H9005–/ל–l

It may be that the Lord your God will give ear to the words of the Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, has sent to say evil things against the living God, and will make his words come to nothing: so make your prayer for the rest of the peop

לְחָרֵף֙ (לְ) le. “to”

And when news came to him that Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, had made an attack on him, ... And he sent representatives to Hezekiah, king of Judah, saying,

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם (לְ) le. “to”לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

This is what you are to say to Hezekiah, king of Judah: Let not your God, in whom is your faith, give you a false hope, saying, Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

No doubt the story has come to your ears of what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, putting them to the curse: and will you be kept safe from their fate?

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”לְהַחֲרִימָ֑ם (לְ) le. “by”

And Hezekiah took the letter from the hands of those who had come with it; and after reading it, Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, opening the letter there before the Lord,

לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

And he made prayer to the Lord, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, seated between the winged ones, you only are the God of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.

לְבַדְּךָ֔ (לְ) le. “to”לְכֹ֖ל (לְ) le. “of”

Let your ear be turned to us, O Lord; let your eyes be open, O Lord, and see: take note of all the words of Sennacherib who has sent men to say evil against the living God.

לְחָרֵ֖ף (לְ) le. “to”

But now, O Lord our God, give us salvation from his hand, so that it may be clear to all the kingdoms of the earth that you, and you only, are the Lord.

לְבַדֶּֽךָ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

Then Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent to Hezekiah, saying, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, The prayer you have made to me against Sennacherib, king of Assyria, has come to my ears.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.

לְךָ֜ (לְ) le. “<to>”לְךָ֗ (לְ) le. “<to>”

Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.

לְמֵֽרָחוֹק֙ (לְ) le. “<to>”לְהַשְׁא֛וֹת (לְ) le. “[about] to”

This is why their townsmen had no power, they were broken and put to shame; they were like the grass of the field, or a green plant; like the grass on the house-tops, which a cold wind makes waste.

לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

And this will be the sign to you: you will get your food this year from what comes up of itself, and in the second year from the produce of the same; and in the third year you will put in your seed, and get in the grain, and make vine-gardens, and take o

לְּךָ֣ (לְּ) le. “for”

And those of Judah who are still living will again take root in the earth, and give fruit.

לְמָ֑טָּה (לְ) le. “<to>”לְמָֽעְלָה׃ (לְ) le. “<to>”

For this cause the Lord says about the king of Assyria, He will not come into this town, or send an arrow against it; he will not come before it with arms, or put up an earthwork against it.

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

For I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.

לְהֽוֹשִׁיעָ֑הּ (לְ) le. “to”

In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, The Lord says, Put your house in order; for your death is near.

לָמ֑וּת (לָ) la. “to”לְבֵיתֶ֔ךָ (לְ) le. “to”

O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.

לְפָנֶ֗יךָ (לְ) le. “<to>”

Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And Isaiah said, This is the sign the Lord will give you, that he will do what he has said:

לְּךָ֥ (לְּ) le. “for”

The writing of Hezekiah, king of Judah, after he had been ill, and had got better from his disease.

לְחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ (לְ) le. “of”

I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.

לַמָּר֔וֹם (לַ) la. “to the”לִּ֥י (לִּ֥) l “[belongs] to”

What am I to say? seeing that it is he who has done it: all my time of sleeping I am turning from side to side without rest.

לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “to”

O Lord, for this cause I am waiting for you, give rest to my spirit: make me well again, and let me come back to life.

וּלְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”