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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. Genesis 19:5אֵלֶ֖יךָ · to you tonight; אֵלֵ֔ינוּ · to us
    They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”
  2. Genesis 19:6אֲלֵהֶ֛ם · to meet them
    Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the door behind him.
  3. Genesis 19:8אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם · to you
    Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”
  4. Genesis 19:10אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם · with them
    But the men inside reached out, pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.
  5. Genesis 19:12אֶל־ · to
    Then the two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—a son-in-law, your sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,
  6. Genesis 19:14אֶל־ · to
    So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
  7. Genesis 19:18אֲלֵהֶ֑ם
    But Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!
  8. Genesis 19:21אֵלָ֔יו
    “Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.
  9. Genesis 19:27אֶל־ · and returned to
    Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.
  10. Genesis 19:31אֶל־ · to
    One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.
  11. Genesis 19:34אֶל־ · to
    The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”
  12. Genesis 20:2אֶל־ · of
    Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
  13. Genesis 20:3אֶל־ · to
    One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
  14. Genesis 20:4אֵלֶ֑יהָ · near her
    Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?
  15. Genesis 20:6אֵלָ֨יו · to [Abimelech]; אֵלֶֽיהָ׃ · her
    Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.
  16. Genesis 20:10אֶל־
    Abimelech also asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do such a thing?”
  17. Genesis 20:13אֶ֤ל
    So when God had me journey from my father’s house, I said to Sarah, ‘This is how you can show your loyalty to me: Wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”
  18. Genesis 20:17אֶל־ · to
    Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children—
  19. Genesis 21:12אֶל־ · to; אֵלֶ֛יךָ · you
    But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.
  20. Genesis 21:14אֶל־
    Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
  21. Genesis 21:17אֶל־ · to; אֶל־
    Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.
  22. Genesis 21:22אֶל־ · to
    At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.
  23. Genesis 21:29אֶל־
    …and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”
  24. Genesis 21:32אֶל־ · to
    After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.
  25. Genesis 22:1אֵלָ֔יו · to him
    Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.
  26. Genesis 22:2אֶל־ · to; אֵלֶֽיךָ׃ · you
    “Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”
  27. Genesis 22:3אֶל־
    So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
  28. Genesis 22:5אֶל־; אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ · to you
    “Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told his servants. “The boy and I will go over there to worship, and then we will return to you.”
  29. Genesis 22:7אֶל־ · to
    Then Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” “Here I am, my son,” he replied. “The fire and the wood are here,” said Isaac, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
  30. Genesis 22:9אֶֽל־ · at
    When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.
  31. Genesis 22:11אֵלָ֜יו · to him
    Just then the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.
  32. Genesis 22:12אֶל־ · on
    “Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”
  33. Genesis 22:15אֶל־ · to
    And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,
  34. Genesis 22:19אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · for
    Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.
  35. Genesis 23:3אֶל־ · to
    Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,
  36. Genesis 23:13אֶל־ · to
    …and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”
  37. Genesis 23:16אֶל־ · to
    Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
  38. Genesis 23:19אֶל־ · in
    After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
  39. Genesis 24:2אֶל־
    So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,
  40. Genesis 24:4אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־ · and
    …but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”
  41. Genesis 24:5אֵלָיו֙ · him; אֶל־ · to
    The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”