Keraia
Lexicon

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. Zechariah 4:2אֵלַ֔י
    “What do you see?” he asked. “I see a solid gold lampstand,” I replied, “with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven spouts to the lamps.
  2. Zechariah 4:4אֶל־
    “What are these, my lord?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me.
  3. Zechariah 4:5אֵלַ֔י
    “Do you not know what they are?” replied the angel. “No, my lord,” I answered.
  4. Zechariah 4:6אֵלַי֙ · to; אֶל־
    So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.
  5. Zechariah 4:8אֵלַ֥י · to me
    Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  6. Zechariah 4:9אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ · to you
    “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent me to you.
  7. Zechariah 4:11אֵלָ֑יו · [the angel]
    Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”
  8. Zechariah 4:12אֵלָ֑יו
    And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?”
  9. Zechariah 4:13אֵלַי֙
    “Do you not know what these are?” he inquired. “No, my lord,” I replied.
  10. Zechariah 5:2אֵלַ֔י
    “What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”
  11. Zechariah 5:3אֵלַ֔י · me
    Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.
  12. Zechariah 5:4אֶל־; וְאֶל־
    I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”
  13. Zechariah 5:5אֵלַ֔י · me
    Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching.”
  14. Zechariah 5:8אֶל־ · into; אֶל־ · over
    “This is Wickedness,” he said. And he shoved her down into the basket, pushing down the lead cover over its opening.
  15. Zechariah 5:10אֶל־
    “Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me.
  16. Zechariah 5:11אֵלַ֔י · me
    “To build a house for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “And when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its pedestal.”
  17. Zechariah 6:4אֶל־ · of
    So I inquired of the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”
  18. Zechariah 6:5אֵלָ֑י · me
    And the angel told me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth from their station before the Lord of all the earth.
  19. Zechariah 6:6אֶל־ · toward; אֶל־ · toward; אֶל־ · toward
    The one with the black horses is going toward the land of the north, the one with the white horses toward the west, and the one with the dappled horses toward the south.”
  20. Zechariah 6:8אֵלַ֖י · to; אֶל־
    Then the LORD summoned me and said, “Behold, those going to the land of the north have given rest to My Spirit in the land of the north.”
  21. Zechariah 6:9אֵלַ֥י · to me
    The word of the LORD also came to me, saying,
  22. Zechariah 6:12אֵלָיו֙
    And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build the temple of the LORD.
  23. Zechariah 6:15אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם · to you
    Even those far away will come and build the temple of the LORD, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you. This will happen if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.”
  24. Zechariah 7:1אֶל־ · to
    In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.
  25. Zechariah 7:3אֶל־; וְאֶל־ · as well as
    …by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”
  26. Zechariah 7:4אֵלַ֥י · to me
    Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,
  27. Zechariah 7:5אֶל־; וְאֶל־
    “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?
  28. Zechariah 7:8אֶל־ · to
    Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,
  29. Zechariah 8:3אֶל־ · to
    This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”
  30. Zechariah 8:18אֵלַ֥י · to me
    Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,
  31. Zechariah 8:21אֶל־ · to
    …and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: ‘Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’
  32. Zechariah 10:10וְאֶל־ · them
    I will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon until no more room is found for them.
  33. Zechariah 11:12אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם · them
    Then I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.
  34. Zechariah 11:13אֵלַ֗י · it to; אֶל־ · to me; אֶל־ · to
    And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
  35. Zechariah 11:15אֵלָ֑י · to me
    And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
  36. Zechariah 12:10אֵלַ֖י · on Me
    Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
  37. Zechariah 13:3אֵ֠לָיו · to him
    And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.
  38. Zechariah 13:6אֵלָ֔יו · him
    If someone asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest?’ he will answer, ‘These are the wounds I received in the house of my friends.’
  39. Zechariah 14:2אֶֽל־ · against
    For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.
  40. Zechariah 14:5אֶל־ · to
    You will flee by My mountain valley, for it will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with Him.