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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. Ruth 4:13אֵלֶ֑יהָ · her
    So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And when he had relations with her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.
  2. Ruth 4:14אֶֽל־ · to
    Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel.
  3. 1 Samuel 1:14אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ · to her
    …and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”
  4. 1 Samuel 1:19אֶל־
    The next morning they got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then they returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.
  5. 1 Samuel 1:25אֶל־ · to
    And when they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.
  6. 1 Samuel 1:26אֶל־ · to
    “Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.
  7. 1 Samuel 1:27אֶל־ · for
    I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,
  8. 1 Samuel 2:16אֵלָ֜יו · to him
    And if any man said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you may take whatever you want,” the servant would reply, “No, you must give it to me right now. If you refuse, I will take it by force!”
  9. 1 Samuel 2:27אֶל־ · to; אֵלָ֗יו · him; אֶל־ · to
    Then a man of God came to Eli and told him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh’s house?
  10. 1 Samuel 2:34אֶל־ · concerning; אֶל־
    And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.
  11. 1 Samuel 2:36אֶל־ · to
    And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”
  12. 1 Samuel 3:4אֶל־
    Then the LORD called to Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.”
  13. 1 Samuel 3:5אֶל־ · to
    He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.
  14. 1 Samuel 3:6אֶל־ · to
    Once again the LORD called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.”
  15. 1 Samuel 3:7אֵלָ֖יו · to him
    Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, because the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him.
  16. 1 Samuel 3:8אֶל־ · to
    Once again, for the third time, the LORD called to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy.
  17. 1 Samuel 3:9אֵלֶ֔יךָ
    “Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
  18. 1 Samuel 3:11אֶל־ · to
    Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle.
  19. 1 Samuel 3:12אֶל־ · against; אֶל־ · about
    On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his house, from beginning to end.
  20. 1 Samuel 3:15אֶל־
    Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,
  21. 1 Samuel 3:17אֵלֶ֔יךָ; אֵלֶֽיךָ׃ · to you
    “What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”
  22. 1 Samuel 3:21אֶל־ · to
    And the LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, because there He revealed Himself to Samuel by His word.
  23. 1 Samuel 4:3אֶל־ · to; אֵלֵ֣ינוּ
    When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”
  24. 1 Samuel 4:5אֶל־
    When the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a great shout that the ground shook.
  25. 1 Samuel 4:6אֶל־
    On hearing the noise of the shout, the Philistines asked, “What is this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?” And when they realized that the ark of the LORD had entered the camp,
  26. 1 Samuel 4:7אֶל־
    …the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.
  27. 1 Samuel 4:16אֶל־ · to
    “I have just come from the battle,” the man said to Eli. “I fled from there today.” “What happened, my son?” Eli asked.
  28. 1 Samuel 4:19אֶל־ · of
    Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.
  29. 1 Samuel 4:21אֶל־ · because; וְאֶל־ · [and]
    And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.
  30. 1 Samuel 5:4אֶל־ · and lying on
    But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.
  31. 1 Samuel 5:6אֶל־ · on
    Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.
  32. 1 Samuel 5:8אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם
    So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” “It must be moved to Gath,” they replied. So they carried away the ark of the God of Israel.
  33. 1 Samuel 5:10אֵלַי֙ · us
    So they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!”
  34. 1 Samuel 6:8אֶל־ · on
    Take the ark of the LORD, set it on the cart, and in a chest beside it put the gold objects you are sending back to Him as a guilt offering. Then send the ark on its way,
  35. 1 Samuel 6:11אֶל־ · on
    Then they put the ark of the LORD on the cart, along with the chest containing the gold rats and the images of the tumors.
  36. 1 Samuel 6:14אֶל־ · to
    The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.
  37. 1 Samuel 6:15אֶל־ · on
    And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.
  38. 1 Samuel 6:20וְאֶל־ · To
    The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?”
  39. 1 Samuel 6:21אֶל־ · to; אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ · with you
    So they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you.”
  40. 1 Samuel 7:1אֶל־ · into
    Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.
  41. 1 Samuel 7:3אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to
    Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”