TBESH · H9005
/ל · l · to/for
Prefix lamed: to
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/ל (l) means “to/for” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: l STEP transliteration; pronunciation varies by reading tradition.
/ל · l · to/for
Prefix lamed: to
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Page 148 of 241. 12010 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.
Read word by wordOn that day the number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king,
Read word by wordwho said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”
Read word by wordEsther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”
Read word by wordSo the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.
Read word by wordOn the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
Read word by wordThis was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.
Read word by wordThis is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.
Read word by wordto establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar
Read word by wordas the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.
Read word by wordSo the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.
Read word by wordFor Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.
Read word by wordBut when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
Read word by wordTherefore these days are called Purim, from the word Pur. Because of all the instructions in this letter, and because of all they had seen and experienced,
Read word by wordthe Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation.
Read word by wordSo Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim.
Read word by wordin order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation.
Read word by wordAnd all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?
Read word by wordFor Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.
Read word by wordHe had seven sons and three daughters,
Read word by wordJob’s sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
Read word by wordOne day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.
Read word by wordHave You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
Read word by wordBut stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
Read word by word“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
Read word by wordthe Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
Read word by wordWhile he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
Read word by wordWhile he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
Read word by wordwhen suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
Read word by wordIn all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.
Read word by wordOn another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him.
Read word by wordThen the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
Read word by word“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
Read word by wordAnd Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
Read word by wordThen Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”
Read word by wordNow when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.
Read word by wordThen they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.
Read word by wordMay its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
Read word by wordWhy did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
Read word by wordFor now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
Read word by wordwith kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,
Read word by wordor with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
Read word by wordWhy is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
Read word by wordwho long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
Read word by wordWhy is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
Read word by wordI sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
Read word by wordFor the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
Read word by wordIt stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:
Read word by wordhow much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
Read word by wordThey are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; unnoticed, they perish forever.
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