H9005–/ל–l

And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.

לֵאמֹר֒ (לֵ) le. “<to>”לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָ֤מָּה (לָ֤) La. “<to>”לְהָשִׁ֥יב (לְ) le. “to”

Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: why then are ye the last to bring back the king?

וְלָ֧מָּה (לָ֧) La. “<to>”לְהָשִׁ֥יב (לְ) le. “to”

And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.

וְלַֽעֲמָשָׂא֙ (לַֽ) la. “to”לִּ֤י (לִּ֤) l “to <the>”לְפָנַ֛י (לְ) le. “<to>”

So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.

לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ (לָ) la. “to”לִקְרַ֣את (לִ) li “to”לְהַעֲבִ֥יר (לְ) le. “to”

And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjaminite, who was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

לִקְרַ֖את (לִ) li “to”

And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.

לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

And there went over a ferry-boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he came over Jordan;

לַֽעֲבִיר֙ (לַֽ) la. “to”וְלַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”

And said to the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity to me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

לִ֣י (לִ֣) l “to <the>”לָשׂ֥וּם (לָ) la. “to”

For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore behold, I have come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “of”לָרֶ֕דֶת (לָ) la. “to”לִקְרַ֖את (לִ) li “to”

And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries to me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?

לִּ֤י (לִּ֤) l “[is] to”וְלָכֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to <the>”לִ֥י (לִ֥) l “to <the>”לְשָׂטָ֑ן (לְ) le. “<into>”

Therefore the king said to Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king swore to him.

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to <the>”

And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.

לִקְרַ֣את (לִ) li “to”לְמִן־ (לְ) le. “<to>”

And it came to pass, when he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why didst thou not go with me, Mephibosheth?

לִקְרַ֣את (לִ) li “to”לוֹ֙ (ל) l “to <the>”לָ֛מָּה (לָ֛) La. “<to>”

And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride on it, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.

לִּי֩ (לִּ) l “for <the>”

For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that ate at thy own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more to the king?

לַאדֹנִ֣י (לַ) la. “to”לִ֥י (לִ֥) l “for <the>”וְלִזְעֹ֥ק (לִ) li “to”

And the king said to him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

לוֹ֙ (ל) l “to <the>”לָ֛מָּה (לָ֛) La. “<to>”

And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.

לְשַׁלְּח֖וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

I am this day eighty years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing-men and singing-women? why then should thy servant be yet a burden to my lord the king?

לְרָ֗ע (לְ) le. “and”וְלָמָּה֩ (לָ) la. “<to>”לְמַשָּׂ֔א (לְ) le. “<into>”

Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense me with such a reward?

וְלָ֙מָּה֙ (לָ֙) La. “<to>”

Let thy servant, I pray thee, return again, that I may die in my own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good to thee.

ל֕וֹ (ל֕) l “for <the>”

And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good to thee: and whatever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.

לּ֔וֹ (לּ֔) l “for <the>”לָּֽךְ׃ (לָּֽ) La “for <the>”

And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king had come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned to his own place.

לְבַרְזִלַּי֙ (לְ) le. “<to>”לִמְקֹמֽוֹ׃ (לִ) li “to”

And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: why then are ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all at the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?

וְלָ֤מָּה (לָ֤) La. “<to>”לְךָ֔ (לְ) le. “to <the>”לָֽנוּ׃ (לָֽ) La. “by <the>”

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

לִ֣י (לִ֣) l “[belong] to <the>”לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “of”לְהָשִׁ֣יב (לְ) le. “to”

And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

לָ֨נוּ (לָ֨) La. “[belongs] to <the>”לָ֙נוּ֙ (לָ֙) la. “[belongs] to <the>”לְאֹהָלָ֖יו (לְ) le. “to”