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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. Nahum 3:5אֵלַ֗יִךְ · I [am] against you
    “Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms.
  2. Habakkuk 1:2אֵלֶ֛יךָ · to You
    How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
  3. Habakkuk 1:13אֶל־
    Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
  4. Habakkuk 2:5אֵלָיו֙ · to himself; אֵלָ֖יו · as his own
    …and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
  5. Zephaniah 1:1אֶל־ · to
    This is the word of the LORD that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah:
  6. Zephaniah 3:2אֶל־ · to
    She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.
  7. Zephaniah 3:9אֶל־ · to
    For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.
  8. Haggai 1:1אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־ · and to
    In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating
  9. Haggai 1:6אֶל־ · to put into
    You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”
  10. Haggai 1:9אֶל־
    You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.
  11. Haggai 2:2אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־ · and to; וְאֶל־ · and also to
    “Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and also to the remnant of the people. Ask them,
  12. Haggai 2:10אֶל־ · to
    On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Haggai the prophet, saying,
  13. Haggai 2:12אֶל־; וְאֶל־; וְאֶל־; וְאֶל־; וְאֶל־
    If a man carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does that item become holy?’” “No,” replied the priests.
  14. Haggai 2:15אֶל־ · on
    Now consider carefully from this day forward: Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD,
  15. Haggai 2:16אֶל־ · expecting; אֶל־ · to
    …from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.
  16. Haggai 2:17אֵלַ֖י · turn to Me
    I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.
  17. Haggai 2:20אֶל־ · to
    For the second time that day, the twenty-fourth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to Haggai, saying,
  18. Haggai 2:21אֶל־
    “Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth:
  19. Zechariah 1:1אֶל־ · to
    In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying:
  20. Zechariah 1:3אֲלֵהֶ֗ם · [the people]; אֵלַ֔י · to Me; אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם · to you
    So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’
  21. Zechariah 1:4אֲלֵיהֶם֩; אֵלַ֖י · to Me
    Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.
  22. Zechariah 1:7אֶל־ · to
    On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo.
  23. Zechariah 1:9אֵלַ֗י
    “What are these, my lord?” I asked. And the angel who was speaking with me replied, “I will show you what they are.”
  24. Zechariah 1:14אֵלַ֗י
    Then the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,
  25. Zechariah 1:19אֶל־; אֵלַ֔י · me
    So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these?” And he told me, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
  26. Zechariah 1:21אֶל־ · against
    “What are these coming to do?” I asked. And He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head; but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations that have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”
  27. Zechariah 2:2אֵלַ֗י
    “Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.”
  28. Zechariah 2:4אֵלָ֔ו · to him; אֶל־
    …and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.
  29. Zechariah 2:8אֶל־ · against
    For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
  30. Zechariah 2:11אֶל־ · themselves to; אֵלָֽיִךְ׃ · to you
    “On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.
  31. Zechariah 3:2אֶל־ · to
    And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?”
  32. Zechariah 3:4אֶל־ · to; אֵלָ֗יו · to [Joshua]
    So the angel said to those standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have removed your iniquity, and I will clothe you with splendid robes.”
  33. Zechariah 3:10אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־ · and
    On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, you will each invite your neighbor to sit under your own vine and fig tree.’”