H9005–/ל–l

And one came to David and said, The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Come, let us go in flight, or not one of us will be safe from Absalom: let us go without loss of time, or he will overtake us quickly and send evil on us, and put the town to the sword.

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”לָּ֥נוּ (לָּ֥) La. “to <the>”לָלֶ֗כֶת (לָ) la. “to”לְפִי־ (לְ) le. “to”

So the king went out, taking with him all the people of his house, but for ten of his women, who were to take care of the house.

לִשְׁמֹ֥ר (לִ) li “to”

Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, Why are you coming with us? go back and keep with the king: for you are a man of another country, you are far from the land of your birth.

לָ֧מָּה (לָ֧) La. “<to>”לִמְקוֹמֶֽךָ׃ (לִ) li “to”

It was only yesterday you came to us; why then am I to make you go up and down with us? for I have to go where I may; go back then, and take your countrymen with you, and may the Lord's mercy and good faith be with you.

לָלֶ֔כֶת (לָ) la. “to”

And Ittai the Gittite in answer said, By the living Lord, and by the life of my lord the king, in whatever place my lord the king may be, for life or death, there will your servant be.

לְמָ֙וֶת֙ (לְ) le. “for”לְחַיִּ֔ים (לְ) le. “for”

Then Zadok came, and Abiathar, and with them the ark of God's agreement: and they put down the ark of God, till all the people from the town had gone by.

לַעֲב֥וֹר (לַ) la. “to”

And the king said to Zadok, Take the ark of God back into the town: if I have grace in the eyes of the Lord, he will let me come back and see it and his House again:

לְצָד֔וֹק (לְ) le. “to”

But if he says, I have no delight in you: then, here I am; let him do to me what seems good to him.

לִּ֕י (לִּ֕) l “to <the>”

See, I will be waiting at the way across the river, in the waste land, till I get news from you.

לְהַגִּ֥יד (לְ) le. “to”לִֽי׃ (לִֽ) L “to <the>”

And David went up the slopes of the Mount of Olives weeping all the way, with his head covered and no shoes on his feet: and all the people who were with him, covering their heads, went up weeping.

לוֹ֙ (ל) l “of”

And word came to David, saying, Ahithophel is among those who are joined to Absalom. And David said, O Lord, let the wisdom of Ahithophel be made foolish.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Now when David had come to the top of the slope, where they gave worship to God, Hushai the Archite came to him in great grief with dust on his head:

לֵאלֹהִ֑ים (לֵ) le. “to”לִקְרָאתוֹ֙ (לִ) li “to”

David said to him, If you go on with me, you will be a trouble to me:

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to <the>”לְמַשָּֽׂא׃ (לְ) le. “<into>”

But if you go back to the town and say to Absalom, I will be your servant, O king; as in the past I have been your father's servant, so now I will be yours: then you will be able to keep Ahithophel's designs against me from being put into effect.

לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ (לְ) le. “to”לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “for <the>”

And have you not there Zadok and Abiathar the priests? so whatever comes to your ears from the king's house, give word of it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

לְצָד֥וֹק (לְ) le. “to”וּלְאֶבְיָתָ֖ר (לְ) le. “to”

See, they have with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, the son of Abiathar; by them you may send word to me of everything which comes to your ears.

לְצָד֔וֹק (לְ) le. “of”לְאֶבְיָתָ֑ר (לְ) le. “of”

And when David had gone a little way past the top of the slope, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, came to him, with two asses on which were two hundred cakes of bread and a hundred stems of dry grapes and a hundred summer fruits and a skin of wine.

לִקְרָאת֑וֹ (לִ) li “to”

And David said to Ziba, What is your reason for this? And Ziba said, The asses are for the use of the king's people, and the bread and the fruit are food for the young men; and the wine is for drink for those who are overcome by weariness in the waste la

לָּ֑ךְ (לָּ֑) La “to <the>”לְבֵית־ (לְ) le. “[are] for”לִרְכֹּ֗ב (לִ) li “to”לֶאֱכ֣וֹל (לֶ) le. “[are] to”לִשְׁתּ֥וֹת (לִ) li “[is] to”

And the king said, And where is your master's son? And Ziba said, He is still at Jerusalem: for he said, Today Israel will give back to me the kingdom of my father.

לִי֙ (לִ) l “to <the>”

Then the king said to Ziba, Truly everything which was Mephibosheth's is yours. And Ziba said, I give honour to my lord, may I have grace in your eyes, my lord, O king!

לְצִבָ֔א (לְ) le. “to”לְךָ֔ (לְ) le. “[belongs] to <the>”לִמְפִי־ (לִ) li “[belonged] to”

Then Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said to the king, Is this dead dog to go on cursing my lord the king? let me go over and take off his head.

לָ֣מָּה (לָ֣) La. “<to>”

And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Let him go on cursing, for the Lord has said, Put a curse on David, and who then may say, Why have you done so?

לִּ֥י (לִּ֥) l “[is] to”וְלָכֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”לוֹ֙ (ל) l “to <the>”

And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, You see how my son, the offspring of my body, has made designs against my life: how much more then may this Benjamite do so? Let him be, and let him go on cursing; for the Lord has given him orders.

לוֹ֙ (ל) l “<to> <the>”ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to <the>”

It may be that the Lord will take note of my wrongs, and give me back good in answer to his cursing of me today.

לִי֙ (לִ) l “to <the>”