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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. 2 Samuel 19:11אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · at; אֶל־
    Then King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to restore the king to his palace, since the talk of all Israel has reached the king at his quarters?
  2. 2 Samuel 19:14אֶל־ · word to
    So he swayed the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man, and they sent word to the king: “Return, you and all your servants.”
  3. 2 Samuel 19:19אֶל־; אֶל־ · it to
    …and said, “My lord, do not hold me guilty, and do not remember your servant’s wrongdoing on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.
  4. 2 Samuel 19:23אֶל־ · to
    So the king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And the king swore an oath to him.
  5. 2 Samuel 19:27אֶל־ · to
    …and he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Yet my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do what is good in your eyes.
  6. 2 Samuel 19:28אֶל־ · to
    For all the house of my grandfather deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have to keep appealing to the king?”
  7. 2 Samuel 19:30אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to
    And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Instead, since my lord the king has safely come to his own house, let Ziba take it all!”
  8. 2 Samuel 19:33אֶל־ · to
    The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I will provide for you at my side in Jerusalem.”
  9. 2 Samuel 19:34אֶל־
    But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?
  10. 2 Samuel 19:35אֶל־ · to
    I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
  11. 2 Samuel 19:41אֶל־ · to; אֶל־
    Soon all the men of Israel came to the king and asked, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, take you away secretly and bring the king and his household across the Jordan, together with all of David’s men?”
  12. 2 Samuel 19:42אֵלַ֔י · is our
    And all the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is our relative. Why does this anger you? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense or received anything for ourselves?”
  13. 2 Samuel 20:3אֶל־ · to; וַאֲלֵיהֶ֖ם · slept with
    When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.
  14. 2 Samuel 20:4אֶל־ · to
    Then the king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself.”
  15. 2 Samuel 20:6אֶל־ · to
    And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”
  16. 2 Samuel 20:10אֶל־ · in
    Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.
  17. 2 Samuel 20:15אֶל־
    And Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel-beth-maacah and built a siege ramp against the outer rampart of the city. As all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to topple it,
  18. 2 Samuel 20:16אֶל־; אֵלֶֽיךָ׃ · with him
    …a wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here so that I may speak with him.”
  19. 2 Samuel 20:17אֵלֶ֔יהָ · to her
    When he had come near to her, the woman asked, “Are you Joab?” “I am,” he replied. “Listen to the words of your servant,” she said. “I am listening,” he answered.
  20. 2 Samuel 20:21אֶל־; אֵלֶ֖יךָ · to you
    That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
  21. 2 Samuel 20:22אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · it to; אֶל־ · to
    Then the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn and his men dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.
  22. 2 Samuel 20:23אֶ֥ל · was over
    Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;
  23. 2 Samuel 21:1אֶל־ · It is because of; וְאֶל־ · and
    During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
  24. 2 Samuel 21:2אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם · to them
    At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)
  25. 2 Samuel 21:3אֶל־
    So David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends so that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?”
  26. 2 Samuel 21:5אֶל־
    And they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel,
  27. 2 Samuel 21:10אֶל־ · on
    And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
  28. 2 Samuel 22:7וְאֶל־ · to
    In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.
  29. 2 Samuel 22:42אֶל־ · to
    They looked, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.
  30. 2 Samuel 23:10אֶל־ · to
    …but Eleazar stood his ground and struck the Philistines until his hand grew weary and stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops returned to him, but only to plunder the dead.
  31. 2 Samuel 23:13אֶל־ · At; אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · at
    At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
  32. 2 Samuel 23:16אֶל־ · back to
    So the three mighty men broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,
  33. 2 Samuel 23:21אֵלָ֖יו · him
    He also struck down an Egyptian, a huge man. Although the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.
  34. 2 Samuel 23:23וְאֶל־; אֶל־ · over
    He was most honored among the Thirty, but he did not become one of the Three. And David appointed him over his guard.
  35. 2 Samuel 24:2אֶל־ · to
    So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”