H0413–אֶל–el

And I said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and extended, and we are scattered upon the wall, one far from another:

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

in what place ye hear the sound of the trumpet, thither shall ye assemble to us; our God will fight for us.

אֵלֵ֑ינוּ (אֵלֵ֑י) 'e.Lei. “to”

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

אֶל־ 'el- “against”

And there were at my table a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers, besides those that came to us from among the nations that were about us.

אֵלֵ֛ינוּ (אֵלֵ֛י) 'e.Lei. “to”

that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

אֵלַ֣י (אֵלַ֣) 'e.La “to”

And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down. Why should the work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you?

אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ (אֲלֵי) 'a.lei. “to”

And they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them in the same manner.

אֵלַ֛י (אֵלַ֛) 'e.La “to”

Then sent Sanballat his servant to me in this manner the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand,

אֵלַ֨י (אֵלַ֨) 'e.La “to”

And I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

אֵלָיו֙ (אֵלָי) 'e.La “to”

And I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabeel, who had shut himself up. And he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple; for they are coming to kill thee; even in the night are they coming to kill thee.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, could go into the temple, and live? I will not go in.

אֶל־ 'el- “into”

Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobijah, and those of Tobijah came to them.

אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ (אֲלֵי) 'a.lei. “to”

And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, for registration by genealogy. And I found a genealogical register of those that had come up at the first, and I found written in it:

אֶל־ 'el- “into”

all the people gathered together as one man to the open place that was before the water-gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded Israel.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And he read in it before the open place that was before the water-gate from the morning until midday, in presence of the men and the women, and those that could understand. And the ears of all the people were [ergänzt: attentive] to the book of the law.

אֶל־ 'el- “[were] to”

And on the second day were gathered together the chief fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to gain wisdom as to the words of the law.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֶל־ 'el- “into”

Then stood up upon the platform of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, Chenani, and cried with a loud voice to Jehovah their God.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

But they, our fathers, dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And their children thou didst multiply as the stars of heaven, and thou broughtest them into the land concerning which thou didst say to their fathers that they should go in to possess it.

אֶל־ 'el- “into”

But they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets who testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

אֵלֶ֑יךָ (אֵלֶ֑י) 'e.Lei. “to”

And thou gavest them into the hand of their oppressors, and they oppressed them; and in the time of their distress, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from the heavens, and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their oppressors.

אֵלֶ֔יךָ (אֵלֶ֔י) 'e.Lei. “to”

And thou testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law; but they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances (which if a man do, he shall live in them); and they withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers, have not performed thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the doorkeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and all they that had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons and their daughters, every one having knowledge [ergänzt: and] having understanding,

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

and that we should bring the first-fruits of our coarse meal and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, new wine and oil, to the priests, into the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithes of our ground to the Levites, that they, the Levites, should take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”