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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 21:6אֶל־
    Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,
  2. Deuteronomy 21:12אֶל־ · into
    …then you shall bring her into your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,
  3. Deuteronomy 21:13אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ · her
    …and put aside the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
  4. Deuteronomy 21:18אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ · to them
    If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,
  5. Deuteronomy 21:19אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־ · to
    …his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,
  6. Deuteronomy 21:20אֶל־ · to
    …and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
  7. Deuteronomy 22:2אֵלֶ֖יךָ · the animal; אֶל־
    If your brother does not live near you, or if you do not know who he is, you are to take the animal home to remain with you until your brother comes seeking it; then you can return it to him.
  8. Deuteronomy 22:13אֵלֶ֖יהָ · her
    Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her,
  9. Deuteronomy 22:14אֵלֶ֔יהָ · her
    …and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”
  10. Deuteronomy 22:15אֶל־ · to
    Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate
  11. Deuteronomy 22:16אֶל־ · to
    …and say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to hate her.
  12. Deuteronomy 22:21אֶל־ · to
    …she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.
  13. Deuteronomy 22:24אֶל־ · to
    …you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.
  14. Deuteronomy 23:5אֶל־ · to
    Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.
  15. Deuteronomy 23:10אֶל־; אֶל־
    If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside.
  16. Deuteronomy 23:11אֶל־ · to
    When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.
  17. Deuteronomy 23:15אֶל־ · to; אֵלֶ֖יךָ · with you
    Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you.
  18. Deuteronomy 23:24וְאֶֽל־ · any in
    When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, but you must not put any in your basket.
  19. Deuteronomy 24:10אֶל־
    When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security.
  20. Deuteronomy 24:11אֵלֶ֛יךָ · to you
    You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you.
  21. Deuteronomy 24:15וְאֵלָ֕יו; אֶל־ · on them
    You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
  22. Deuteronomy 25:1אֶל־ · to
    If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.
  23. Deuteronomy 25:7אֶל־ · to
    But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”
  24. Deuteronomy 25:8אֵלָ֑יו · with him
    Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,”
  25. Deuteronomy 25:9אֵלָיו֮ · to him
    …his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.”
  26. Deuteronomy 26:1אֶל־
    When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and settle in it,
  27. Deuteronomy 26:2אֶל־ · to
    …you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,
  28. Deuteronomy 26:3אֶל־ · to; אֵלָ֗יו · to him; אֶל־
    …to the priest who is serving at that time, and say to him, “I declare today to the LORD your God that I have entered the land that the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.”
  29. Deuteronomy 26:7אֶל־ · to
    So we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression.
  30. Deuteronomy 26:9אֶל־ · to
    And He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
  31. Deuteronomy 27:2אֶל־ · into
    And on the day you cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with plaster.
  32. Deuteronomy 27:3אֶל־
    Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
  33. Deuteronomy 27:9אֶ֥ל · to
    Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: “Be silent, O Israel, and listen! This day you have become the people of the LORD your God.
  34. Deuteronomy 27:14אֶל־ · to
    Then the Levites shall proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite:
  35. Deuteronomy 28:7אֵלֶ֔יךָ · against
    The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven.
  36. Deuteronomy 28:13אֶל־
    The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.
  37. Deuteronomy 28:25אֵלָ֔יו · against them
    The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
  38. Deuteronomy 28:32אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם · for them
    Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.
  39. Deuteronomy 28:36אֶל־ · to
    The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.
  40. Deuteronomy 29:2אֶל־ · to them; אֲלֵהֶ֑ם
    Moses summoned all Israel and proclaimed to them, “You have seen with your own eyes everything the LORD did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to all his land.
  41. Deuteronomy 29:7אֶל־
    When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.
  42. Deuteronomy 29:28אֶל־ · into
    The LORD uprooted them from their land in His anger, rage, and great wrath, and He cast them into another land, where they are today.’