H9005–/ל–l

Now the men of Ephraim came together and took up arms and went over to Zaphon; and they said to Jephthah, Why did you go over to make war against the children of Ammon without sending for us to go with you? Now we will put your house on fire over you.

לְיִפְתָּ֜ח (לְ) le. “to”לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם (לְ) le. “to”וְלָ֙נוּ֙ (לָ֙) La. “<to> <the>”לָלֶ֣כֶת (לָ) la. “to”

So when I saw that there was no help to be had from you, I put my life in my hand and went over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord gave them into my hands: why then have you come up to me this day to make war on me?

וְלָמָ֞ה (לָ) la. “<to>”לְהִלָּ֥חֶם (לְ) le. “to”

And the Gileadites took the crossing-places of Jordan against the Ephraimites; and when any of the men of Ephraim who had gone in flight said, let me go over; the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? And if he said, No;

לְאֶפְרָ֑יִם (לְ) le. “to”ל֧וֹ (ל֧) l “to <the>”

Then they said to him, Now say Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth, and was not able to say it in the right way; then they took him and put him to death at the crossing-places of Jordan; and at that time forty-two thousand Ephraimites were put to death.

לוֹ֩ (ל) l “to <the>”לְדַבֵּ֣ר (לְ) le. “to”

He had thirty sons, and thirty daughters whom he sent to other places, and he got thirty wives from other places for his sons. And he was judge of Israel for seven years.

ל֞וֹ (ל֞) l “to <the>”לְבָנָ֖יו (לְ) le. “for”

He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons who went on seventy young asses; and he was judge of Israel for eight years.

ל֞וֹ (ל֞) l “to <the>”

And the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord gave them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.

לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

For you are with child and will give birth to a son; his hair is never to be cut, for the child is to be separate to God from his birth; and he will take up the work of freeing Israel from the hands of the Philistines.

לְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַ (לְ) le. “to”

Then the woman came in, and said to her husband, A man came to me, and his form was like the form of a god, causing great fear; I put no question to him about where he came from, and he did not give me his name;

לְאִישָׁהּ֮ (לְ) le. “to”לֵאמֹר֒ (לֵ) le. “<to>”לִֽי׃ (לִֽ) L “to <the>”

But he said to me, You are with child and will give birth to a son; and now do not take any wine or strong drink or let anything unclean be your food; for the child will be separate to God from his birth to the day of his death.

לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to <the>”

Then Manoah made prayer to the Lord, and said, O Lord, let the man of God whom you sent come to us again and make clear to us what we are to do for the child who is to come.

לַנַּ֥עַר (לַ) la. “for the”

So the woman, running quickly, gave her husband the news, saying, I have seen the man who came to me the other day.

לְאִישָׁ֑הּ (לְ) le. “to”

And Manoah got up and went after his wife, and came up to the man and said to him, Are you the man who was talking to this woman? And he said, I am.

ל֗וֹ (ל֗) l “to <the>”

And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, Now let us keep you while we make ready a young goat for you.

לְפָנֶ֖יךָ (לְ) le. “<to>”

And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Though you keep me I will not take of your food; but if you will make a burned offering, let it be offered to the Lord. For it had not come into Manoah's mind that he was the angel of the Lord.

לַיהוָ֖ה (לַ) la. “to”

But the angel of the Lord said to him, Why are you questioning me about my name, seeing that it is a wonder?

לּוֹ֙ (לּ) l “to <the>”לָ֥מָּה (לָ֥) La. “<to>”לִשְׁמִ֑י (לִ) li “to”

So Manoah took the young goat with its meal offering, offering it on the rock to the Lord, who did strange things.

לַֽיהוָ֑ה (לַֽ) la. “to”לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

But the angel of the Lord was seen no more by Manoah and his wife. Then it was clear to Manoah that he was the angel of the Lord.

לְהֵרָאֹ֖ה (לְ) le. “to”

But his wife said to him, If the Lord was purposing our death, he would not have taken our burned offering and our meal offering, or have given us such orders about the child.

ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “to <the>”לַהֲמִיתֵ֙נוּ֙ (לַ) la. “to”

And the spirit of the Lord first came on him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

לְפַעֲמ֖וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

And when he came back he said to his father and mother, I have seen a woman in Timnah, of the daughters of the Philistines: get her now for me for my wife.

לְאָבִ֣יו (לְ) le. “to”וּלְאִמּ֔וֹ (לְ) le. “to”לִּ֖י (לִּ֖) l “for <the>”לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (לְ) le. “to”

Then his father and mother said to him, Is there no woman among the daughters of your relations or among all my people, that you have to go for your wife to the Philistines, who are without circumcision? But Samson said to his father, Get her for me, for

ל֜וֹ (ל֜) l “to <the>”לָקַ֣חַת (לָ) la. “to”לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “for <the>”

Then Samson went down to Timnah (and his father and his mother,) and came to the vine-gardens of Timnah; and a young lion came rushing out at him.

לִקְרָאתֽוֹ׃ (לִ) li “to”

And the spirit of the Lord came on him with power, and, unarmed as he was, pulling the lion in two as one might do to a young goat, he put him to death; (but he said nothing to his father and mother of what he had done.)

לְאָבִ֣יו (לְ) le. “to”וּלְאִמּ֔וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

So he went down and had talk with the woman; and she was pleasing to Samson.

לָאִשָּׁ֑ה (לָ) la. “to the”