H9005–/ל–l

Now Joseph had a dream, and he gave his brothers an account of it, which made their hate greater than ever.

לְאֶחָ֑יו (לְ) le. “to”

We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came round and went down on the earth before mine.

לַאֲלֻמָּתִֽי׃ (לַ) la. “to”

And his brothers said to him, Are you to be our king? will you have authority over us? And because of his dream and his words, their hate for him became greater than ever.

לוֹ֙ (ל) l “to <the>”

Then he had another dream, and gave his brothers an account of it, saying, I have had another dream: the sun and the moon and eleven stars gave honour to me.

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

And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?

ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “to <the>”לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֥ת (לְ) le. “to”לְךָ֖ (לְ) le. “to <the>”

Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.

לִרְע֛וֹת (לִ) li “to”

And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I.

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to <the>”

And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

ל֗וֹ (ל֗) l “to <the>”

And a man saw him wandering in the country, and said to him, What are you looking for?

לֵאמֹ֖ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.

לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to <the>”

But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death;

לַהֲמִיתֽוֹ׃ (לַ) la. “to”

Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.

לַהֲשִׁיב֖וֹ (לַ) la. “to”

Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.

לֶֽאֱכָל־ (לֶֽ) le. “to”לְהוֹרִ֥יד (לְ) le. “to”

Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him.

לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֗ים (לַ) la “to the”

And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.

לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֖ים (לַ) la “to the”

And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him.

לְנַחֲמ֗וֹ (לְ) le. “to”לְהִתְנַחֵ֔ם (לְ) le. “to”

And in Egypt the men of Midian gave him for a price to Potiphar, a captain of high position in Pharaoh's house.

לְפֽוֹטִיפַר֙ (לְ) le. “to”

And Judah took a wife for his first son Er, and her name was Tamar.

לְעֵ֣ר (לְ) le. “for”

Then Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife and do what it is right for a husband's brother to do; make her your wife and get offspring for your brother.

לְאוֹנָ֔ן (לְ) le. “to”לְאָחִֽיךָ׃ (לְ) le. “for”

But Onan, seeing that the offspring would not be his, went in to his brother's wife, but let his seed go on to the earth, so that he might not get offspring for his brother.

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to <the>”לְבִלְתִּ֥י (לְ) le. “to”לְאָחִֽיו׃ (לְ) le. “to”

Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Go back to your father's house and keep yourself as a widow till my son Shelah becomes a man: for he had in his mind the thought that death might come to him as it had come to his brothers. So Tamar went bac

לְתָמָ֨ר (לְ) le. “to”

And when Tamar had news that her father-in-law was going up to Timnah to the wool-cutting,

לְתָמָ֖ר (לְ) le. “to”לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָגֹ֥ז (לָ) la. “to”

She took off her widow's clothing, and covering herself with her veil, she took her seat near Enaim on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was now a man, but she had not been made his wife.

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

When Judah saw her he took her to be a loose woman of the town, because her face was covered.

לְזוֹנָ֑ה (לְ) le. “to”

And turning to her by the roadside, he said to her, Let me come in to you; for he had no idea that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me as my price?

לִּ֔י (לִּ֔) L “to <the>”