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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 35:1אֵלַ֥י · to me
    Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  2. Ezekiel 35:3אֵלֶ֖יךָ · I am against you
    …and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste.
  3. Ezekiel 36:1אֶל־ · to
    “And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.
  4. Ezekiel 36:9אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם · I am on your side; אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם · toward you
    For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown.
  5. Ezekiel 36:15אֵלַ֤יִךְ · against you
    I will no longer allow the taunts of the nations to be heard against you, and you will no longer endure the reproach of the peoples or cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord GOD.”
  6. Ezekiel 36:16אֵלַ֥י · to me
    Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  7. Ezekiel 36:20אֶל־
    And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.’
  8. Ezekiel 36:24אֶל־ · back into
    For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.
  9. Ezekiel 36:29אֶל־
    I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and I will not bring famine upon you.
  10. Ezekiel 37:3אֵלַ֔י · me
    Then He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones come to life?” “O Lord GOD,” I replied, “only You know.”
  11. Ezekiel 37:4אֵלַ֔י · to me; אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם · them
    And He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and tell them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!
  12. Ezekiel 37:7אֶל־ · to
    So I prophesied as I had been commanded. And as I prophesied, there was suddenly a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to bone.
  13. Ezekiel 37:9אֵלַ֔י · to me; אֶל־ · to; אֶל־
    Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord GOD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, so that they may live!”
  14. Ezekiel 37:11אֵלַי֒ · to me
    Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
  15. Ezekiel 37:12אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם · them; אֶל־ · to
    Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel.
  16. Ezekiel 37:15אֵלַ֥י · to me
    Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  17. Ezekiel 37:17אֶל־
    Then join them together into one stick, so that they become one in your hand.
  18. Ezekiel 37:18אֵלֶ֔יךָ · you
    When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you explain to us what you mean by these?’
  19. Ezekiel 37:19אֲלֵהֶ֗ם · them
    …you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will put them together with the stick of Judah. I will make them into a single stick, and they will become one in My hand.’
  20. Ezekiel 37:21אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם · them; אֶל־ · into
    …you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land.
  21. Ezekiel 38:1אֵלַ֥י · to me
    And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  22. Ezekiel 38:2אֶל־ · against
    “Son of man, set your face against Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him
  23. Ezekiel 38:3אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ · I am against you
    …and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
  24. Ezekiel 38:8אֶל־
    After a long time you will be summoned. In the latter years you will enter a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and all now dwell securely.
  25. Ezekiel 38:12וְאֶל־ · and against
    …in order to seize the spoil and carry off the plunder, to turn a hand against the desolate places now inhabited and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and possessions and who live at the center of the land.’
  26. Ezekiel 39:1אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ · I am against you
    “As for you, O son of man, prophesy against Gog and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
  27. Ezekiel 39:15אֶל־ · it in
    As they pass through the land, anyone who sees a human bone will set up a pillar next to it, until the gravediggers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-gog.
  28. Ezekiel 39:28אֶל־ · among
    Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, when I regather them to their own land, not leaving any of them behind after their exile among the nations.
  29. Ezekiel 40:2אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · on
    In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city.
  30. Ezekiel 40:4אֵלַ֜י · to me
    “Son of man,” he said to me, “look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for that is why you have been brought here. Report to the house of Israel everything you see.”
  31. Ezekiel 40:6אֶל־ · to
    Then he came to the gate facing east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate to be one rod deep.
  32. Ezekiel 40:14וְאֶל־ · to
    Next he measured the gateposts to be sixty cubits high. The gateway extended around to the gatepost of the courtyard.
  33. Ezekiel 40:16אֶֽל־ · had; וְאֶל֩; וְאֶל־
    The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees.
  34. Ezekiel 40:17אֶל־ · into; אֶל־ · faced
    Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a pavement laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement,
  35. Ezekiel 40:18אֶל־
    …which flanked the gateways and corresponded to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement.
  36. Ezekiel 40:23אֶל־ · to
    There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured the distance from gateway to gateway to be a hundred cubits.
  37. Ezekiel 40:26אֶל־ · on
    Seven steps led up to it, and its portico was opposite them; it had palm trees on its side pillars, one on each side.
  38. Ezekiel 40:27אֶל־ · to
    The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured the distance from gateway to gateway toward the south to be a hundred cubits.
  39. Ezekiel 40:28אֶל־ · into
    Next he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements as the others.
  40. Ezekiel 40:31אֶל־ · faced
    Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees. Eight steps led up to it.