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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 43:1אֶל־ · back to
    Then the man brought me back to the gate that faces east,
  2. Ezekiel 43:3אֶל־ · by; אֶל־ · facedown
    The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when He came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the River Kebar. I fell facedown,
  3. Ezekiel 43:4אֶל־
    …and the glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east.
  4. Ezekiel 43:5אֶל־ · into
    Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
  5. Ezekiel 43:6אֵלַ֖י · to me
    While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple,
  6. Ezekiel 43:7אֵלַ֗י · to me
    …and He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile My holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and by the funeral offerings for their kings at their deaths.
  7. Ezekiel 43:13אֶל־
    These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits (a cubit and a handbreadth): Its gutter shall be a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this is the height of the altar:
  8. Ezekiel 43:16אֶ֖ל · at
    The altar hearth shall be square at its four corners, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.
  9. Ezekiel 43:17אֶ֖ל · [shall also be] square
    The ledge shall also be square, fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide, with a rim of half a cubit and a gutter of a cubit all around it. The steps of the altar shall face east.”
  10. Ezekiel 43:18אֵלַ֗י · to me
    Then He said to me: “Son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is constructed, so that burnt offerings may be sacrificed on it and blood may be splattered on it:
  11. Ezekiel 43:19אֶל־ · to; אֵלַ֗י · Me
    You are to give a young bull from the herd as a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are of the family of Zadok, who approach Me to minister before Me, declares the Lord GOD.
  12. Ezekiel 43:20וְאֶל־ · on; וְאֶֽל־
    You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and all around the rim; thus you will cleanse the altar and make atonement for it.
  13. Ezekiel 44:2אֵלַ֜י · to me
    And the LORD said to me, “This gate is to remain shut. It shall not be opened, and no man shall enter through it, because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered through it. Therefore it will remain shut.
  14. Ezekiel 44:4אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · facedown
    Then the man brought me to the front of the temple by way of the north gate. I looked and saw the glory of the LORD filling His temple, and I fell facedown.
  15. Ezekiel 44:5אֵלַ֜י · to me
    The LORD said to me: “Son of man, pay attention; look carefully with your eyes and listen closely with your ears to everything I tell you concerning all the statutes and laws of the house of the LORD. Take careful note of the entrance to the temple, along with all the exits of the sanctuary.
  16. Ezekiel 44:6אֶל־; אֶל־
    Tell the rebellious house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I have had enough of all your abominations, O house of Israel.
  17. Ezekiel 44:7אֶ֖ל · In addition
    In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.
  18. Ezekiel 44:9אֶל־
    This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.
  19. Ezekiel 44:11אֶל־ · of
    Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, having charge of the gates of the temple and ministering there. They shall slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices for the people and stand before them to minister to them.
  20. Ezekiel 44:13אֵלַי֙ · Me; אֶל־
    They must not approach Me to serve Me as priests or come near any of My holy things or the most holy things. They will bear the shame of the abominations they have committed.
  21. Ezekiel 44:15אֵלַ֖י · Me
    But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD.
  22. Ezekiel 44:16אֶל־; אֶל־ · to
    They alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister before Me. They will keep My charge.
  23. Ezekiel 44:17אֶֽל־
    When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen garments; they must not wear anything made of wool when they minister at the gates of the inner court or inside the temple.
  24. Ezekiel 44:19אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to; אֶל־
    When they go out to the outer court, to the people, they are to take off the garments in which they have ministered, leave them in the holy chambers, and dress in other clothes so that they do not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.
  25. Ezekiel 44:21אֶל־
    No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.
  26. Ezekiel 44:25וְאֶל־ · near
    A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person. However, for a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, or an unmarried sister, he may do so,
  27. Ezekiel 44:27אֶל־ · into; אֶל־ · into
    And on the day he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he must present his sin offering, declares the Lord GOD.
  28. Ezekiel 44:30אֶל־ · upon
    The best of all the firstfruits and of every contribution from all your offerings will belong to the priests. You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest, so that a blessing may rest upon your homes.
  29. Ezekiel 45:2אֶל־ · a section for
    Within this area there is to be a section for the sanctuary 500 cubits square, with 50 cubits around it for open land.
  30. Ezekiel 45:7אֶל־; וְאֶל־; אֶל־
    Now the prince will have the area bordering each side of the area formed by the holy district and the property of the city, extending westward from the western side and eastward from the eastern side, running lengthwise from the western boundary to the eastern boundary and parallel to one of the tribal portions.
  31. Ezekiel 45:11אֶל־
    The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure for both.
  32. Ezekiel 45:16אֶל־ · in
    All the people of the land must participate in this contribution for the prince in Israel.
  33. Ezekiel 45:19אֶל־ · on; וְאֶל־ · on
    And the priest is to take some of the blood from the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the gateposts of the inner court.
  34. Ezekiel 46:19אֶל־ · into; אֶל־
    Then the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate into the holy chambers facing north, which belonged to the priests, and he showed me a place there at the far western end
  35. Ezekiel 46:20אֵלַ֔י · to me; אֶל־ · into
    …and said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them into the outer court and transmit holiness to the people.”