H0413–אֶל–el

Then everyone who went in fear of the words of the God of Israel, because of the sin of those who had come back, came together to me; and I kept where I was, overcome with grief, till the evening offering.

וְאֵלַ֣י (אֵלַ֣) 'e.La “to”

And at the evening offering, having made myself low before God, I got up, and with signs of grief, falling down on my knees, with my hands stretched out to the Lord my God,

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

I said, O my God, shame keeps me from lifting up my face to you, my God: for our sins are increased higher than our heads and our evil-doing has come up to heaven.

אֵלֶ֑יךָ (אֵלֶ֑י) 'e.Lei. “to”

Which you gave to your servants the prophets, saying, The land into which you are going, to take it for a heritage, is an unclean land, because of the evil lives of the peoples of the land and their disgusting ways, which have made the land unclean from

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

Now while Ezra was making his prayer and his statement of wrongdoing, weeping and falling down before the house of God, a very great number of men and women and children out of Israel came together round him: for the people were weeping bitterly.

אֵלָ֨יו (אֵלָ֨י) 'e.La “to”

Then Ezra got up from before the house of God and went into the room of Jehohanan, the son of Eliashib; but when he came there, he took no food or drink, for he was sorrowing for the sin of those who had come back.

אֶל־ 'el- “into”

And Ezra the priest got to his feet and said to them, You have done wrong and taken strange women for your wives, so increasing the sin of Israel.

אֲלֵהֶ֔ם (אֲלֵ) 'a.le. “to”

Let your ear now take note and let your eyes be open, so that you may give ear to the prayer of your servant, which I make before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel, your servants, while I put before you the sins of the children

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

But if you come back to me and keep my orders and do them, even if those of you who have been forced out are living in the farthest parts of heaven, I will get them from there, and take them back to the place marked out by me for the resting-place of my

אֵלַ֔י (אֵלַ֔) 'e.La “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”

O Lord, let your ear take note of the prayer of your servant, and of the prayers of your servants, who take delight in worshipping your name: give help, O Lord, to your servant this day, and let him have mercy in the eyes of this man. (Now I was the king

אֶל־ 'el- “to”וְאֶל־ (אֶל) 'el- “to”

Then the king said to me, What is your desire? So I made prayer to the God of heaven.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And I said to the king, If it is the king's pleasure, and if your servant has your approval, send me to Judah, to the town where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, so that I may take in hand the building of it.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”

Further, I said to the king, If it is the king's pleasure, let letters be given to me for the rulers across the river, so that they may let me go through till I come to Judah;

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's park, so that he may give me wood to make boards for the doors of the tower of the house, and for the wall of the town, and for the house which is to be mine. And the king gave me this, for the hand of my G

אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֵלָ֑יו (אֵלָ֑י) 'e.La “into”

Then I came to the rulers of the lands across the river and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.

אֶֽל־ 'el- “to”

So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And in the night I got up, taking with me a small band of men; I said nothing to any man of what God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem: and I had no beast with me but the one on which I was seated.

אֶל־ 'el- “into”

And I went out by night, through the doorway of the valley, and past the dragon's water-spring as far as the place where waste material was put, viewing the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down, and the doorways which had been burned with fire.

וְאֶל־ (אֶל) 'el- “to”וְאֶל־ (אֶל) 'el- “to”

Then I went on to the door of the fountain and to the king's pool: but there was no room for my beast to get through.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”וְאֶל־ (אֶל) 'el- “to”

Then I said to them, You see what a bad condition we are in; how Jerusalem is a waste, and its doorways burned with fire: come, let us get to work, building up the wall of Jerusalem, so that we may no longer be put to shame.

אֲלֵהֶ֗ם (אֲלֵ) 'a.le. “to”

Give ear, O our God, for we are looked down on: let their words of shame be turned back on themselves, and let them be given up to wasting in a land where they are prisoners:

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

But we made our prayer to God, and had men on watch against them day and night because of them.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And those who were against us said, Without their knowledge and without their seeing us, we will come among them and put them to death, causing the work to come to a stop.

אֶל־ 'el- “into”

And after looking, I got up and said to the great ones and to the chiefs and to the rest of the people, Have no fear of them: keep in mind the Lord who is great and greatly to be feared, and take up arms for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters,

אֶל־ 'el- “to”וְאֶל־ (אֶל) 'el- “to”וְאֶל־ (אֶל) 'el- “to”

And when it came to the ears of those who were against us, that we had knowledge of their designs and that God had made their purpose come to nothing, we all went back to the wall, everyone to his work

אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”