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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. 1 Kings 8:52וְאֶל־ · and; אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם · to them; אֵלֶֽיךָ׃ · to You
    May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.
  2. 1 Kings 8:54אֶל־ · to
    Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.
  3. 1 Kings 8:58אֵלָ֑יו · to Himself
    May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.
  4. 1 Kings 8:59אֶל־
    And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,
  5. 1 Kings 9:2אֶל־ · to; אֵלָ֖יו · to him
    …the LORD appeared to him a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.
  6. 1 Kings 9:3אֵלָ֗יו · to him
    And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
  7. 1 Kings 9:24אֶל־ · to
    As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces.
  8. 1 Kings 9:28אֶל־ · it to
    They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon.
  9. 1 Kings 10:2אֶל־ · to him; אֵלָ֔יו · to
    She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in great abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was on her mind.
  10. 1 Kings 10:6אֶל־ · to
    She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.
  11. 1 Kings 10:7אֶל־ · have far
    But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard.
  12. 1 Kings 10:19אֶל־ · of
    The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest.
  13. 1 Kings 11:2אֶל־
    These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.
  14. 1 Kings 11:9אֵלָ֖יו · to him
    Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.
  15. 1 Kings 11:10אֵלָיו֙
    Although He had warned Solomon explicitly not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD’s command.
  16. 1 Kings 11:18אֶל־ · to
    Hadad and his men set out from Midian and went to Paran. They took men from Paran with them and went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.
  17. 1 Kings 11:21אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to
    When Hadad heard in Egypt that David had rested with his fathers and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead, he said to Pharaoh, “Let me go, that I may return to my own country.”
  18. 1 Kings 11:22אֶל־ · to
    But Pharaoh asked him, “What have you lacked here with me that you suddenly want to go back to your own country?” “Nothing,” Hadad replied, “but please let me go.”
  19. 1 Kings 11:40אֶל־ · to
    Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.
  20. 1 Kings 12:3אֶל־ · to
    So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
  21. 1 Kings 12:5אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם; אֵלָ֑י · to me
    Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then return to me.” So the people departed.
  22. 1 Kings 12:7אֵלָ֜יו; אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם · to them
    They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
  23. 1 Kings 12:9אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם · them; אֵלַי֙ · to me
    He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”
  24. 1 Kings 12:10אֵלָ֗יו; אֵלֶ֜יךָ · to you; אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם · them
    The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!
  25. 1 Kings 12:12אֶל־ · to; אֵלַ֖י · to me
    After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”
  26. 1 Kings 12:14אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם · to them
    …and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”
  27. 1 Kings 12:15אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to
    So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.
  28. 1 Kings 12:16אֲלֵיהֶם֒ · to them
    When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,
  29. 1 Kings 12:20אֶל־ · to
    When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
  30. 1 Kings 12:22אֶל־ · to
    But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:
  31. 1 Kings 12:23אֶל־; וְאֶל־
    “Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the people
  32. 1 Kings 12:27אֶל־ · to; אֶל־; אֶל־ · to
    If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, their hearts will return to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah; then they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”
  33. 1 Kings 12:28אֲלֵהֶ֗ם · to the people
    After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
  34. 1 Kings 13:1אֶל־ · to
    Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.
  35. 1 Kings 13:4אֵלָֽיו׃
    Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.