H9005–/ל–l

Be mindful of them, O my God, for the redeemed of the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to”

And I have cleansed them from every stranger, and appoint charges to priests and to Levites, each in his work,

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

and for the wood-offering at appointed times, and for first-fruits. Be mindful of 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 hath made a banquet to all his heads and his servants; of the force of Persia and Media, the chiefs and heads of the provinces `are' before him,

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

And at the fulness of these days hath the king made to all the people who are found in Shushan the palace, from great even unto small, a banquet, seven days, in the court of the garden of the house of the king --

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

And the drinking `is' according to law, none is pressing, for so hath the king appointed for every chief one of his house, to do according to the pleasure of man and man.

לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

Also Vashti the queen hath made a banquet for women, in the royal house that the king Ahasuerus hath.

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

On the seventh day, as the heart of the king is glad with wine, he hath said to Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who are ministering in the presence of the king Ahasuerus,

לִ֠מְהוּמָן (לִ֠) Li “to”

to bring in Vashti the queen before the king, with a royal crown, to shew the peoples and the heads her beauty, for she `is' of good appearance,

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

and the queen Vashti refuseth to come in at the word of the king that `is' by the hand of the eunuchs, and the king is very wroth, and his fury hath burned in him.

לָבוֹא֙ (לָ) la. “to”

And the king saith to wise men, knowing the times -- for so `is' the word of the king before all knowing law and judgment,

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

`According to law, what -- to do with queen Vashti, because that she hath not done the saying of the king Ahasuerus by the hand of the eunuchs?'

לַּעֲשׂ֔וֹת (לַּ) la. “[is] to”

And Memucan saith before the king and the heads, `Not against the king by himself hath Vashti the queen done perversely, but against all the heads, and against all the peoples that `are' in all provinces of the king Ahasuerus;

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

for go forth doth the word of the queen unto all the women, to render their husbands contemptible in their eyes, in their saying, The king Ahasuerus said to bring in Vashti the queen before him, and she did not come;

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

yea, this day do princesses of Persia and Media, who have heard the word of the queen, say `so' to all heads of the king, even according to the sufficiency of contempt and wrath.

לְכֹ֖ל (לְ) le. “to”

`If to the king `it be' good, there goeth forth a royal word from before him, and it is written with the laws of Persia and Media, and doth not pass away, that Vashti doth not come in before the king Ahasuerus, and her royalty doth the king give to her companion who `is' better than she;

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

and the sentence of the king that he maketh hath been heard in all his kingdom -- for it `is' great -- and all the wives give honour to their husbands, from great even unto small.'

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

and sendeth letters unto all provinces of the king, unto province and province according to its writing, and unto people and people according to its tongue, for every man being head in his own house -- and speaking according to the language of his people.

לִהְי֤וֹת (לִ) li “to”

and servants of the king, his ministers, say, `Let them seek for the king young women, virgins, of good appearance,

לַמֶּ֛לֶךְ (לַ) la. “for the”

and he is supporting Hadassah -- she `is' Esther -- daughter of his uncle, for she hath neither father nor mother, and the young woman `is' of fair form, and of good appearance, and at the death of her father and her mother hath Mordecai taken her to him for a daughter.

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

and the young woman is good in his eyes, and she receiveth kindness before him, and he hasteneth her purifications and her portions -- to give to her, and the seven young women who are provided -- to give to her, from the house of the king, and he changeth her and her young women to a good `place in' 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 during every day Mordecai is walking up and down before the court of the house of the women to know the welfare of Esther, and what is done with her.

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

And in the drawing nigh of the turn of each young woman to come in unto the king Ahasuerus, at the end of there being to her -- according to the law of the women -- twelve months, for so they fulfil the days of their purifications; six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices, and with the purifications of women,

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

and with this the young woman hath come in unto the king, all that she saith is given to her, to go in with her, out of the house of the women, unto the house of the king;

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

And in the drawing nigh of the turn of Esther -- daughter of Abihail, uncle of Mordecai, whom he had taken to him for a daughter -- to come in unto the king, she hath not sought a thing except that which Hegai eunuch of the king, keeper of the women, saith, and Esther is receiving grace in the eyes of all seeing her.

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