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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. Numbers 11:24אֶל־ · to
    So Moses went out and relayed to the people the words of the LORD, and he gathered seventy of the elders of the people and had them stand around the tent.
  2. Numbers 11:25אֵלָיו֒ · to him
    Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.
  3. Numbers 11:30אֶל־ · to
    Then Moses returned to the camp, along with the elders of Israel.
  4. Numbers 12:4אֶל־ · to; וְאֶֽל־; וְאֶל־; אֶל־ · to
    And suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “You three, come out to the Tent of Meeting.” So the three went out,
  5. Numbers 12:6אֵלָ֣יו · to him
    He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
  6. Numbers 12:8אֶל־ · to
    I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”
  7. Numbers 12:10אֶל־ · toward
    As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous,
  8. Numbers 12:11אֶל־ · to
    …and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.
  9. Numbers 12:13אֶל־ · to
    So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!”
  10. Numbers 12:14אֶל־
    But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”
  11. Numbers 13:1אֶל־ · to
    And the LORD said to Moses,
  12. Numbers 13:17אֲלֵהֶ֗ם · them
    When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev and into the hill country.
  13. Numbers 13:26אֶל־ · to; וְאֶֽל־; וְאֶל־; אֶל־ · in
    …and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.
  14. Numbers 13:27אֶל־ · into
    And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!
  15. Numbers 13:30אֶל־ · before
    Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!”
  16. Numbers 13:31אֶל־ · against
    But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”
  17. Numbers 13:32אֶל־
    So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature.
  18. Numbers 14:2אֲלֵהֶ֜ם · to them
    All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!
  19. Numbers 14:3אֶל־ · into
    Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
  20. Numbers 14:4אֶל־ · to
    So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”
  21. Numbers 14:7אֶל־ · to
    …and said to the whole congregation of Israel, “The land we passed through and explored is an exceedingly good land.
  22. Numbers 14:8אֶל־ · into
    If the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us.
  23. Numbers 14:10אֶֽל־ · to
    But the whole congregation threatened to stone Joshua and Caleb. Then the glory of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting.
  24. Numbers 14:11אֶל־ · to
    And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?
  25. Numbers 14:13אֶל־ · to
    But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them.
  26. Numbers 14:14אֶל־ · to
    And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
  27. Numbers 14:16אֶל־ · into
    ‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’
  28. Numbers 14:24אֶל־ · into
    But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.
  29. Numbers 14:26אֶל־ · to; וְאֶֽל־
    Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
  30. Numbers 14:28אֲלֵהֶ֗ם
    So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say.
  31. Numbers 14:30אֶל־
    Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
  32. Numbers 14:39אֶֽל־ · to
    And when Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned bitterly.
  33. Numbers 14:40אֶל־ · toward; אֶל־ · to
    Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed sinned,” they said, “but we will go to the place the LORD has promised.”
  34. Numbers 14:44אֶל־ · to
    But they dared to go up to the ridge of the hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the covenant of the LORD moved from the camp.
  35. Numbers 15:1אֶל־ · to
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  36. Numbers 15:2אֶל־ · to; אֲלֵהֶ֑ם; אֶל־
    “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: After you enter the land that I am giving you as a home
  37. Numbers 15:17אֶל־
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  38. Numbers 15:18אֶל־ · to; אֲלֵהֶ֑ם; אֶל־
    “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land to which I am bringing you