H0413–אֶל–el

And I say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the people, `The work is abundant, and large, and we are separated on the wall, far off one from another;

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

in the place that ye hear the voice of the trumpet thither ye are gathered unto us; our God doth fight for us.'

אֵלֵ֑ינוּ (אֵלֵ֑י) 'e.Lei. “to”

And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews,

אֶל־ 'el- “against”

and of the Jews, and of the prefects, a hundred and fifty men, and those coming in unto us of the nations that `are' round about us, `are' at my table;

אֵלֵ֛ינוּ (אֵלֵ֛י) 'e.Lei. “to”

that Sanballat sendeth, also Geshem, unto me, saying, `Come and we meet together in the villages, in the valley of Ono;' and they are thinking to do to me evil.

אֵלַ֣י (אֵלַ֣) 'e.La “to”

And I send unto them messengers, saying, `A great work I am doing, and I am not able to come down; why doth the work cease when I let it alone, and have come down unto you?'

אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ (אֲלֵי) 'a.lei. “to”

and they send unto me, according to this word, four times, and I return them `word' according to this word.

אֵלַ֛י (אֵלַ֛) 'e.La “to”

And Sanballat sendeth unto me, according to this word, a fifth time, his servant, and an open letter in his hand;

אֵלַ֨י (אֵלַ֨) 'e.La “to”

And I send unto him, saying, `It hath not been according to these words that thou art saying, for from thine own heart thou art devising them;'

אֵלָיו֙ (אֵלָי) 'e.La “to”

And I have entered the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabeel -- and he is restrained -- and he saith, `Let us meet at the house of God, at the inside of the temple, and we shut the doors of the temple, for they are coming in to slay thee -- yea, by night they are coming in to slay thee.'

אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And I say, `A man such as I -- doth he flee? and who as I, that doth go in unto the temple, and live? -- I do not go in.'

אֶל־ 'el- “into”

Also, in those days the freemen of Judah are multiplying their letters going unto Tobiah, and those of Tobiah are coming in unto them;

אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ (אֲלֵי) 'a.lei. “to”

and my God putteth it unto my heart, and I gather the freeman, and the prefects, and the people, for the genealogy, and I find a book of the genealogy of those coming up at the beginning, and I find written in it: --

אֶל־ 'el- “into”

And all the people are gathered as one man unto the broad place that `is' before the water-gate, and they say to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, that Jehovah commanded Israel.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

and he readeth in it before the broad place that `is' before the water-gate, from the light till the middle of the day, over-against the men, and the women, and those intelligent, and the ears of all the people `are' unto the book of the law.

אֶל־ 'el- “[were] to”

And on the second day have been gathered heads of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to act wisely concerning the words of the law.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֶל־ 'el- “into”

And there stand up on the ascent, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, Chenani, and they cry with a loud voice unto Jehovah their God.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

`And they and our fathers have acted proudly, and harden their neck, and have not hearkened unto Thy commands,

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And their sons Thou hast multiplied as the stars of the heavens, and bringest them in unto the land that Thou hast said to their fathers to go in to possess.

אֶל־ 'el- “into”

`And they are disobedient, and rebel against Thee, and cast Thy law behind their back, and Thy prophets they have slain, who testified against them, to bring them back unto Thee, and they do great despisings,

אֵלֶ֑יךָ (אֵלֶ֑י) 'e.Lei. “to”

and Thou givest them into the hand of their adversaries, and they distress them, and in the time of their distress they cry unto Thee, and Thou, from the heavens, dost hear, and, according to Thine abundant mercies, dost give to them saviours, and they save them out of the hand of their adversaries.

אֵלֶ֔יךָ (אֵלֶ֔י) 'e.Lei. “to”

and dost testify against them, to bring them back unto Thy law; and they -- they have acted proudly, and have not hearkened to Thy commands, and against Thy judgments have sinned, -- which man doth and hath lived in them -- and they give a refractory shoulder, and their neck have hardened, and have not hearkened.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

and our kings, our heads, our priests, and our fathers, have not done Thy law, nor attended unto Thy commands, and to Thy testimonies, that Thou hast testified against them;

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and every one who hath been separated from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every knowing intelligent one,

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And the beginning of our dough, and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of every tree, of new wine, and of oil, we bring in to the priests, unto the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithe of our ground to the Levites; and they -- the Levites -- have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage;

אֶל־ 'el- “to”