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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 20:4אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם
    When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.
  2. Joshua 20:6אֶל־ · in; וְאֶל־; אֶל־
    He is to stay in that city until he stands trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest serving at that time. Then the manslayer may return to his own home in the city from which he fled.”
  3. Joshua 21:1אֶל־; וְאֶל־; וְאֶל־ · and
    Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribes of Israel
  4. Joshua 21:2אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם · to them
    …at Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said to them, “The LORD commanded through Moses that we be given cities in which to live, together with pasturelands for our livestock.”
  5. Joshua 21:3אֶל־ · So by
    So by the command of the LORD, the Israelites gave the Levites these cities and their pasturelands out of their own inheritance:
  6. Joshua 21:45אֶל־ · to
    Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to the house of Israel had failed; everything was fulfilled.
  7. Joshua 22:2אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם
    …and told them, “You have done all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and you have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you.
  8. Joshua 22:4אֶל־ · in
    And now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan.
  9. Joshua 22:6אֶל־ · to
    So Joshua blessed them and sent them on their way, and they went to their homes.
  10. Joshua 22:7אֶל־ · to
    (To the half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given land in Bashan, and to the other half Joshua gave land on the west side of the Jordan among their brothers.) When Joshua sent them to their homes he blessed them,
  11. Joshua 22:8אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם · to; אֶל־
    …saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth, with immense herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very many clothes. Divide with your brothers the spoil of your enemies.”
  12. Joshua 22:9אֶל־ · to; אֶל־
    So the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to return to their own land of Gilead, which they had acquired according to the command of the LORD through Moses.
  13. Joshua 22:10אֶל־ · to
    And when they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan.
  14. Joshua 22:11אֶל־ · on; אֶל־ · at; אֶל־ · on
    Then the Israelites received the report: “Behold, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar on the border of the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side.”
  15. Joshua 22:13אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־; וְאֶל־; אֶל־ · to
    The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the land of Gilead, to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
  16. Joshua 22:15אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־; וְאֶל־; אֶל־
    They went to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and said to them,
  17. Joshua 22:18אֶֽל־ · with
    And now, would you turn away from the LORD? If you rebel today against the LORD, tomorrow He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.
  18. Joshua 22:19אֶל־ · to; אֶל־
    If indeed the land of your inheritance is unclean, then cross over to the land of the LORD’s possession, where the LORD’s tabernacle stands, and take possession of it among us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the LORD our God.
  19. Joshua 22:28אֵלֵ֛ינוּ · to us; וְאֶל־ · or
    Therefore we said, ‘If they ever say this to us or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the altar of the LORD that our fathers made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’
  20. Joshua 22:31אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־; וְאֶל־
    Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest said to the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, “Today we know that the LORD is among us, because you have not committed this breach of faith against Him. Consequently, you have delivered the Israelites from the hand of the LORD.”
  21. Joshua 22:32אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · in
    Then Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, together with the other leaders, returned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan and brought back a report regarding the Reubenites and Gadites in the land of Gilead.
  22. Joshua 23:2אֲלֵהֶ֔ם
    …he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,
  23. Joshua 23:15אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם · you
    But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.
  24. Joshua 24:2אֶל־ · to
    And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.
  25. Joshua 24:7אֶל־ · to
    So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
  26. Joshua 24:8אֶל־ · you to
    Later, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. They fought against you, but I delivered them into your hand, that you should possess their land when I destroyed them before you.
  27. Joshua 24:11אֶל־ · to
    After this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I delivered them into your hand.
  28. Joshua 24:19אֶל־ · to
    But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
  29. Joshua 24:21אֶל־
    “No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!”
  30. Joshua 24:22אֶל־
    Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.
  31. Joshua 24:23אֶל־ · to
    “Now, therefore,” he said, “get rid of the foreign gods among you and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel.”