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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 24:5אֶל־ · 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?”
  2. Genesis 24:6אֵלָ֖יו
    Abraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there.
  3. Genesis 24:10אֶל־ · for; אֶל־
    Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.
  4. Genesis 24:11אֶל־ · near
    As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.
  5. Genesis 24:14אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ · to
    Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”
  6. Genesis 24:20אֶל־ · into; אֶֽל־ · to
    And she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.
  7. Genesis 24:24אֵלָ֔יו
    She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”
  8. Genesis 24:25אֵלָ֔יו
    Then she added, “We have plenty of straw and feed, as well as a place for you to spend the night.”
  9. Genesis 24:29אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · at
    Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he rushed out to the man at the spring.
  10. Genesis 24:30אֵלַ֖י · to me; אֶל־
    As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.
  11. Genesis 24:38אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־ · and to
    …but you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.’
  12. Genesis 24:39אֶל־
    Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’
  13. Genesis 24:40אֵלָ֑י · me
    And he told me, ‘The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you may take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father’s house.
  14. Genesis 24:41אֶל־ · to
    And when you go to my kindred, if they refuse to give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.’
  15. Genesis 24:42אֶל־ · to
    So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!
  16. Genesis 24:43אֵלֶ֔יהָ · to her
    Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’
  17. Genesis 24:44אֵלַי֙
    …and she replies, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.
  18. Genesis 24:45אֶל־ · in; אֵלֶ֖יהָ · to her
    And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’
  19. Genesis 24:50אֵלֶ֖יךָ
    Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.
  20. Genesis 24:56אֲלֵהֶם֙
    But he replied, “Do not delay me, since the LORD has made my journey a success. Send me on my way so that I may go to my master.”
  21. Genesis 24:58אֵלֶ֔יהָ · her
    They called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she replied.
  22. Genesis 24:65אֶל־
    …and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.
  23. Genesis 25:6אֶל־ · to
    But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
  24. Genesis 25:8אֶל־ · to
    And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
  25. Genesis 25:9אֶל־ · in; אֶל־ · in
    His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.
  26. Genesis 25:17אֶל־ · to
    Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
  27. Genesis 25:30אֶֽל־ · to
    He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
  28. Genesis 26:1אֶל־ · to
    Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
  29. Genesis 26:2אֵלָיו֙ · to; אֵלֶֽיךָ׃
    The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.
  30. Genesis 26:9אֵלָיו֙
    Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”
  31. Genesis 26:16אֶל־ · to
    Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
  32. Genesis 26:24אֵלָ֤יו · to him
    …and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”
  33. Genesis 26:26אֵלָ֖יו · to [Isaac]
    Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.
  34. Genesis 26:27אֲלֵהֶם֙ · them; אֵלָ֑י · to me
    “Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”
  35. Genesis 27:1אֵלָיו֙ · to him; אֵלָ֖יו
    When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.
  36. Genesis 27:5אֶל־
    Now Rebekah was listening to what Isaac told his son Esau. So when Esau went into the field to hunt game and bring it back,
  37. Genesis 27:6אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to
    Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I overheard your father saying to your brother Esau,
  38. Genesis 27:9אֶל־ · to
    Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can make them into a tasty dish for your father—the kind he loves.
  39. Genesis 27:11אֶל־
    Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned.