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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 24:23אֶל־ · to; אֶל־
    Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  2. Leviticus 25:1אֶל־ · to
    Then the LORD said to Moses on Mount Sinai,
  3. Leviticus 25:2אֶל־ · to; אֲלֵהֶ֔ם; אֶל־
    “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath to the LORD.
  4. Leviticus 25:10אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to
    So you are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and to his clan.
  5. Leviticus 25:13אֶל־ · to
    In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return to his own property.
  6. Leviticus 25:25אֵלָ֔יו
    If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his nearest of kin may come and redeem what his brother has sold.
  7. Leviticus 25:41אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־ · and to
    Then he and his children are to be released, and he may return to his clan and to the property of his fathers.
  8. Leviticus 26:9אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם · toward you
    I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.
  9. Leviticus 26:25אֶל־ · into
    And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
  10. Leviticus 27:1אֶל־ · to
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  11. Leviticus 27:2אֶל־ · to; אֲלֵהֶ֔ם · to them
    “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When someone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the value of persons,
  12. Leviticus 27:34אֶל־ · for
    These are the commandments that the LORD gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.
  13. Numbers 1:1אֶל־ · to
    On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:
  14. Numbers 1:48אֶל־
    For the LORD had said to Moses:
  15. Numbers 2:1אֶל־ · to; וְאֶֽל־
    Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron:
  16. Numbers 3:5אֶל־ · to
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  17. Numbers 3:11אֶל־ · to
    Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
  18. Numbers 3:14אֶל־ · to
    Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, saying,
  19. Numbers 3:40אֶל־
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Number every firstborn male of the Israelites a month old or more, and list their names.
  20. Numbers 3:44אֶל־ · to
    Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
  21. Numbers 4:1אֶל־ · to; וְאֶֽל־
    Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
  22. Numbers 4:10אֶל־ · inside
    Then they shall wrap it and all its utensils inside a covering of fine leather and put it on the carrying frame.
  23. Numbers 4:12אֶל־ · in
    They are to take all the utensils for serving in the sanctuary, place them in a blue cloth, cover them with fine leather, and put them on the carrying frame.
  24. Numbers 4:15אֶל־
    When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the Tent of Meeting.
  25. Numbers 4:17אֶל־ · to; וְאֶֽל־
    Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
  26. Numbers 4:19וְאֶל־
    In order that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and what he is to carry.
  27. Numbers 4:21אֶל־ · to
    And the LORD said to Moses,
  28. Numbers 5:1אֶל־ · to
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  29. Numbers 5:3אֶל־
    You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”
  30. Numbers 5:4אֶל־; אֶל־
    So the Israelites did this, sending such people outside the camp. They did just as the LORD had instructed Moses.
  31. Numbers 5:5אֶל־ · to
    And the LORD said to Moses,
  32. Numbers 5:6אֶל־
    “Tell the Israelites that when a man or woman acts unfaithfully against the LORD by committing any sin against another, that person is guilty
  33. Numbers 5:8אֵלָ֔יו
    But if the man has no relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest along with the ram of atonement, by which the atonement is made for him.
  34. Numbers 5:11אֶל־ · to
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  35. Numbers 5:12אֶל־ · to; אֲלֵהֶ֑ם
    “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him
  36. Numbers 5:15אֶל־ · to
    …then he is to bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring for her an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, an offering of memorial as a reminder of iniquity.
  37. Numbers 5:17אֶל־ · into
    Then he is to take some holy water in a clay jar and put some of the dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.
  38. Numbers 5:19אֶל־ · to
    And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.
  39. Numbers 5:23אֶל־ · into
    And the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.