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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. Deuteronomy 10:11אֵלַ֔י · to me
    Then the LORD said to me, “Get up. Continue your journey ahead of the people, that they may enter and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.”
  2. Deuteronomy 11:13אֶל־
    So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,
  3. Deuteronomy 11:27אֶל־
    …a blessing if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today,
  4. Deuteronomy 11:28אֶל־
    …but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.
  5. Deuteronomy 11:29אֶל־ · you into
    When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
  6. Deuteronomy 12:5אֶל־
    Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
  7. Deuteronomy 12:9אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־
    For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.
  8. Deuteronomy 12:26אֶל־ · to
    But you are to take your holy things and your vow offerings and go to the place the LORD will choose.
  9. Deuteronomy 13:1אֵלֶ֛יךָ · to you
    If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,
  10. Deuteronomy 13:2אֵלֶ֖יךָ · to you
    …and if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,”
  11. Deuteronomy 13:3אֶל־ · to; אֶל־
    …you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
  12. Deuteronomy 13:7אֵלֶ֔יךָ
    …the gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, whether from one end of the earth or the other),
  13. Deuteronomy 13:8אֵלָ֑יו · to him
    …you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.
  14. Deuteronomy 13:16אֶל־ · in
    And you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt.
  15. Deuteronomy 14:25אֶל־ · to
    …then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God will choose.
  16. Deuteronomy 15:9אֶל־ · to
    Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
  17. Deuteronomy 15:16אֵלֶ֔יךָ · to you
    But if your servant says to you, ‘I do not want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your household and is well off with you,
  18. Deuteronomy 16:6אֶל־ · at
    You must only offer the Passover sacrifice at the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name. Do this in the evening as the sun sets, at the same time you departed from Egypt.
  19. Deuteronomy 17:5אֶל־ · to
    …you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death.
  20. Deuteronomy 17:8אֶל־ · to
    If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.
  21. Deuteronomy 17:9אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־ · and to
    You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case.
  22. Deuteronomy 17:12אֶל־ · either to; אֶל־ · to
    But the man who acts presumptuously, refusing to listen either to the priest who stands there to serve the LORD your God, or to the judge, must be put to death. You must purge the evil from Israel.
  23. Deuteronomy 17:14אֶל־
    When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”
  24. Deuteronomy 18:6אֶל־ · to
    Now if a Levite moves from any town of residence throughout Israel and comes in all earnestness to the place the LORD will choose,
  25. Deuteronomy 18:9אֶל־
    When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.
  26. Deuteronomy 18:11אֶל־ · of
    …casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.
  27. Deuteronomy 18:14אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־
    Though these nations, which you will dispossess, listen to conjurers and diviners, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so.
  28. Deuteronomy 18:15אֵלָ֖יו · to him
    The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.
  29. Deuteronomy 18:17אֵלָ֑י · to me
    Then the LORD said to me, “They have spoken well.
  30. Deuteronomy 18:18אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם · them
    I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
  31. Deuteronomy 18:19אֶל־ · to
    And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name.
  32. Deuteronomy 19:5אֶל־ · to
    If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.
  33. Deuteronomy 19:11אֶל־ · to
    If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,
  34. Deuteronomy 20:2אֶל־ · into; אֶל־
    When you are about to go into battle, the priest is to come forward and address the army,
  35. Deuteronomy 20:3אֲלֵהֶם֙ · to them
    …saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.
  36. Deuteronomy 20:5אֶל־
    Furthermore, the officers are to address the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.
  37. Deuteronomy 20:8אֶל־ · to
    Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him return home, so that the hearts of his brothers will not melt like his own.”
  38. Deuteronomy 20:9אֶל־
    When the officers have finished addressing the army, they are to appoint commanders to lead it.
  39. Deuteronomy 20:10אֶל־; אֵלֶ֖יהָ
    When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace.
  40. Deuteronomy 20:19אֶל־ · to
    When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?
  41. Deuteronomy 21:2אֶל־ · to
    …your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.
  42. Deuteronomy 21:3אֶל־
    Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,
  43. Deuteronomy 21:4אֶל־ · to
    …bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.