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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 Kings 3:12אֵלָ֗יו · to him
    Jehoshaphat affirmed, “The word of the LORD is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
  2. 2 Kings 3:13אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־ · and
    Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for it is the LORD who has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
  3. 2 Kings 3:14אֵלֶ֖יךָ · at you
    Then Elisha said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not for my regard for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you or acknowledge you.
  4. 2 Kings 3:24אֶל־ · to
    But when the Moabites came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and attacked them, and they fled before them. So the Israelites invaded their land and struck down the Moabites.
  5. 2 Kings 3:26אֶל־ · to
    When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not prevail.
  6. 2 Kings 4:1אֶל־ · to
    Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!”
  7. 2 Kings 4:2אֵלֶ֤יהָ
    “How can I help you?” asked Elisha. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.”
  8. 2 Kings 4:5אֵלֶ֖יהָ · to her
    So she left him, and after she had shut the door behind her and her sons, they kept bringing jars to her, and she kept pouring.
  9. 2 Kings 4:6אֶל־ · to; אֵלַ֥י; אֵלֶ֔יהָ
    When all the jars were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another.” But he replied, “There are no more jars.” Then the oil stopped flowing.
  10. 2 Kings 4:8אֶל־ · to
    One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.
  11. 2 Kings 4:9אֶל־ · to
    Then the woman said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God.
  12. 2 Kings 4:10אֵלֵ֖ינוּ · to us
    Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.”
  13. 2 Kings 4:11אֶל־ · to
    One day Elisha came to visit and went to his upper room to lie down.
  14. 2 Kings 4:12אֶל־ · to
    And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the Shunammite woman.” And when he had called her, she stood before him,
  15. 2 Kings 4:13אֵלֶיהָ֮ · her; אֵלֵינוּ֮ · for us; אֶל־ · on your behalf to; אֶל־
    …and Elisha said to Gehazi, “Now tell her, ‘Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’” “I have a home among my own people,” she replied.
  16. 2 Kings 4:17אֵלֶ֖יהָ · her
    But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
  17. 2 Kings 4:18אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · who was with
    And the child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the harvesters.
  18. 2 Kings 4:19אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to; אֶל־
    “My head! My head!” he complained to his father. So his father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
  19. 2 Kings 4:20אֶל־ · to
    After the servant had picked him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.
  20. 2 Kings 4:22אֶל־
    And the woman called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may go quickly to the man of God and return.”
  21. 2 Kings 4:23אֵלָיו֙ · to him
    “Why would you go to him today?” he replied. “It is not a New Moon or a Sabbath.” “Everything is all right,” she said.
  22. 2 Kings 4:24אֶֽל־
    Then she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you.”
  23. 2 Kings 4:25אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · at; אֶל־ · to
    So she set out and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, there is the Shunammite woman.
  24. 2 Kings 4:27אֶל־; אֶל־ · at
    When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”
  25. 2 Kings 4:33אֶל־ · to
    So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.
  26. 2 Kings 4:36אֶל־; אֶל־; אֵלָ֑יו
    Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite woman.” So he called her and she came. Then Elisha said, “Pick up your son.”
  27. 2 Kings 4:39אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · into
    One of them went out to the field to gather herbs, and he found a wild vine from which he gathered as many wild gourds as his garment could hold. Then he came back and cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were.
  28. 2 Kings 4:41אֶל־ · it into
    Then Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Pour it out for the people to eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
  29. 2 Kings 5:3אֶל־ · to
    She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.”
  30. 2 Kings 5:5אֶל־ · to
    “Go now,” said the king of Aram, “and I will send you with a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman departed, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten sets of clothing.
  31. 2 Kings 5:6אֶל־ · to; אֵלֶ֔יךָ; אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙
    And the letter that he took to the king of Israel stated: “With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman, so that you may cure him of his leprosy.”
  32. 2 Kings 5:7אֵלַ֔י · me
    When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”