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 181 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.
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
Read word by wordDo you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Read word by wordThese are the words of Agur son of Jakeh—the burden that this man declared to Ithiel: “I am weary, O God, and worn out.
Read word by wordSurely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
Read word by wordEvery word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
Read word by wordKeep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
Read word by wordthere is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
Read word by wordThe leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:
Read word by wordAs for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
Read word by wordthe locusts have no king, yet they all advance in formation;
Read word by wordIf you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.
Read word by wordDo not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.
Read word by wordIt is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
Read word by wordGive strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul.
Read word by wordOpen your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
Read word by wordShe rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants.
Read word by wordShe opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.
Read word by wordWhen it snows, she has no fear for her household, for they are all clothed in scarlet.
Read word by wordShe makes coverings for her bed; her clothing is fine linen and purple.
Read word by wordShe makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchants.
Read word by wordStrength and honor are her clothing, and she can laugh at the days to come.
Read word by wordGive her the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the gates.
Read word by wordWhat does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?
Read word by wordGenerations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
Read word by wordAll the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.
Read word by wordAll things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.
Read word by wordIs there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.
Read word by wordThere is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.
Read word by wordAnd I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!
Read word by wordWhat is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.
Read word by wordI said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”
Read word by wordSo I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
Read word by wordI said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”
Read word by wordI sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
Read word by wordI expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.
Read word by wordI made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees.
Read word by wordI built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.
Read word by wordI acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,
Read word by wordand I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.
Read word by wordSo I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me.
Read word by wordYet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
Read word by wordThen I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?
Read word by wordAnd I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
Read word by wordSo I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.
Read word by wordFor there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
Read word by wordI hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
Read word by wordSo my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.
Read word by wordWhen there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.
Read word by wordFor what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
Read word by wordTo the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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