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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 40:31אֶל־
    Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees. Eight steps led up to it.
  2. Ezekiel 40:32אֶל־ · to
    And he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had the same measurements as the others.
  3. Ezekiel 40:34אֶל־; אֵלוֹ · and its side pillars
    Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.
  4. Ezekiel 40:35אֶל־ · to
    Then he brought me to the north gate and measured it. It had the same measurements as the others,
  5. Ezekiel 40:36אֵלוֹ · side pillars
    …as did its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico. It also had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
  6. Ezekiel 40:37אֶל־
    Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.
  7. Ezekiel 40:39אֲלֵיהֶם֙ · on which
    Inside the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings were to be slaughtered.
  8. Ezekiel 40:40וְאֶל־ · on; וְאֶל־ · on
    Outside, as one goes up to the entrance of the north gateway, there were two tables on one side and two more tables on the other side of the gate’s portico.
  9. Ezekiel 40:41אֲלֵיהֶ֥ם · in all
    So there were four tables inside the gateway and four outside—eight tables in all—on which the sacrifices were to be slaughtered.
  10. Ezekiel 40:42אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם · On these
    There were also four tables of dressed stone for the burnt offering, each a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit high. On these were placed the utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices.
  11. Ezekiel 40:43וְאֶל־ · was to be placed on
    The double-pronged hooks, each a handbreadth long, were fastened all around the inside of the room, and the flesh of the offering was to be placed on the tables.
  12. Ezekiel 40:44אֶל־ · [one] beside; אֶל־ · beside
    Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two chambers, one beside the north gate and facing south, and another beside the south gate and facing north.
  13. Ezekiel 40:45אֵלָ֑י · to me
    Then the man said to me: “The chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,
  14. Ezekiel 40:46אֶל־
    …and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the only Levites who may approach the LORD to minister before Him.”
  15. Ezekiel 40:48אֶל־ · to
    Then he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the side pillars of the portico to be five cubits on each side. The width of the gateway was fourteen cubits and its sidewalls were three cubits on either side.
  16. Ezekiel 40:49אֵלָ֑יו · to it; אֶל־ · by
    The portico was twenty cubits wide and twelve cubits deep, and ten steps led up to it. There were columns by the side pillars, one on each side.
  17. Ezekiel 41:1אֶל־ · into
    Then the man brought me into the outer sanctuary and measured the side pillars to be six cubits wide on each side.
  18. Ezekiel 41:4אֶל־ · [the room] adjacent to; אֵלַ֔י · to me
    Then he measured the room adjacent to the inner sanctuary to be twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”
  19. Ezekiel 41:6אֶל־ · above
    The side rooms were arranged one above another in three levels of thirty rooms each. There were ledges all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports would not be fastened into the wall of the temple itself.
  20. Ezekiel 41:9אֶל־
    The outer wall of the side rooms was five cubits thick, and the open area between the side rooms of the temple
  21. Ezekiel 41:12אֶל־ · faced
    Now the building that faced the temple courtyard on the west was seventy cubits wide, and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, with a length of ninety cubits.
  22. Ezekiel 41:15אֶל־ · facing
    Next he measured the length of the building facing the temple courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The outer sanctuary, the inner sanctuary, and the porticoes facing the court,
  23. Ezekiel 41:17וְאֶל־
    In the space above the outside of the entrance to the inner sanctuary on all the walls, spaced evenly around the inner and outer sanctuary,
  24. Ezekiel 41:19אֶל־ · [was] toward; אֶל־ · [was] toward; אֶל־ · all the way around
    …the face of a man was toward the palm tree on one side, and the face of a young lion was toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved all the way around the temple.
  25. Ezekiel 41:22אֵלַ֔י · me
    There was an altar of wood three cubits high and two cubits square. Its corners, base, and sides were of wood. And the man told me, “This is the table that is before the LORD.”
  26. Ezekiel 41:25אֲלֵיהֶ֜ן · on; אֶל־; אֶל־ · on
    Cherubim and palm trees like those on the walls were carved on the doors of the outer sanctuary, and there was a wooden canopy outside, on the front of the portico.
  27. Ezekiel 41:26אֶל־ · on
    There were beveled windows and palm trees on the sidewalls of the portico. The side rooms of the temple also had canopies.
  28. Ezekiel 42:1אֶל־ · into; אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · on
    Then the man led me out northward into the outer court, and he brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple courtyard and the outer wall on the north side.
  29. Ezekiel 42:2אֶל־
    The building with the door facing north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide.
  30. Ezekiel 42:3אֶל־
    Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court.
  31. Ezekiel 42:4אֶל־
    In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.
  32. Ezekiel 42:7אֶל־ · in
    An outer wall in front of the chambers was fifty cubits long and ran parallel to the chambers and the outer court.
  33. Ezekiel 42:10אֶל־; וְאֶל־ · and
    On the south side along the length of the wall of the outer court were chambers adjoining the courtyard and opposite the building,
  34. Ezekiel 42:13אֵלַ֗י · to me; אֶל־ · facing
    Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy.
  35. Ezekiel 42:14אֶל־ · into; אֶל־
    Once the priests have entered the holy area, they must not go out into the outer court until they have left behind the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they approach the places that are for the people.”
  36. Ezekiel 42:19אֶל־
    And he came around and measured the west side to be five hundred cubits long.