לְ

prep. to, for, in regard to, at, mark of accus. (BA לְ, and general Aramaic);—sf. לִי, לָךְ, לֵהּ, לַהּ Dn 7:4, 5 +; לָנָא †Ezr 4:14; לְכֹם † 5:3, 9; 7:24 (so Egyptian Aramaic S-CPap.II 12, 14 +), לְכוֹן † Dn 3:4; לְהוֹם †Je 10:11, לְהֹם †Ezr 5:3, 4, 9, 10; 6:9 (so Zinj., Cooke 184; Nab., ib.Nos. 85, 91), לְהוֹן †Dn 2:35; 3:14; 6:3; 7:12 (v 21 לְהֹן), Ezr 4:20; 5:2 (so Palm., CookeNo. 110, Tariff ii. c. 15 (p. 329));— to, after vbs. of saying, declaring, writing, etc., Dn 2:4, 5, 7, 19; 6:21, 26, etc., giving 2:16, 21 +, offering Ezr 6:10; of going (Aramaic does not use אֶל), usually to a place, 2:17 לְבַיתֵהּ אֲזַל, 3:26; 4:8; 6:20 + often, rarely to a person Ezr 5:5; = towards Dn 4:31; into 3:6, 11; 6:17 +; in address of decree or letter 3:31 Ezr 5:7; 7:12; to fall or come to Dn 4:16, 18; 5:17; Ezr 5:7; 7:20, be confirmed to Dn 4:23. as mark of accus. (as often in Aramaic; cf. in late Heb., BH 3), Dn 2:10, 12, 14, 24 + often, Ezr 7:25 לכל … (cf. אֵת Ju 3:15; Is 8:2). to become or make into (BH 4) Dn 2:35; 4:27. with reference to Ezr 6:8 לְמָא דִי, 7:14 (but read prob. וְעַל יְרוּשׁ׳). belonging to Dn 5:23 לֵהּ, 7:4, 6, 7, and in דִּי לֵהּ = his 2:20 +; c. אִיתַי Ezr 4:16; הַשְׁכַּח לְ to find (belonging) to 2:35; 6:5, 6, 22 (cf. BH מָצָא לְ Dt 22:14 +). as periphr. for the genitive (BH 5 c) Dn 7:1 בִּשְׁנַת חֲדָה לְ׳, Ezr 5:13; 6:3, 15(×2); 5:8, 11. of the object or purpose, for (BH 5 g) Dn 4:9 וּמָזוֹן לְכֹלָּא־בֵּהּ v 27(×2), 33; 7:22; Ezr 6:9, 17; 7:19, 23; on behalf of Ezr 6:10b. according to (BH 5 i) Ezr 6:17 לְמִנְיָן … according to the number of … of time, at Dn 4:26 לִקְצָת … at the end of …, v 31; to Dn 2:4, 44 + לְעָֽלְמִין. with an inf. (BH 7), after such vbs. as be able, think, need, agree, command, decree, Dn 2:9, 10, 12, 24; 3:13, 16, 19, 32; 6:4, 5, 8, 24; Ezr 4:21, 22; 5:3 + often; = in order to Dn 2:13, 14; 3:2, 20, so as to 5:20. With לָא = not to be … 6:9, 16 end Ezr 6:8, v. לָא. Cf. the synopsis Lzb 300 f..

prefix (b. h.) unto, to, toward, for; (before infinitive of verbs) to. Pes. I, 1 אור לארבעה וכ׳, v. אוֹר II.—לְהַבָּא, לַבָּא, v. בָּא III. Ber. I, 1 לֶאֱכוֹל to eat; לִקְרוֹת to read; a. v. fr.—Ib. לְיוֹם אחד to one day, i.e. within one day (until morning). Zeb. V, 3 ליום ולילה וכ׳ within a day and a night until midnight (v. comment.). Ib. לפנים מן וכ׳ inside of the curtains. Ber. 2ᵃ לפניה before it, לאחריה after it. Ib. 14ᵃ בין אלהיכם לאמת between Elohekhem a. Emeth. Ib. 13ᵃ ולרבי נמי וכ׳ but as to Rabbi’s opinion, might not also argument be raised &c.?; a. v. fr.—With personal pronouns: לִי to me, לְךָ, לְכָה, לָךְ; Ch. לִיךְ &c.—Ex. R. s. 3, v. וַדַּאי. Ber. 2ᵇ לא שמיע לְהוּ was unknown to them.—Chald.: לִיתְנִי (v. תְּנִי) let the text read; לֵימָא (v. אֲמָא) let him say. Ib. 2ᵃ, sq.; a. v. fr.