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אֶל

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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. 1 Samuel 26:1אֶל־ · to
    Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”
  2. 1 Samuel 26:2אֶל־ · to
    So Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.
  3. 1 Samuel 26:4אֶל־
    David sent out spies to verify that Saul had arrived.
  4. 1 Samuel 26:5אֶֽל־ · to
    Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.
  5. 1 Samuel 26:6אֶל־; וְאֶל־ · and; אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · in
    And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.
  6. 1 Samuel 26:7אֶל־ · to
    That night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him.
  7. 1 Samuel 26:8אֶל־ · to
    Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”
  8. 1 Samuel 26:9אֶל־ · to
    But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can extend a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”
  9. 1 Samuel 26:14אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־ · and to; אֶל־ · to
    And David shouted to the troops and to Abner son of Ner, “Will you not answer me, Abner?” “Who are you who calls to the king?” Abner replied.
  10. 1 Samuel 26:15אֶל־ · to; אֶל־
    So David said to Abner, “You are a man, aren’t you? And who in Israel is your equal? Why then did you not protect your lord the king when one of the people came to destroy him?
  11. 1 Samuel 26:25אֶל־ · to
    Saul said to him, “May you be blessed, David my son. You will accomplish great things and will surely prevail.” So David went on his way, and Saul returned home.
  12. 1 Samuel 27:1אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to
    David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
  13. 1 Samuel 27:2אֶל־ · to
    So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
  14. 1 Samuel 27:5אֶל־ · to
    Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”
  15. 1 Samuel 27:8אֶל־
    Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
  16. 1 Samuel 27:9אֶל־ · to
    Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,
  17. 1 Samuel 27:10וְאֶל־ · or
    …who would ask him, “What have you raided today?” And David would reply, “The Negev of Judah,” or “The Negev of Jerahmeel,” or “The Negev of the Kenites.”
  18. 1 Samuel 28:1אֶל־ · to
    Now in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for warfare against Israel. So Achish said to David, “You must understand that you and your men are to go out to battle with me.”
  19. 1 Samuel 28:2אֶל־; אֶל־
    David replied, “Then you will come to know what your servant can do.” “Very well,” said Achish. “I will make you my bodyguard for life.”
  20. 1 Samuel 28:7אֵלֶ֖יהָ; אֵלָ֔יו
    Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and consult her.” “There is a medium at Endor,” his servants replied.
  21. 1 Samuel 28:8אֶל־ · to; אֵלָֽיִךְ׃
    So Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, “Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me the one I name.”
  22. 1 Samuel 28:9אֵלָ֗יו
    But the woman replied, “Surely you know what Saul has done, how he has killed the mediums and spiritists in the land. Why have you set a trap to get me killed?”
  23. 1 Samuel 28:12אֶל־
    But when the woman saw Samuel, she cried out in a loud voice and said to Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!”
  24. 1 Samuel 28:13אֶל־
    “Do not be afraid,” the king replied. “What do you see?” “I see a god coming up out of the earth,” the woman answered.
  25. 1 Samuel 28:15אֶל־ · to
    Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”
  26. 1 Samuel 28:21אֶל־ · to; אֵלָ֗יו · to him; אֵלָֽי׃ · me
    When the woman came to Saul and saw how distraught he was, she said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice. I took my life in my hands and did as you told me.
  27. 1 Samuel 28:23אֶל־ · on
    Saul refused, saying, “I will not eat.” But his servants joined the woman in urging him, and he heeded their voice. He got up from the ground and sat on the bed.
  28. 1 Samuel 29:3אֶל־
    Then the commanders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish replied, “Is this not David, the servant of King Saul of Israel? He has been with me all these days, even years, and from the day he defected until today I have found no fault in him.”
  29. 1 Samuel 29:4אֶל־ · to; אֶל־
    But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?
  30. 1 Samuel 29:6אֶל־; אֵ֠לָיו; אֵלַ֖י · to me
    So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright, and it seems right in my sight that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you are not good in the sight of the leaders.
  31. 1 Samuel 29:8אֶל־
    “But what have I done?” David replied. “What have you found against your servant, from the day I came to you until today, to keep me from going along to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”
  32. 1 Samuel 29:9אֶל־
    Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’
  33. 1 Samuel 29:11אֶל־ · to
    So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
  34. 1 Samuel 30:1אֶל־; וְאֶל־
    On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.