H9005–/ל–l

And Ezra the scribe standeth on a tower of wood that they made for the purpose, and Mattithiah standeth near him, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right; and on his left Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddana, Zechariah, Meshullam.

לַדָּבָר֒ (לַ) la. “for the”

And Ezra openeth the book before the eyes of all the people -- for above all the people he hath been -- and at his opening `it' all the people have stood up,

לְעֵינֵ֣י (לְ) le. “to”

and Ezra blesseth Jehovah, the great God, and all the people answer, `Amen, Amen,' with lifting up of their hands, and they bow and do obeisance to Jehovah -- faces to the earth.

לַיהוָ֖ה (לַ) la. “to”

And Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, giving the people understanding in the law, and the people, `are' on their station,

לַתּוֹרָ֑ה (לַ) la. “<to> the”

And Nehemiah -- he `is' the Tirshatha -- saith (and Ezra the priest, the scribe, and the Levites who are instructing the people) to all the people, `To-day is holy to Jehovah your God, do not mourn, nor weep:' for all the people are weeping at their hearing the words of the law.

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”לַיהוָ֣ה (לַ) la. “to”

And he saith to them, `Go, eat fat things, and drink sweet things, and sent portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for to-day `is' holy to our Lord, and be not grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.'

לָהֶ֡ם (לָ) la. “to”לְאֵ֣ין (לְ) le. “to”ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “for”לַאֲדֹנֵ֑ינוּ (לַ) la. “to”

And the Levites are keeping all the people silent, saying, `Be silent, for to-day `is' holy, and be not grieved.'

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “<to>”לֵאמֹ֣ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And all the people go to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great joy, because they have understood concerning the words that they made known to them.

לֶאֱכֹ֤ל (לֶ) le. “to”וְלִשְׁתּוֹת֙ (לִ) li “to”וּלְשַׁלַּ֣ח (לְ) le. “to”וְלַעֲשׂ֖וֹת (לַ) la. “to”לָהֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “to”

And on the second day have been gathered heads of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to act wisely concerning the words of the law.

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “of”וּלְהַשְׂכִּ֖יל (לְ) le. “to”

and that they proclaim and cause to pass over all their cities, (and in Jerusalem,) saying, `Go ye out to the mount, and bring leaves of the olive, and leaves of the oil tree, and leaves of the myrtle, and leaves of the palms, and leaves of thick trees, to make booths as it is written.'

לֵאמֹר֒ (לֵ) le. “<to>”לַעֲשֹׂ֥ת (לַ) la. “to”

And the people go out, and bring in, and make for themselves booths, each on his roof, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broad place of the water-gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim.

לָהֶ֨ם (לָ) la. “for”

And in the twenty and fourth day of this month have the sons of Israel been gathered, with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them;

לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ (לַ) la. “of the”

and rise up on their station, and read in the book of the law of Jehovah their God a fourth of the day, and a fourth they are confessing and bowing themselves to Jehovah their God.

לַיהוָ֖ה (לַ) la. “to”

Thou `art' He, O Jehovah, Thyself -- Thou hast made the heavens, the heavens of the heavens, and all their host, the earth and all that `are' on it, the seas and all that `are' in them, and Thou art keeping all of them alive, and the host of the heavens to Thee are bowing themselves.

לְבַדֶּךָ֒ (לְ) le. “to”לְךָ֥ (לְ) le. “to”

and didst find his heart stedfast before Thee, so as to make with him the covenant, to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give `it' to his seed. `And Thou dost establish Thy words, for Thou `art' righteous,

לְפָנֶיךָ֒ (לְ) le. “<to>”לָתֵ֡ת (לָ) la. “to”לָתֵ֣ת (לָ) la. “to”לְזַרְע֑וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

and dost give signs and wonders on Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land, for Thou hast known that they have acted proudly against them, and Thou makest to Thee a name as `at' this day.

לְךָ֥ (לְ) le. “for”

And the sea Thou hast cleaved before them, and they pass over into the midst of the sea on the dry land, and their pursuers Thou hast cast into the depths, as a stone, into the strong waters.

לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם (לִ) li “<to>”

And by a pillar of cloud Thou hast led them by day, and by a pillar of fire by night, to lighten to them the way in which they go.

לְהָאִ֣יר (לְ) le. “to”לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “for”

`And on mount Sinai Thou hast come down, even to speak with them from the heavens, and Thou dost give to them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commands.

לָהֶ֜ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

And Thy holy sabbath Thou hast made known to them, and commands, and statutes, and law, Thou hast commanded for them, by the hand of Moses Thy servant;

לָהֶ֑ם (לָ) la. “to”לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to”

and bread from the heavens Thou hast given to them for their hunger, and water from a rock hast brought out to them for their thirst, and dost say to them to go in to possess the land that Thou hast lifted up Thy hand to give to them.

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to”לִרְעָבָ֔ם (לִ) li “for”לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “for”לִצְמָאָ֑ם (לִ) li “for”לָהֶ֗ם (לָ) la. “to”לָבוֹא֙ (לָ) la. “to”לָרֶ֣שֶׁת (לָ) la. “to”לָתֵ֥ת (לָ) la. “to”לָהֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “to”

yea, they refuse to hearken, and have not remembered Thy wonders that Thou hast done with them, and harden their neck and appoint a head, to turn back to their service, in their rebellion; and Thou `art' a God of pardons, gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and hast not forsaken them.

לִשְׁמֹ֗עַ (לִ) li “to”לָשׁ֥וּב (לָ) la. “to”לְעַבְדֻתָ֖ם (לְ) le. “to”

`Also, when they have made to themselves a molten calf, and say, this `is' thy god that brought thee up out of Egypt, and do great despisings,

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “for”

and Thou, in Thine abundant mercies, hast not forsaken them in the wilderness -- the pillar of the cloud hath not turned aside from off them by day, to lead them in the way, and the pillar of the fire by night, to give light to them and the way in which they go.

לְהַנְחֹתָ֣ם (לְ) le. “to”לְהָאִ֣יר (לְ) le. “to”לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “for”

`And Thy good Spirit Thou hast given, to cause them to act wisely; and Thy manna Thou hast not withheld from their mouth, and water Thou hast given to them for their thirst,

לְהַשְׂכִּילָ֑ם (לְ) le. “to”לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to”לִצְמָאָֽם׃ (לִ) li “for”