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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. Exodus 3:14אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ · to you
    God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
  2. Exodus 3:15אֶל־; אֶל־ · to; אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם · to you
    God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.
  3. Exodus 3:16אֲלֵהֶם֙ · to them; אֵלַ֔י · to me
    Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.
  4. Exodus 3:17אֶל־ · into; אֶל־
    And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
  5. Exodus 3:18אֶל־ · to; אֵלָיו֙ · him
    The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’
  6. Exodus 4:1אֵלֶ֖יךָ · to you
    Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”
  7. Exodus 4:2אֵלָ֛יו · him
    And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.
  8. Exodus 4:4אֶל־ · to
    “Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail,” the LORD said to Moses, who reached out his hand and caught the snake, and it turned back into a staff in his hand.
  9. Exodus 4:5אֵלֶ֛יךָ · to you
    “This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”
  10. Exodus 4:7אֶל־ · inside; אֶל־ · inside
    “Put your hand back inside your cloak,” said the LORD. So Moses put his hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his skin.
  11. Exodus 4:10אֶל־; אֶל־ · to
    “Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”
  12. Exodus 4:11אֵלָ֗יו · to him
    And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
  13. Exodus 4:15אֵלָ֔יו · to him
    You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
  14. Exodus 4:16אֶל־ · to
    He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.
  15. Exodus 4:18אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to
    Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.
  16. Exodus 4:19אֶל־ · to
    Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”
  17. Exodus 4:21אֶל־
    The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
  18. Exodus 4:22אֶל־
    Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,
  19. Exodus 4:23אֵלֶ֗יךָ
    …and I told you to let My son go so that he may worship Me. But since you have refused to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son!’”
  20. Exodus 4:27אֶֽל־ · to
    Meanwhile, the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him.
  21. Exodus 4:30אֶל־ · to
    …and Aaron relayed everything the LORD had said to Moses. And Moses performed the signs before the people,
  22. Exodus 5:1אֶל־ · to
    After that, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”
  23. Exodus 5:4אֲלֵהֶם֙ · to them
    But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labor!”
  24. Exodus 5:10אֶל־ · to
    So the taskmasters and foremen of the people went out and said to them, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I am no longer giving you straw.
  25. Exodus 5:15אֶל־ · to
    So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?
  26. Exodus 5:21אֲלֵהֶ֔ם
    “May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”
  27. Exodus 5:22אֶל־ · to
    So Moses returned to the LORD and asked, “Lord, why have You brought trouble upon this people? Is this why You sent me?
  28. Exodus 5:23אֶל־ · to
    Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and You have not delivered Your people in any way.”
  29. Exodus 6:1אֶל־ · to
    But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”
  30. Exodus 6:2אֶל־; אֵלָ֖יו
    God also told Moses, “I am the LORD.
  31. Exodus 6:3אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to; וְאֶֽל־ · and to
    I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.
  32. Exodus 6:8אֶל־ · into
    And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”
  33. Exodus 6:9אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to
    Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.
  34. Exodus 6:10אֶל־ · to
    So the LORD said to Moses,
  35. Exodus 6:11אֶל־
    “Go and tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his land.”
  36. Exodus 6:12אֵלַ֔י · to me
    But in the LORD’s presence Moses replied, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, then why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I am unskilled in speech?”
  37. Exodus 6:13אֶל־ · to; וְאֶֽל־ · concerning
    Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge concerning both the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.