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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 31:18אֶל־
    When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.
  2. Exodus 32:1אֵלָיו֙
    Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”
  3. Exodus 32:2אֲלֵהֶם֙ · them; אֵלָֽי׃ · to me
    So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”
  4. Exodus 32:3אֶֽל־ · to
    Then all the people took off their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron.
  5. Exodus 32:7אֶל־ · to
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.
  6. Exodus 32:9אֶל־ · to
    The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
  7. Exodus 32:13אֲלֵהֶ֔ם
    Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”
  8. Exodus 32:17אֶל־ · to
    When Joshua heard the sound of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “The sound of war is in the camp.”
  9. Exodus 32:19אֶל־
    As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.
  10. Exodus 32:21אֶֽל־
    “What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”
  11. Exodus 32:26אֵלָ֑י · come to me; אֵלָ֖יו · around him
    So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.
  12. Exodus 32:30אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to
    The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”
  13. Exodus 32:31אֶל־ · to
    So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves.
  14. Exodus 32:33אֶל־ · to
    The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book.
  15. Exodus 32:34אֶ֤ל · to [the place]
    Now go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.”
  16. Exodus 33:1אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · [and go] to
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of the land of Egypt, and go to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’
  17. Exodus 33:3אֶל־ · Go up to
    Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”
  18. Exodus 33:5אֶל־ · to; אֶל־
    For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’”
  19. Exodus 33:7אֶל־ · to
    Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it at a distance outside the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting, and anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp.
  20. Exodus 33:8אֶל־ · to
    Then, whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would stand at the entrances to their own tents and watch Moses until he entered the tent.
  21. Exodus 33:11אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to
    Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent.
  22. Exodus 33:12אֶל־ · to; אֵלַי֙
    Then Moses said to the LORD, “Look, You have been telling me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have found favor in My sight.’
  23. Exodus 33:15אֵלָ֑יו
    “If Your Presence does not go with us,” Moses replied, “do not lead us up from here.
  24. Exodus 33:17אֶל־ · to
    So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”
  25. Exodus 34:1אֶל־ · to
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
  26. Exodus 34:2אֶל־
    Be ready in the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai to present yourself before Me on the mountaintop.
  27. Exodus 34:3אֶל־ · in front of
    No one may go up with you; in fact, no one may be seen anywhere on the mountain—not even the flocks or herds may graze in front of the mountain.”
  28. Exodus 34:4אֶל־
    So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him.
  29. Exodus 34:27אֶל־ · to
    The LORD also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
  30. Exodus 34:30אֵלָֽיו׃ · him
    Aaron and all the Israelites looked at Moses, and behold, his face was radiant. And they were afraid to approach him.
  31. Exodus 34:31אֲלֵהֶם֙ · to them; אֵלָ֛יו · to him; אֲלֵהֶֽם׃ · to them
    But Moses called out to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke to them.
  32. Exodus 34:34אֶל־
    But whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would remove the veil until he came out. And when he came out, he would tell the Israelites what he had been commanded,
  33. Exodus 35:1אֲלֵהֶ֑ם · to them
    Then Moses assembled the whole congregation of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do:
  34. Exodus 35:4אֶל־
    Moses also told the whole congregation of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:
  35. Exodus 35:30אֶל־ · to
    Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
  36. Exodus 36:2אֶל־; וְאֶל־; וְאֶל֙; אֶל־
    Then Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person whom the LORD had gifted—everyone whose heart stirred him to come and do the work.