H9005–/ל–l

I have done as you said: I have given you a wise and far-seeing heart, so that there has never been your equal in the past, and never will there be any like you in the future.

לְךָ֗ (לְ) le. “to”לְפָנֶ֔יךָ (לְ) le. “<to>”

And with this I have given you what you made no request for: wealth and honour, so that no king was ever your equal.

לָ֔ךְ (לָ֔) La “to”

And if you go on in my ways, keeping my laws and my orders as your father David did, I will give you a long life.

לִשְׁמֹ֤ר (לִ) li “to”

And Solomon, awakening, saw that it was a dream; then he came to Jerusalem, where he went before the ark of the agreement of the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings; and he made a feast for all his servants.

לִפְנֵ֣י׀ (לִ) li “<to>”לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “for”

Then two loose women of the town came and took their places before the king;

לְפָנָֽיו׃ (לְ) le. “<to>”

And three days after the birth of my child, this woman had a child: we were together, no other-person was with us in the house but we two only.

לְלִדְתִּ֔י (לְ) le. “of”

And when I got up to give my child the breast, I saw that it was dead; but in the morning, looking at it with care, I saw that it was not my son.

לְהֵינִ֥יק (לְ) le. “to”

And the other woman said, No; but the living child is my son and the dead one yours. But the first said, No; the dead child is your son and the living one mine. So they kept on talking before the king.

לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

Then he said, Get me a sword. So they went and put a sword before the king.

לִי־ (לִ) li “for”לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

And the king said, Let the living child be cut in two and one half given to one woman and one to the other.

לִשְׁנָ֑יִם (לִ) li “into”לְאַחַ֔ת (לְ) le. “to”לְאֶחָֽת׃ (לְ) le. “to”

Then the mother of the living child came forward, for her heart went out to her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the child; do not on any account put it to death. But the other woman said, It will not be mine or yours; let it be cut in two.

לָהּ֙ (לָ) la “to”לִ֥י (לִ֥) l “to”לָ֛ךְ (לָ֛) la “to”

Then the king made answer and said, Give her the child, and do not put it to death; she is the mother of it.

לָהּ֙ (לָ) la “to”

And news of this decision which the king had made went through all Israel; and they had fear of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to give decisions.

לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

And these were his chief men: Azariah, the son of Zadok, was the priest;

ל֑וֹ (ל֑) l “[belonged] to <the>”

And Solomon put twelve overseers over all Israel, to be responsible for the stores needed for the king and those of his house; every man was responsible for one month in the year.

וְלִשְׁלֹמֹ֞ה (לִ) li “[belonged] to”לְכַלְכֵּֽל׃ (לְ) le. “to”

... the son of Hesed in Arubboth; Socoh and all the land of Hepher were under his control;

ל֥וֹ (ל֥) l “[belonged] to <the>”

... the son of Abinadab in all Naphath-dor; his wife was Taphath, the daughter of Solomon.

לּ֖וֹ (לּ֖) l “of”לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (לְ) le. “<into>”

Baana, the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is by the side of Zarethan, under Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the far side of Jokmeam;

לְיִזְרְעֶ֗אל (לְ) le. “to”לְיָקְמֳעָֽם׃ (לְ) le. “of”

... the son of Geber in Ramoth-gilead; he had the towns of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and the country of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great towns with walls and locks of brass.

ל֡וֹ (ל֡) l “[belonged] to <the>”ל֚וֹ (ל֚) l “[belonged] to <the>”

Ahimaaz in Naphtali; he took Basemath, the daughter of Solomon, as his wife;

לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (לְ) le. “to”

Judah and Israel were as great in number as the sand by the seaside, and they took their food and drink with joy in their hearts.

לָרֹ֑ב (לָ) la. “for”

And the amount of Solomon's food for one day was thirty measures of crushed grain and sixty measures of meal;

לְי֣וֹם (לְ) le. “for”

Ten fat oxen and twenty oxen from the fields, and a hundred sheep, in addition to harts and gazelles and roes and fat fowls.

לְ֠בַד (לְ֠) Le. “<to>”

For he had authority over all the country on this side of the River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace round him on every side.

ל֛וֹ (ל֛) l “to <the>”

So Judah and Israel were living safely, every man under his vine and his fig-tree, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.

לָבֶ֗טַח (לָ) la. “to”