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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 24:3אֶל־ · to; אֶל־
    But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”
  2. 2 Samuel 24:4אֶל־ · against
    Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to register the troops of Israel.
  3. 2 Samuel 24:5וְאֶל־
    They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward Gad and Jazer.
  4. 2 Samuel 24:6וְאֶל־ · and; אֶל־ · to
    Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.
  5. 2 Samuel 24:7אֶל־ · to
    They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.
  6. 2 Samuel 24:9אֶל־
    And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.
  7. 2 Samuel 24:10אֶל־ · to
    After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
  8. 2 Samuel 24:11אֶל־ · to
    When David got up in the morning, the word of the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:
  9. 2 Samuel 24:12אֶל־
    “Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”
  10. 2 Samuel 24:13אֶל־ · to
    So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
  11. 2 Samuel 24:14אֶל־
    David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
  12. 2 Samuel 24:16אֶל־ · from
    But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
  13. 2 Samuel 24:17אֶל־ · to
    When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house.”
  14. 2 Samuel 24:18אֶל־ · to
    And that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
  15. 2 Samuel 24:21אֶל־ · to
    “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” Araunah said. “To buy your threshing floor,” David replied, “that I may build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
  16. 2 Samuel 24:22אֶל־ · to
    Araunah said to David, “May my lord the king take whatever seems good to him and offer it up. Here are the oxen for a burnt offering and the threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood.
  17. 2 Samuel 24:23אֶל־ · to
    O king, Araunah gives all these to the king.” He also said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”
  18. 2 Samuel 24:24אֶל־
    “No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
  19. 1 Kings 1:11אֶל־ · to
    Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it?
  20. 1 Kings 1:13אֶל־ · to; אֵלָיו֙
    Go at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’
  21. 1 Kings 1:15אֶל־ · to see
    So Bathsheba went to see the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was serving him.
  22. 1 Kings 1:33אֶל־ · to
    “Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.
  23. 1 Kings 2:7אֵלַ֔י · me
    But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.
  24. 1 Kings 2:13אֶל־ · to
    Now Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she asked, “Do you come in peace?” “Yes, in peace,” he replied.
  25. 1 Kings 2:14אֵלָ֑יִךְ · you
    Then he said, “I have something to tell you.” “Say it,” she answered.
  26. 1 Kings 2:16אֵלָ֖יו · him
    So now I have just one request of you; do not deny me.” “State your request,” she told him.
  27. 1 Kings 2:18אֶל־ · to
    “Very well,” Bathsheba replied. “I will speak to the king for you.”
  28. 1 Kings 2:19אֶל־ · to
    So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.
  29. 1 Kings 2:28אֶל־ · to
    When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.
  30. 1 Kings 2:29אֶל־ · to
    It was reported to King Solomon: “Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD and is now beside the altar.” So Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down!”
  31. 1 Kings 2:30אֶל־; אֵלָ֜יו · to Joab
    And Benaiah entered the tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah relayed the message to the king, saying, “This is how Joab answered me.”
  32. 1 Kings 2:39אֶל־ · to
    After three years, however, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And Shimei was told, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.”
  33. 1 Kings 2:40אֶל־ · to
    So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves, and he brought them back from Gath.
  34. 1 Kings 2:42אֵלָ֜יו · to him; אֵלַ֛י · me
    …the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, ‘On the day you leave and go elsewhere, know for sure that you will die’? And you told me, ‘The sentence is fair; I will comply.’
  35. 1 Kings 2:44אֶל־
    The king also said, “You know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore the LORD will bring your evil back upon your head.
  36. 1 Kings 3:1אֶל־ · to
    Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.
  37. 1 Kings 3:5אֶל־ · to
    One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
  38. 1 Kings 3:11אֵלָ֗יו · to him
    So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice—
  39. 1 Kings 3:16אֶל־ · to
    At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
  40. 1 Kings 3:21אֵלָיו֙
    The next morning, when I got up to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead. But when I examined him, I realized that he was not the son I had borne.”
  41. 1 Kings 3:26אֶל־ · to
    Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”
  42. 1 Kings 4:27אֶל־ · to
    Each month the governors in turn provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking.
  43. 1 Kings 4:28אֶל־ · to
    Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.
  44. 1 Kings 5:1אֶל־ · to
    Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.
  45. 1 Kings 5:2אֶל־ · to
    And Solomon relayed this message to Hiram: