BDB Aramaic, לְ

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-C^{Pap.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., Cooke^{No. 110, Tariff ii. c. 15 (p. 329)});—
1. 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.
2. 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).
3. to become or make into (BH 4) Dn 2:35; 4:27.
4. a. with reference to Ezr 6:8 לְמָא דִי, 7:14 (but read prob. וְעַל יְרוּשׁ׳). b. 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 +). c. as periphr. for the genitive (BH 5 c) Dn 7:1 בִּשְׁנַת חֲדָה לְ׳, Ezr 5:13; 6:3, 15^(×2); 5:8, 11. d. 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. e. according to (BH 5 i) Ezr 6:17 לְמִנְיָן … according to the number of …
5. of time, at Dn 4:26 לִקְצָת … at the end of …, v 31; to Dn 2:4, 44 + לְעָֽלְמִין.
6. 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.}.