one thing to another, to find out the account;
לְאַחַ֖ת (לְ) le. “to”לִמְצֹ֥א (לִ) li “to”
Behold, this only have I found, that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
לְבַד֙ (לְ) le. “<to>”
Forasmuch as the king's word hath power; and who may say unto him: 'What doest thou?'
ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to <the>”
For to every matter there is a time and judgment; for the evil of man is great upon him.
לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “for”
For he knoweth not that which shall be; for even when it cometh to pass, who shall declare it unto him?
לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “to <the>”
There is no man that hath power over the wind to retain the wind; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.
לִכְל֣וֹא (לִ) li “to”
All this have I seen, even applied my heart thereto, whatever the work that is done under the sun; what time one man had power over another to his hurt.
לְכָֽל־ (לְ) le. “to”לְרַ֥ע (לְ) le. “for”לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “of”
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil;
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”
because a sinner doeth evil a hundred times, and prolongeth his days--though yet I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before Him;
ל֑וֹ (ל֑) l “for <the>”לְיִרְאֵ֣י (לְ) le. “to”מִלְּפָנָֽיו׃ (לְּ) le. “to”
but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow, because he feareth not before God.
לָֽרָשָׁ֔ע (לָֽ) la. “to the”מִלִּפְנֵ֥י (לִּ) li “to”
So I commended mirth, that a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry, and that this should accompany him in his labour all the days of his life which God hath given 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>”
When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth--for neither day nor night do men see sleep with their eyes--
לָדַ֣עַת (לָ) la. “to”וְלִרְאוֹת֙ (לִ) li “to”
then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun; because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
לִמְצוֹא֙ (לִ) li “to”בְּ֠שֶׁל (ל) l “<to>”לְבַקֵּ֖שׁ (לְ) le. “to”לָדַ֔עַת (לָ) la. “to”לִמְצֹֽא׃ (לִ) li “to”
For all this I laid to my heart, even to make clear all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.
וְלָב֣וּר (לָ) la. “to”לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ (לִ) li “[is] <to>”
All things come alike to all; there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner, and he that sweareth, as he t
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”