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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. Leviticus 10:4אֶל־
    Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come here; carry the bodies of your cousins outside the camp, away from the front of the sanctuary.”
  2. Leviticus 10:5אֶל־
    So they came forward and carried them, still in their tunics, outside the camp, as Moses had directed.
  3. Leviticus 10:6אֶֽל־ · to
    Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may mourn on account of the fire that the LORD has ignited.
  4. Leviticus 10:8אֶֽל־ · to
    Then the LORD said to Aaron,
  5. Leviticus 10:9אֶל־
    “You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come.
  6. Leviticus 10:11אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם · them
    …so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”
  7. Leviticus 10:12אֶֽל־ · to; וְאֶ֣ל; וְאֶל־
    And Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that remains from the food offerings to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar, because it is most holy.
  8. Leviticus 10:18אֶל־
    Since its blood was not brought inside the holy place, you should have eaten it in the sanctuary area, as I commanded.”
  9. Leviticus 10:19אֶל־ · to
    But Aaron replied to Moses, “Behold, this very day they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD. Since these things have happened to me, if I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been acceptable in the sight of the LORD?”
  10. Leviticus 11:1אֶל־ · to; וְאֶֽל־; אֲלֵהֶֽם׃ · them
    The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them,
  11. Leviticus 11:2אֶל־ · to
    “Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat:
  12. Leviticus 11:33אֶל־ · into
    If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean; you must break the pot.
  13. Leviticus 12:1אֶל־ · to
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  14. Leviticus 12:2אֶל־ · to
    “Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.
  15. Leviticus 12:4וְאֶל־ · into
    The woman shall continue in purification from her bleeding for thirty-three days. She must not touch anything sacred or go into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are complete.
  16. Leviticus 12:6אֶל־ · at; אֶל־ · to
    When the days of her purification are complete, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.
  17. Leviticus 13:1אֶל־ · to; וְאֶֽל־
    Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
  18. Leviticus 13:2אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to
    “When someone has a swelling or rash or bright spot on his skin that may be an infectious skin disease, he must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest.
  19. Leviticus 13:7אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to
    But if the rash spreads further on his skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he must present himself again to the priest.
  20. Leviticus 13:9אֶל־ · to
    When anyone develops a skin disease, he must be brought to the priest.
  21. Leviticus 13:16אֶל־ · to
    But if the raw flesh changes and turns white, he must go to the priest.
  22. Leviticus 13:19אֶל־ · to
    …and a white swelling or a reddish-white spot develops where the boil was, he must present himself to the priest.
  23. Leviticus 14:1אֶל־ · to
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  24. Leviticus 14:2אֶל־ · to
    “This is the law for the one afflicted with a skin disease on the day of his cleansing, when he is brought to the priest.
  25. Leviticus 14:3אֶל־
    The priest is to go outside the camp to examine him, and if the skin disease of the afflicted person has healed,
  26. Leviticus 14:5אֶל־ · in
    Then the priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered over fresh water in a clay pot.
  27. Leviticus 14:8אֶל־
    The one being cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. Afterward, he may enter the camp, but he must remain outside his tent for seven days.
  28. Leviticus 14:23אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · at
    On the eighth day he is to bring them for his cleansing to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD.
  29. Leviticus 14:33אֶל־ · to; וְאֶֽל־
    Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
  30. Leviticus 14:34אֶל־
    “When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your possession, and I put a contamination of mildew into a house in that land,
  31. Leviticus 14:38אֶל־
    …the priest shall go outside the doorway of the house and close it up for seven days.
  32. Leviticus 14:40אֶל־ · into; אֶל־
    …he must order that the contaminated stones be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.
  33. Leviticus 14:41אֶל־ · into; אֶל־
    And he shall have the inside of the house scraped completely and the plaster that is scraped off dumped into an unclean place outside the city.
  34. Leviticus 14:42אֶל־
    So different stones must be obtained to replace the contaminated ones, as well as additional mortar to replaster the house.
  35. Leviticus 14:45אֶל־ · to; אֶל־
    It must be torn down with its stones, its timbers, and all its plaster, and taken outside the city to an unclean place.
  36. Leviticus 14:46אֶל־
    Anyone who enters the house during any of the days that it is closed up will be unclean until evening.
  37. Leviticus 14:50אֶל־ · over
    …and he shall slaughter one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot.