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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. Joshua 3:6אֶל־ · to
    And he said to the priests, “Take the ark of the covenant and go on ahead of the people.” So they carried the ark of the covenant and went ahead of them.
  2. Joshua 3:7אֶל־ · to
    Now the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.
  3. Joshua 3:9אֶל־
    So Joshua told the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.”
  4. Joshua 4:1אֶל־ · to
    When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,
  5. Joshua 4:4אֶל־
    So Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe,
  6. Joshua 4:5אֶל־ · into
    …and said to them, “Cross over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of Israel,
  7. Joshua 4:8אֶל־; אֶל־ · to
    Thus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each tribe of Israel, just as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them to the camp, where they set them down.
  8. Joshua 4:10אֶל־ · them
    Now the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until the people had completed everything the LORD had commanded Joshua to tell them, just as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried across,
  9. Joshua 4:12אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם
    The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over before the Israelites, armed for battle as Moses had instructed them.
  10. Joshua 4:13אֶ֖ל · into
    About 40,000 troops armed for battle crossed over before the LORD into the plains of Jericho.
  11. Joshua 4:15אֶל־
    Then the LORD said to Joshua,
  12. Joshua 4:18אֶ֖ל
    When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before.
  13. Joshua 4:21אֶל־ · to
    Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’
  14. Joshua 5:2אֶל־ · to
    At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel once again.”
  15. Joshua 5:3אֶל־ · at
    So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.
  16. Joshua 5:9אֶל־ · to
    Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.
  17. Joshua 5:13אֵלָיו֙ · Him
    Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”
  18. Joshua 5:14אֶל־ · facedown; אֶל־ · to
    “Neither,” He replied. “I have now come as Commander of the LORD’s army.” Then Joshua fell facedown in reverence and asked Him, “What does my Lord have to say to His servant?”
  19. Joshua 5:15אֶל־
    The Commander of the LORD’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.
  20. Joshua 6:2אֶל־ · to
    And the LORD said to Joshua, “Behold, I have delivered Jericho into your hand, along with its king and its mighty men of valor.
  21. Joshua 6:6אֶל־; אֲלֵהֶ֔ם
    So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said, “Take up the ark of the covenant and have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the LORD.”
  22. Joshua 6:7אֶל־
    And he told the people, “Advance and march around the city, with the armed troops going ahead of the ark of the LORD.”
  23. Joshua 6:8אֶל־ · to
    After Joshua had spoken to the people, seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns before the LORD advanced and blew the horns, and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.
  24. Joshua 6:10אֲלֵיכֶ֛ם · you
    But Joshua had commanded the people: “Do not give a battle cry or let your voice be heard; do not let one word come out of your mouth until the day I tell you to shout. Then you are to shout!”
  25. Joshua 6:16אֶל־
    After the seventh time around, the priests blew the horns, and Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!
  26. Joshua 7:2אֲלֵיהֶם֙
    Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.
  27. Joshua 7:3אֶל־ · to; אֵלָיו֮
    On returning to Joshua, they reported, “There is no need to send all the people; two or three thousand men are enough to go up and attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, you need not wear out all our people there.”
  28. Joshua 7:10אֶל־ · to
    But the LORD said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face?
  29. Joshua 7:19אֶל־ · to
    So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”
  30. Joshua 7:23אֶל־ · to; וְאֶ֖ל
    They took the things from inside the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites, and spread them out before the LORD.
  31. Joshua 8:1אֶל־ · to
    Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. See, I have delivered into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.
  32. Joshua 8:5אֶל־
    Then I and all the troops with me will advance on the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from them.
  33. Joshua 8:9אֶל־ · to
    So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.
  34. Joshua 8:18אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · toward; אֶל־ · toward
    Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Hold out your battle lance toward Ai, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out his battle lance toward Ai,
  35. Joshua 8:20אֶל־ · against
    When the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now turned against their pursuers.
  36. Joshua 8:23אֶל־ · to
    But they took the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
  37. Joshua 8:29אֶל־ · at
    He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.
  38. Joshua 8:33אֶל־ · in; אֶל־ · in
    All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.
  39. Joshua 9:1אֶל־ · toward
    Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon (the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)—
  40. Joshua 9:6אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · in; אֵלָ֜יו · to him
    They went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land; please make a treaty with us.”