H9005–/ל–l

And Ahab, the son of Omri, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, even worse than all who went before him.

לְפָנָֽיו׃ (לְ) le. “[were] <to>”

And as if copying the evil ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, was a small thing for him, he took as his wife Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of Zidon, and became a servant and worshipper of Baal.

לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “to”

And he put up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he had made in Samaria.

לַבָּ֑עַל (לַ) la. “to <the>”

And Ahab made an image of Asherah and did more than all the kings of Israel before him to make the Lord, the God of Israel, angry.

לַעֲשׂ֗וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לְהַכְעִיס֙ (לְ) le. “to”לְפָנָֽיו׃ (לְ) le. “<to>”

And Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, By the living Lord, the God of Israel, whose servant I am, there will be no dew or rain in these years, but only at my word.

לְפָנָ֔יו (לְ) le. “<to>”לְפִ֥י (לְ) le. “to”

Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Go from here in the direction of the east, and keep yourself in a secret place by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan.

לְּךָ֖ (לְּ) le. “<for>”

The water of the stream will be your drink, and by my orders the ravens will give you food there.

לְכַלְכֶּלְךָ֖ (לְ) le. “to”

And the ravens took him bread in the morning and meat in the evening; and the water of the stream was his drink.

ל֜וֹ (ל֜) l “to”

Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Up! go now to Zarephath, in Zidon, and make your living-place there; I have given orders to a widow woman there to see that you have food.

לְצִיד֔וֹן (לְ) le. “[belongs] to”לְכַלְכְּלֶֽךָ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

So he got up and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the door of the town, he saw a widow woman getting sticks together; and crying out to her he said, Will you give me a little water in a vessel for my drink?

לִ֧י (לִ֧) l “for”

And when she was going to get it, he said to her, And get me with it a small bit of bread.

לָקַ֑חַת (לָ) la. “to”לִ֛י (לִ֛) l “for”

Then she said, By the life of the Lord your God, I have nothing but a little meal in my store, and a drop of oil in the bottle; and now I am getting two sticks together so that I may go in and make it ready for me and my son, so that we may have a meal b

לִ֣י (לִ֣) l “to”לִ֣י (לִ֣) l “for”וְלִבְנִ֔י (לִ) li “for”

And Elijah said to her, Have no fear; go and do as you have said, but first make me a little cake of it and come and give it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son.

לִ֣י (לִ֣) l “for”לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to”וְלָ֣ךְ (לָ֣) La “for”וְלִבְנֵ֔ךְ (לִ) li “for”

And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?

לִּ֥י (לִּ֥) l “[is] to”וָלָ֖ךְ (לָ֖) La “to <the>”לְהַזְכִּ֥יר (לְ) le. “to”וּלְהָמִ֥ית (לְ) le. “to”

And he said to her, Give your son to me. And lifting him out of her arms, he took him up to his room and put him down on his bed.

לִ֣י (לִ֣) l “to”

And crying to the Lord he said, O Lord my God, have you sent evil even on the widow whose guest I am, by causing her son's death?

לְהָמִ֥ית (לְ) le. “by”

And Elijah took the child down from his room into the house and gave him to his mother and said to her, See, your son is living.

לְאִמּ֑וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

Now after a long time, the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go and let Ahab see you, so that I may send rain on the earth.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

So Elijah went to let Ahab see him. Now there was no food to be had in Samaria.

לְהֵרָא֖וֹת (לְ) le. “to”

So they went through all the country, covering it between them; Ahab went in one direction by himself, and Obadiah went in another by himself.

לָהֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “to”לַֽעֲבָר־ (לַֽ) la. “to”לְבַדּ֔וֹ (לְ) le. “to”לְבַדּֽוֹ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

And while Obadiah was on his way, he came face to face with Elijah; and seeing who it was, he went down on his face and said, Is it you, my lord Elijah?

לִקְרָאת֑וֹ (לִ) li “to”

And Elijah in answer said, It is I; now go and say to your lord, Elijah is here.

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to”לַאדֹנֶ֖יךָ (לַ) la. “to”

And he said, What sin have I done, that you would give up your servant into the hand of Ahab, and be the cause of my death?

לַהֲמִיתֵֽנִי׃ (לַ) la. “to”