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אֶל

elto(wards)How to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentPreposition5,513 occurrences38 books4,204 verses

Definition

(but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or among; often in general, to
Traditional renderings: about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, × hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אֶל:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

5,513 total
  1. Genesis 1:9אֶל־ · into
    And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
  2. Genesis 2:19אֶל־ · to
    And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
  3. Genesis 2:22אֶל־ · to
    And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.
  4. Genesis 3:1אֶל־ · to
    Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
  5. Genesis 3:2אֶל־
    The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,
  6. Genesis 3:4אֶל־
    “You will not surely die,” the serpent told the woman.
  7. Genesis 3:9אֶל־ · to
    But the LORD God called out to the man, “Where are you?”
  8. Genesis 3:14אֶֽל־ · to
    So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.
  9. Genesis 3:16אֶֽל־ · To; וְאֶל־ · [will be] for
    To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
  10. Genesis 3:19אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־ · and to
    By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
  11. Genesis 4:4אֶל־ · on; וְאֶל־ · and
    …while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
  12. Genesis 4:5וְאֶל־ · but; וְאֶל־ · for
    …but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
  13. Genesis 4:6אֶל־ · to
    “Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen?
  14. Genesis 4:7וְאֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ · you
    If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”
  15. Genesis 4:8אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · against
    Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
  16. Genesis 4:9אֶל־ · to
    And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
  17. Genesis 4:10אֵלַ֖י · to Me
    “What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
  18. Genesis 4:13אֶל־ · to
    But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.
  19. Genesis 6:4אֶל־
    The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.
  20. Genesis 6:6אֶל־ · in
    And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
  21. Genesis 6:16וְאֶל־
    You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.
  22. Genesis 6:18אֶל־
    But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.
  23. Genesis 6:19אֶל־ · into
    And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.
  24. Genesis 6:20אֵלֶ֖יךָ · to you
    Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.
  25. Genesis 6:21אֵלֶ֑יךָ · for yourselves
    You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals.”
  26. Genesis 7:1אֶל־ · into
    Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
  27. Genesis 7:7אֶל־
    And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
  28. Genesis 7:9אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to enter
    …came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.
  29. Genesis 7:13אֶל־
    On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—
  30. Genesis 7:15אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to enter
    They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.
  31. Genesis 8:9אֵלָיו֙ · to him; אֶל־ · in; אֵלָ֖יו · back; אֶל־ · inside
    But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.
  32. Genesis 8:11אֵלָ֤יו · to him
    And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.
  33. Genesis 8:12אֵלָ֖יו · to him
    And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.
  34. Genesis 8:15אֶל־ · to
    Then God said to Noah,
  35. Genesis 8:21אֶל־ · in
    When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
  36. Genesis 9:8אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־
    Then God said to Noah and his sons with him,
  37. Genesis 9:17אֶל־ · to
    So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.”
  38. Genesis 11:3אֶל־ · to
    And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
  39. Genesis 12:1אֶל־ · to
    Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.