le.vat marks accompaniment or association in the report that the Judahites went up from the king’s presence.

The attested prepositional use marks an association in the report that the Judahites had gone up in connection with the king before coming to Jerusalem.

1. Preposition marking association with a party · dominant

   The form לְוָתָ֔ is tagged as a preposition in Ezra 4:12, within the report about the Judahites who went up and then came to Jerusalem. In Ezra 4:12 the APB renders the relevant wording "who went up from with you," presenting the association in relation to the king.

   Ezra 4:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezra 4:12, the APB includes "from with you" in its translation of the report. The lemma’s precise contribution cannot be isolated beyond the clause’s association relation.