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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 48:3אֵלַ֥י · to me
    Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me
  2. Genesis 48:4אֵלַ֗י · me
    …and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’
  3. Genesis 48:5אֵלֶ֛יךָ · to you
    And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
  4. Genesis 48:9אֶל־ · to; אֵלַ֖י · to me
    Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”
  5. Genesis 48:10אֵלָ֔יו · [his sons] to him
    Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
  6. Genesis 48:11אֶל־ · to
    “I never expected to see your face again,” Israel said to Joseph, “but now God has let me see your children as well.”
  7. Genesis 48:13אֵלָֽיו׃ · to him
    And Joseph took both of them—with Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand—and brought them close to him.
  8. Genesis 48:18אֶל־
    “Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
  9. Genesis 48:21אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · back to
    Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
  10. Genesis 49:1אֶל־
    Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:
  11. Genesis 49:2אֶל־ · to
    Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.
  12. Genesis 49:29אֲלֵהֶם֙ · to; אֶל־ · with; אֶל־ · in; אֶל־
    Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
  13. Genesis 49:33אֶל־ · into; אֶל־ · to
    When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.
  14. Genesis 50:4אֶל־ · to
    When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that
  15. Genesis 50:16אֶל־ · to
    So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded,
  16. Genesis 50:17אֵלָֽיו׃ · came to him
    ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
  17. Genesis 50:19אֲלֵהֶ֛ם
    But Joseph replied, “Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God?
  18. Genesis 50:24אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to
    Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
  19. Exodus 1:9אֶל־ · to
    “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
  20. Exodus 1:17אֲלֵיהֶ֖ן
    The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
  21. Exodus 1:19אֶל־; אֲלֵהֶ֛ן
    The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”
  22. Exodus 2:7אֶל־ · to
    Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”
  23. Exodus 2:11אֶל־ · to
    One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.
  24. Exodus 2:18אֶל־ · to
    When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”
  25. Exodus 2:20אֶל־
    “So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.”
  26. Exodus 2:23אֶל־ · to
    After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
  27. Exodus 3:1אֶל־ · to
    Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
  28. Exodus 3:2אֵלָ֛יו · to him
    There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.
  29. Exodus 3:4אֵלָ֨יו · to him
    When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.
  30. Exodus 3:6אֶל־ · at
    Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
  31. Exodus 3:8אֶל־ · to; אֶל־; אֶל־
    I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
  32. Exodus 3:9אֵלָ֑י · Me
    And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.
  33. Exodus 3:10אֶל־ · you to
    Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”
  34. Exodus 3:11אֶל־; אֶל־ · to
    But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
  35. Exodus 3:13אֶל־; אֶל־ · to; אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם · to you; אֲלֵהֶֽם׃ · them
    Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?”
  36. Exodus 3:14אֶל־ · to
    God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”