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 14:8אֶל־ · of it toward; אֶל־ · toward
    And on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike.
  2. Zechariah 14:17אֶל־ · to
    And should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, then the rain will not fall on them.
  3. Malachi 1:1אֶל־ · to
    This is the burden of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi:
  4. Malachi 2:1אֲלֵיכֶ֛ם · is for you
    “And now this decree is for you, O priests:
  5. Malachi 2:3אֵלָֽיו׃ · with it
    Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.
  6. Malachi 2:4אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם · you
    Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts.
  7. Malachi 2:13אֶל־
    And this is another thing you do: You cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and groaning, because He no longer regards your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands.
  8. Malachi 3:1אֶל־ · to
    “Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.
  9. Malachi 3:5אֲלֵיכֶם֮ · to you
    “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
  10. Malachi 3:7אֵלַי֙ · to Me; אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם · to you
    Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’
  11. Malachi 3:10אֶל־ · into
    Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.