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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. Judges 10:11אֶל־
    The LORD replied, “When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,
  2. Judges 10:12אֵלַ֔י · to Me
    Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you and you cried out to Me, did I not save you from their hands?
  3. Judges 10:14אֶל־ · to
    Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”
  4. Judges 10:15אֶל־ · to
    “We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”
  5. Judges 10:18אֶל־ · to
    And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”
  6. Judges 11:3אֶל־
    So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around him and traveled with him.
  7. Judges 11:7אֵלַי֙ · to me
    Jephthah replied to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and expel me from my father’s house? Why then have you come to me now, when you are in distress?”
  8. Judges 11:8אֶל־ · to you; אֵלֶ֔יךָ
    They answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader over all of us who live in Gilead.”
  9. Judges 11:9אֶל־
    But Jephthah asked them, “If you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, will I really be your leader?”
  10. Judges 11:10אֶל־ · to
    And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD is our witness if we do not do as you say.”
  11. Judges 11:12אֶל־ · to; אֵלַ֖י · against
    Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?”
  12. Judges 11:13אֶל־
    The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore, restore it peaceably.”
  13. Judges 11:14אֶל־ · to
    Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites
  14. Judges 11:17אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · messengers to
    Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.
  15. Judges 11:19אֶל־ · to
    And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land into our own place.’
  16. Judges 11:28אֶל־ · to; אֵלָֽיו׃פ · him
    But the king of the Ammonites paid no heed to the message Jephthah sent him.
  17. Judges 11:32אֶל־ · to
    So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the LORD delivered them into his hand.
  18. Judges 11:34אֶל־
    And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
  19. Judges 11:35אֶל־ · to
    As soon as Jephthah saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given my word to the LORD and cannot take it back.”
  20. Judges 11:36אֵלָ֗יו; אֶל־ · to
    “My father,” she replied, “you have given your word to the LORD. Do to me as you have said, for the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites.”
  21. Judges 11:37אֶל־ · to
    She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me wander for two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity.”
  22. Judges 11:39אֶל־ · to
    After two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she had never had relations with a man. So it has become a custom in Israel
  23. Judges 12:2אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם
    But Jephthah replied, “My people and I had a serious conflict with the Ammonites, and when I called, you did not save me out of their hands.
  24. Judges 12:3אֶל־ · to; אֵלַ֛י
    When I saw that you would not save me, I risked my life and crossed over to the Ammonites, and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come today to fight against me?”
  25. Judges 12:6אֶל־ · at
    …they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.
  26. Judges 13:3אֶל־ · to; אֵלֶ֗יהָ · to her
    The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.
  27. Judges 13:6אֵלַ֔י · to me
    So the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God, exceedingly awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
  28. Judges 13:8אֶל־ · to; אֵלֵ֔ינוּ · to us
    Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”
  29. Judges 13:9אֶל־ · to
    And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God returned to the woman as she was sitting in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.
  30. Judges 13:10אֵלָ֔יו; אֵלַי֙; אֵלָֽי׃ · to me
    The woman ran quickly to tell her husband, “Behold, the man who came to me the other day has reappeared!”
  31. Judges 13:11אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to
    So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he asked, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” “I am,” he said.
  32. Judges 13:13אֶל־; אֶל־
    So the angel of the LORD answered Manoah, “Your wife is to do everything I told her.
  33. Judges 13:15אֶל־
    “Please stay here,” Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”
  34. Judges 13:16אֶל־
    And the angel of the LORD replied, “Even if I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD.” For Manoah did not know that it was the angel of the LORD.
  35. Judges 13:17אֶל־ · to
    Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes to pass?”
  36. Judges 13:21אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־ · and
    And when the angel of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it had been the angel of the LORD.
  37. Judges 13:22אֶל־ · to
    “We are going to die,” he said to his wife, “for we have seen God!”