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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 13:6אֶל־ · to; אֵלָ֑י; אֵלָ֔יו · to him
    Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.
  2. 1 Kings 13:7אֶל־ · to
    Then the king said to the man of God, “Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward.”
  3. 1 Kings 13:8אֶל־
    But the man of God replied, “If you were to give me half your possessions, I still would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.
  4. 1 Kings 13:10אֶל־ · to
    So the man of God went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.
  5. 1 Kings 13:11אֶל־ · to
    Now a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king.
  6. 1 Kings 13:12אֲלֵהֶם֙
    “Which way did he go?” their father asked. And his sons showed him the way taken by the man of God, who had come from Judah.
  7. 1 Kings 13:13אֶל־ · to
    So the prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” Then they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it
  8. 1 Kings 13:14אֵלָ֗יו
    …and went after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” “I am,” he replied.
  9. 1 Kings 13:15אֵלָ֔יו · to [the man of God]
    So the prophet said to the man of God, “Come home with me and eat some bread.”
  10. 1 Kings 13:17אֵלַי֙ · I
    For I have been told by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.’”
  11. 1 Kings 13:18אֵלַי֩ · to me; אֶל־ · to
    Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to him,
  12. 1 Kings 13:20אֶל־ · at; אֶל־ · to
    While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back,
  13. 1 Kings 13:21אֶל־ · to
    …and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the commandment that the LORD your God gave you,
  14. 1 Kings 13:22אֵלֶ֔יךָ · you; אֶל־
    …but you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to do so, your body shall never reach the tomb of your fathers.’”
  15. 1 Kings 13:27אֶל־
    Then the old prophet instructed his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” So they saddled it,
  16. 1 Kings 13:29אֶֽל־ · it on; אֶל־
    So the old prophet lifted up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.
  17. 1 Kings 13:31אֶל־ · to
    After he had buried him, the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, you must bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones,
  18. 1 Kings 14:3אֵלָ֑יו · to him
    Take with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will become of the boy.”
  19. 1 Kings 14:5אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · about; אֵלֶ֑יהָ · to her
    But the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill. You are to say such and such to her, because when she arrives, she will be disguised.”
  20. 1 Kings 14:6אֵלַ֖יִךְ · to you
    So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet entering the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you disguised? For I have been sent to you with bad news.
  21. 1 Kings 14:10אֶל־ · on
    Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!
  22. 1 Kings 14:13אֶל־; אֶל־
    All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.
  23. 1 Kings 14:28אֶל־ · to
    And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would bear the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.
  24. 1 Kings 15:18אֶל־ · to
    So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this message to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
  25. 1 Kings 15:20אֶל־ · to
    And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and the whole land of Naphtali, including the region of Chinnereth.
  26. 1 Kings 16:1אֶל־ · to
    Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying:
  27. 1 Kings 16:7אֶל־ · against; וְאֶל־ · [and]
    Moreover, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands and becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and also because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.
  28. 1 Kings 16:12אֶל־ · against
    So Zimri destroyed the entire household of Baasha, according to the word that the LORD had spoken against Baasha through Jehu the prophet.
  29. 1 Kings 16:13אֶ֚ל · This happened because of
    This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.
  30. 1 Kings 16:18אֶל־
    When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down upon himself. So he died
  31. 1 Kings 17:1אֶל־ · to
    Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
  32. 1 Kings 17:2אֵלָ֥יו · to [Elijah]
    Then a revelation from the LORD came to Elijah:
  33. 1 Kings 17:8אֵלָ֥יו · to [Elijah]
    Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah:
  34. 1 Kings 17:10אֶל־ · at; אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ · to her
    So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”
  35. 1 Kings 17:11אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ · to her
    And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”
  36. 1 Kings 17:13אֵלֶ֤יהָ · to her
    “Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,
  37. 1 Kings 17:18אֶל־ · to; אֵלַ֛י
    “O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”
  38. 1 Kings 17:19אֵלֶ֖יהָ · to her
    But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.