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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. Ezekiel 29:18אֶל־ · against
    “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.
  2. Ezekiel 30:1אֵלַ֥י · to me
    Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  3. Ezekiel 30:20אֵלַ֥י · to me
    In the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  4. Ezekiel 30:22אֶל־ · I am against
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand.
  5. Ezekiel 30:25אֶל־ · it against
    I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king, but Pharaoh’s arms will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I place My sword in the hand of Babylon’s king, and he wields it against the land of Egypt.
  6. Ezekiel 31:1אֵלַ֥י · to me
    In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  7. Ezekiel 31:2אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־ · and to; אֶל־
    “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: ‘Who can be compared to your greatness?
  8. Ezekiel 31:4אֶ֖ל · to
    The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field.
  9. Ezekiel 31:7אֶל־ · to
    It was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its limbs, for its roots extended to abundant waters.
  10. Ezekiel 31:8אֶל־ · with; אֵלָ֖יו · with
    The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.
  11. Ezekiel 31:10אֶל־
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,
  12. Ezekiel 31:12אֶל־ · on
    Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.
  13. Ezekiel 31:13וְאֶל־ · among
    All the birds of the air nested on its fallen trunk, and all the beasts of the field lived among its boughs.
  14. Ezekiel 31:14אֶל־; אֶל־ · to; אֶל־
    This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.’
  15. Ezekiel 31:17אֶל־ · to
    They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies they had lived in its shade among the nations.
  16. Ezekiel 31:18אֶל־; אֶל־
    Who then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.’”
  17. Ezekiel 32:1אֵלַ֥י · to me
    In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  18. Ezekiel 32:2אֵלָ֔יו · to him
    “Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’
  19. Ezekiel 32:6אֶל־ · all the way to
    I will drench the land with the flow of your blood, all the way to the mountains—the ravines will be filled.
  20. Ezekiel 32:17אֵלַ֥י · to me
    In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  21. Ezekiel 32:18אֶל־ · to
    “Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:
  22. Ezekiel 32:24אֶל־ · to
    Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.
  23. Ezekiel 33:1אֵלַ֥י · to me
    Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  24. Ezekiel 33:2אֶל־ · to; אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם · them
    “Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: ‘Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,
  25. Ezekiel 33:10אֶל־
    Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this is what they have said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy upon us, and we are wasting away because of them! How can we live?’
  26. Ezekiel 33:11אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם · to them
    Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
  27. Ezekiel 33:12אֶל־ · to
    Therefore, son of man, say to your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. Nor will the righteous man be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.’
  28. Ezekiel 33:21אֵלַ֨י · to me
    In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!”
  29. Ezekiel 33:22אֵלַ֜י · upon me; אֵלַ֖י · to me
    Now the evening before the fugitive arrived, the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute.
  30. Ezekiel 33:23אֵלַ֥י · to me
    Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  31. Ezekiel 33:25אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם · them; אֶל־ · to
    Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?
  32. Ezekiel 33:27אֲלֵהֶ֜ם · them
    Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.
  33. Ezekiel 33:31אֵ֠לֶיךָ · to you
    So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
  34. Ezekiel 34:1אֵלַ֥י · to me
    Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  35. Ezekiel 34:2אֲלֵיהֶ֨ם
    “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?
  36. Ezekiel 34:10אֶֽל־ · I [am] against
    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer feed themselves. For I will deliver My flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.’
  37. Ezekiel 34:13אֶל־ · into; אֶל־ · on
    I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land.
  38. Ezekiel 34:14אֶל־ · on
    I will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.
  39. Ezekiel 34:20אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם · to them
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says to them: ‘Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
  40. Ezekiel 34:21אֶל־
    Since you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak ones with your horns until you have scattered them abroad,