ל־

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ל־

/lə/ Modern Israeli
/li/ Modern Israeli
/la/ Modern Israeli
/le/ Modern Israeli

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From Proto-Semitic *lV-.

particle לְ־ · לִ־ · לַ־ · לֶ־ · לָ־ · לֵ־

To; the first part of a to-infinitive. סָגוֹר (sagór, “close”) → לִסְגּוֹר (lisgór, “to close”)

preposition לְ־ · ל־ · לִ־ · לַ־ · לֶ־ · לָ־

Indicating the destination of movement. בשבוע שעבר נסעתי לירושלים.
Indicating the second end-point of a range or interval. יש כביש ישר מפה לשם.
Indicating the recipient of a transfer. נתתי לה מתנה.
Indicating the addressee of an utterance. אמרו לנו מה קרה.
Indicating the beneficiary of an action. תפתח לי בבקשה את הדלת?
Indicating the person or thing affected by an action. מה עושים לאוכל?
Introducing an ethical dative, especially after a verb of motion. אנחנו הולכים לנו ברחוב.
Used with a form of הָיָה (hayá). היתה להם בעייה.
Used with יֵשׁ (yesh) or (for non-possession) אֵין (en). לרופאה יש עינים כחולות.
archaic Used as a bare predicate, with no copula. אֲנִי לְדוֹדִי וְדוֹדִי לִי הָרֹעֶה בַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּים׃
Used with another verb, indicating the possessor of another object of the verb. הוא יושב לי על הכובע.
To, into; indicating a result. מה גרם לזה?
Indicating the result of a transformation. הספה הופכת למיטה.
For, according to, in the opinion of; indicating the holder of a viewpoint, or the source of a claim. לדעתי, אין ברירה.
Indicating the theme of an impersonal verb or other impersonal predicate. נראה לי שגבוה מדי.
Of; indicating the reference-point relative to which a direction may be specified. צפונה ל־
Of, to, before: indicating the hour before which a number of minutes or fraction of an hour is specified. רבע ל־10
broadly, slang Before: indicating the number of years before which a fraction of a year is specified. רבע ל־10

In English

of (to tell the time) before, to, e.g. a quarter of three (2:45)
for towards
to infinitive-marker
toward in the direction of
-ward forming adverbs
-wards forming adverbs

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {ל־},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9C%D6%BE},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}