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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 5:8אֶל־ · a message to; אֵלַ֔י · to me
    Now when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent a message to the king: “Why have you torn your clothes? Please let the man come to me, and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel.”
  2. 2 Kings 5:10אֵלָ֛יו · him
    Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.”
  3. 2 Kings 5:11אֵלַ֣י׀; אֶל־ · over
    But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy.
  4. 2 Kings 5:13אֵלָיו֒; אֵלֶ֖יךָ · you; אֵלֶ֖יךָ · you
    Naaman’s servants, however, approached him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’?”
  5. 2 Kings 5:15אֶל־ · to
    Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.”
  6. 2 Kings 5:22אֵלַ֧י · to me
    “Everything is all right,” Gehazi replied. “My master has sent me to say, ‘Look, two young men from the sons of the prophets have just now come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two sets of clothing.’”
  7. 2 Kings 5:23אֶל־ · to
    But Naaman insisted, “Please, take two talents.” And he urged Gehazi to accept them. Then he tied up two talents of silver in two bags along with two sets of clothing and gave them to two of his servants, who carried them ahead of Gehazi.
  8. 2 Kings 5:24אֶל־ · to
    When Gehazi came to the hill, he took the gifts from the servants and stored them in the house. Then he dismissed the men, and they departed.
  9. 2 Kings 5:25אֶל־ · before; אֵלָיו֙ · him
    When Gehazi went in and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, “Gehazi, where have you been?” “Your servant did not go anywhere,” he replied.
  10. 2 Kings 5:26אֵלָיו֙
    But Elisha questioned him, “Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants?
  11. 2 Kings 6:1אֶל־ · to
    Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Please take note that the place where we meet with you is too small for us.
  12. 2 Kings 6:5אֶל־ · into
    As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”
  13. 2 Kings 6:8אֶל־ · with; אֶל־ · in
    Now the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”
  14. 2 Kings 6:9אֶל־ · word to
    Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Be careful not to pass by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.”
  15. 2 Kings 6:10אֶֽל־ · word to
    So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.
  16. 2 Kings 6:11אֶל־ · of them; אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם; אֶל־ · [is] on the side
    For this reason the king of Aram became enraged and called his servants to demand of them, “Tell me, which one of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”
  17. 2 Kings 6:15אֵלָ֛יו
    When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, behold, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”
  18. 2 Kings 6:18אֵלָיו֒ · against him; אֶל־ · to
    As the Arameans came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.
  19. 2 Kings 6:19אֲלֵהֶ֜ם · them; אֶל־ · you to
    And Elisha told them, “This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will take you to the man you are seeking.” And he led them to Samaria.
  20. 2 Kings 6:21אֶל־
    And when the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”
  21. 2 Kings 6:22אֶל־ · to
    “Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”
  22. 2 Kings 6:23אֶל־ · to
    So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again.
  23. 2 Kings 6:26אֵלָיו֙ · to him
    As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
  24. 2 Kings 6:28אֵלַ֗י · to me
    Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’
  25. 2 Kings 6:29אֵלֶ֜יהָ · to her
    So we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.”
  26. 2 Kings 6:32אֵלָ֜יו; אֶל־ · to
    Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”
  27. 2 Kings 6:33אֵלָ֑יו · to him
    While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”
  28. 2 Kings 7:3אֶל־ · to
    Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?
  29. 2 Kings 7:4אֶל־ · to
    If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.”
  30. 2 Kings 7:5אֶל־ · to
    So they arose at twilight and went to the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the outskirts of the camp, there was not a man to be found.
  31. 2 Kings 7:6אֶל־ · to
    For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”
  32. 2 Kings 7:7אֶל־ · for
    Thus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys. The camp was intact, and they had run for their lives.
  33. 2 Kings 7:8אֶל־ · into; אֶל־
    When the lepers reached the edge of the camp, they went into a tent to eat and drink. Then they carried off the silver, gold, and clothing, and went and hid them. On returning, they entered another tent, carried off some items from there, and hid them.
  34. 2 Kings 7:9אֶל־ · to
    Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.”
  35. 2 Kings 7:10אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to
    So they went and called out to the gatekeepers of the city, saying, “We went to the Aramean camp and no one was there—not a trace—only tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents were intact.”
  36. 2 Kings 7:12אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־
    So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’”