H9005–/ל–l

And while Ezra prayed, and made confession, weeping and falling down before the house of God, there were gathered to him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children; for the people wept very much.

לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “<to>”

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have acted unfaithfully toward our God, and have taken foreign wives of the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

לְעֶזְרָ֔א (לְ) le. “to”לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (לְ) le. “for”

And now let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of [ergänzt: my] lord, and of those that tremble at the commandments of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

לֵ֠אלֹהֵינוּ (לֵ֠) Le. “to”לְהוֹצִ֨יא (לְ) le. “to”

Then Ezra arose, and made the chiefs of the priests, of the Levites, and of all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. And they swore.

לַעֲשׂ֛וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

And Ezra arose from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib; and when he came thither, he ate no bread and drank no water; for he mourned because of the unfaithfulness of them that had been carried away.

מִלִּפְנֵי֙ (לִּ) li “to”

And they made proclamation in Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;

לְכֹל֙ (לְ) le. “to”לְהִקָּבֵ֖ץ (לְ) le. “to”

and that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be confiscated, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.

לִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת (לִ) li “to”

Then were all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered together at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month; and all the people sat in the open space of the house of God, trembling because of the matter, and because of the pouring rain.

לִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת (לִ) li “to”

And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, Ye have acted unfaithfully, and have taken foreign wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.

לְהוֹסִ֖יף (לְ) le. “to”

And now make confession to Jehovah the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure, and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign wives.

לַיהוָ֥ה (לַ) la. “to”

And the whole congregation answered and said with a loud voice, Yes, it is for us to do according to thy words.

לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ (לַ) la. “to”

But the people are many, and it is a time of pouring rain, and it is not possible to stand without: neither is this a work for one day or two; for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.

לַעֲמ֣וֹד (לַ) la. “to”לְי֤וֹם (לְ) le. “[belongs] to”לִשְׁנַ֔יִם (לִ) li “to”לִפְשֹׁ֖עַ (לִ) li “to”

Let now our princes, while this matter is going on, stand for all the congregation, and let all those that have taken foreign wives in our cities come at the appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce anger of our God be turned from us.

לְֽכָל־ (לְֽ) le. “for”לְעִתִּ֣ים (לְ) le. “to”לְהָשִׁ֞יב (לְ) le. “<to>”לַדָּבָ֥ר (לַ) la. “to the”

And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest [ergänzt: and] certain of the chief fathers were separated according to their fathers' houses, and all of them [ergänzt: expressed] by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

לְבֵ֥ית (לְ) le. “for”לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ (לַ) la. “of the”לְדַרְי֖וֹשׁ (לְ) le. “to”

And they ended with all the men that had taken foreign wives by the first day of the first month.

לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ (לַ) la. “of the”

And they gave their hand to send away their wives; and they offered a ram of the flock, as trespass-offering for their guilt.

לְהוֹצִ֣יא (לְ) le. “to”

And they said to me, Those who remain, that are left of the captivity there in the province, are in great affliction and reproach; and the wall of Jerusalem is in ruins, and its gates are burned with fire.

לִי֒ (לִ) l “to”

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat and wept, and mourned for days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of the heavens,

לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “<to>”

and said, I beseech thee, Jehovah, God of the heavens, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and keep his commandments.

לְאֹהֲבָ֖יו (לְ) le. “to”וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י (לְ) le. “to”

Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, confessing the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.

לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ (לִ) li “to”לְפָנֶ֤יךָ (לְ) le. “<to>”לָ֔ךְ (לָ֔) La “to”

We have acted very perversely against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances that thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

לָ֑ךְ (לָ֑) La “to”

Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the peoples;

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

but if ye return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.

לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן (לְ) le. “to”

O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who delight to fear thy name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was the king's cupbearer.

לְיִרְאָ֣ה (לְ) le. “to”לְעַבְדְּךָ֙ (לְ) le. “to”לְרַחֲמִ֔ים (לְ) le. “<to>”לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “<to>”לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (לַ) la. “of the”

And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [ergänzt: that] wine was before him, and I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now, I had never been sad in his presence.

לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּא (לְ) le. “of”לְפָנָ֑יו (לְ) le. “[was] <to>”לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (לַ) la. “to the”לְפָנָֽיו׃ (לְ) le. “<to>”