H9005–/ל–l

Be it known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is being built with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work is being carried on with diligence, and prospers in their hand.

לְמַלְכָּ֗א (לְ) le. “to”לִיה֤וּד (לִ) li. “to”לְבֵית֙ (לְ) le. “to”

Then asked we those elders: thus we said to them, Who gave you orders to build this house and to complete this wall?

לְשָׂבַיָּ֣א (לְ) le. “to”לְּהֹ֑ם (לְּ) le. “to”לְכֹ֜ם (לְ) le. “for”לְמִבְנְיָ֔ה (לְ) le. “to”לְשַׁכְלָלָֽה׃ (לְ) le. “to”

We asked their names also, to inform thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.

לְּהֹ֖ם (לְּ) le. “to”לְהוֹדָעוּתָ֑ךְ (לְ) le. “to”

And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of the heavens and the earth, and build the house that was built these many years ago; and a great king of Israel built and completed it.

לְמֵמַ֑ר (לְ) le. “to”לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (לְ) le. “of”

But after that our fathers had provoked the God of the heavens to wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, and he destroyed this house, and carried the people away unto Babylon.

לֶאֱלָ֣הּ (לֶ) le. “<obj.>”לְבָבֶֽל׃ (לְ) le. “to”

But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, king Cyrus gave orders to build this house of God.

לְכ֥וֹרֶשׁ (לְ) le. “of”לִבְּנֵֽא׃ (לִ) li. “to”

And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was at Jerusalem and brought into the temple of Babylon, those did king Cyrus take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to one Sheshbazzar by name, whom he had appointed governor.

לְהֵיכְלָ֖א (לְ) le. “to”לְשֵׁשְׁבַּצַּ֣ר (לְ) le. “to”

And he said to him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is at Jerusalem, and let the house of God be built in its place.

לֵ֓הּ׀ (לֵ֓) le “to”

And now, if it seem good to the king, let search be made in the king's treasure-house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that orders were given by king Cyrus to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.

לְמִבְנֵ֛א (לְ) le. “to”

In the first year of king Cyrus, king Cyrus made a decree [ergänzt: concerning] the house of God at Jerusalem: Let the house be built for a place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be solidly laid; its height sixty cubits, its breadth sixty cubits,

לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁ (לְ) le. “of”

and also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that is at Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought again to the temple that is at Jerusalem, in their place; and thou shalt put [ergänzt: them] in the house of God.

לְבָבֶ֑ל (לְ) le. “to”לְהֵיכְלָ֤א (לְ) le. “to”לְאַתְרֵ֔הּ (לְ) le. “to”

let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.

לַעֲבִידַ֖ת (לַ) la. “<obj.>”וּלְשָׂבֵ֣י (לְ) le. “<to>”

Moreover, I give orders what ye shall do to these elders of the Jews, for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, of the tribute beyond the river, expenses be diligently given to these men, that they be not hindered.

לְמָ֣א (לְ) le. “to”לְמִבְנֵ֖א (לְ) le. “to”לְגֻבְרַיָּ֥א (לְ) le. “to”לְבַטָּלָֽא׃ (לְ) le. “to”

And that which they have need of, both young bullocks and rams and lambs, for the burnt-offerings to the God of the heavens, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests that are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail;

לַעֲלָוָ֣ן׀ (לַ) la. “for”לֶאֱלָ֪הּ (לֶ) le. “to”לְהֹ֛ם (לְ) le. “to”

that they may present sweet odours to the God of the heavens, and pray for the life of the king and of his sons.

לֶאֱלָ֣הּ (לֶ) le. “to”לְחַיֵּ֥י (לְ) le. “for”

And the God that has caused his name to dwell there overthrow every king and people that shall put forth their hand to alter [ergänzt: or] to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have given [ergänzt: this] order; let it be done diligently.

לְהַשְׁנָיָ֛ה (לְ) le. “to”לְחַבָּלָ֛ה (לְ) le. “to”

Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, because of that which king Darius had sent, did so diligently.

לָקֳבֵ֗ל (לָ) lo. “<to>”

And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius.

לִירַ֣ח (לִ) li. “of”לְמַלְכ֖וּת (לְ) le. “of”

and they presented at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

לַחֲנֻכַּת֮ (לַ) la. “for”לְחַטָּאָ֤ה (לְ) le. “for”לְמִנְיָ֖ן (לְ) le. “to”

And the children of the captivity held the passover upon the fourteenth of the first month.

לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ (לַ) la. “of the”

For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves as one [ergänzt: man]: they were all pure; and they killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “for”וְלַאֲחֵיהֶ֥ם (לַ) la. “for”וְלָהֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “for <the>”

And the children of Israel that were come back out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek Jehovah the God of Israel, did eat;

לִדְרֹ֕שׁ (לִ) li “to”לַֽיהוָ֖ה (לַֽ) la. “<to>”

and they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; for Jehovah had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

לְחַזֵּ֣ק (לְ) le. “to”

-- this Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Jehovah the God of Israel had given. And the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him.

ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “to <the>”

(And there went up [ergänzt: some] of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the doorkeepers, and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.)

לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּא (לְ) le. “of”