H9005–/ל–l

Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to”

Thus cleansed I them from all foreigners, and appointed charges for the priests and for the Levites, every one in his work;

לַכֹּהֲנִ֥ים (לַ) la. “to the”וְלַלְוִיִּ֖ם (לַ) la “to the”

and for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first-fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

וּלְקֻרְבַּ֧ן (לְ) le. “for”וְלַבִּכּוּרִ֑ים (לַ) la “for the”לִּ֥י (לִּ֥) l “to”לְטוֹבָֽה׃ (לְ) le. “for”

in the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him;

לְמָלְכ֔וֹ (לְ) le. “of”לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “for”לְפָנָֽיו׃ (לְ) le. “[were] <to>”

And when these days were fulfilled, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “for”לְמִגָּ֧דוֹל (לְ) le. “<to>”

And the drinking was according to the law; none could compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.

לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ (לַ) la. “[belonged] to the”

On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that ministered in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,

לִ֠מְהוּמָן (לִ֠) Li “to”

to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was fair to look on.

לְ֠הָבִיא (לְ֠) Le. “to”לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”לְהַרְא֨וֹת (לְ) le. “to”

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by the chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

לָבוֹא֙ (לָ) la. “to”

Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment;

לַחֲכָמִ֖ים (לַ) la. “to <the>”לִפְנֵ֕י (לִ) li “<to>”

What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not done the bidding of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

לַּעֲשׂ֔וֹת (לַּ) la. “[is] to”

And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the peoples that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

לִפְנֵ֤י (לִ) li “<to>”לְבַדּ֔וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

For this deed of the queen will come abroad unto all women, to make their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

לְהַבְז֥וֹת (לְ) le. “to”לְהָבִ֨יא (לְ) le. “to”לְפָנָ֖יו (לְ) le. “<to>”

And this day will the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the deed of the queen say [ergänzt: the like] unto all the king's princes. So [ergänzt: will there arise] much contempt and wrath.

לְכֹ֖ל (לְ) le. “to”

If it please the king, let there go forth a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, that Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

מִלְּפָנָ֔יו (לְּ) le. “to”לִפְנֵי֙ (לִ) li “<to>”לִרְעוּתָ֖הּ (לִ) li “to”

And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small.

לְבַעְלֵיהֶ֔ן (לְ) le. “to”לְמִגָּד֖וֹל (לְ) le. “<to>”

for he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and should speak according to the language of his people.

לִהְי֤וֹת (לִ) li “to”

Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:

לַמֶּ֛לֶךְ (לַ) la. “for the”

And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.

לָ֖הּ (לָ֖) la “[belonged] to <the>”ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “of”לְבַֽת׃ (לְ) le. “to”

And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with her portions, and the seven maidens who were meet to be given her out of the king's house: and he removed her and her maidens to the best place of the house of the women.

לְפָנָיו֒ (לְ) le. “<to>”לָתֵ֣ת (לָ) la. “to”לָ֔הּ (לָ֔) La “to <the>”לָֽתֶת־ (לָֽ) la. “to”לָ֖הּ (לָ֖) la “to <the>”לְט֖וֹב (לְ) le. “to”

And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what would become of her.

לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “to”לָדַ֙עַת֙ (לָ) la. “to”

Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that it had been done to her according to the law for the women twelve months (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, [ergänzt: to wit], six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors and with the things for the purifying of the women),

לָב֣וֹא׀ (לָ) la. “to”לָ֜הּ (לָ֜) la “for <the>”

then in this wise came the maiden unto the king: whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.

לָהּ֙ (לָ) la “to <the>”לָב֣וֹא (לָ) la. “to”

Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all them that looked upon her.

ל֨וֹ (ל֨) l “of”לְבַ֜ת (לְ) le. “to”לָב֣וֹא (לָ) la. “to”