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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 7:17אֵלָֽיו׃ · to him
    Now the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king had come to him.
  2. 2 Kings 7:18אֶל־
    It happened just as the man of God had told the king: “About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel.”
  3. 2 Kings 8:1אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to
    Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed that a seven-year famine will come to the land.”
  4. 2 Kings 8:3אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · for; וְאֶל־ · and
    At the end of seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to the king to appeal for her house and her land.
  5. 2 Kings 8:4אֶל־ · to
    Now the king had been speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please relate to me all the great things Elisha has done.”
  6. 2 Kings 8:5אֶל־ · to
    And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”
  7. 2 Kings 8:8אֶל־ · to
    So the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift in your hand, go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
  8. 2 Kings 8:9אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙
    So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
  9. 2 Kings 8:10אֵלָיו֙
    Elisha answered, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover.’ But the LORD has shown me that in fact he will die.”
  10. 2 Kings 8:14אֶל־ · to
    So Hazael left Elisha and went to his master, who asked him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he replied, “He told me that you would surely recover.”
  11. 2 Kings 8:21אֵלָיו֙ · him
    So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night. His troops, however, fled to their homes.
  12. 2 Kings 9:3אֶל־ · over
    Then take the flask of oil, pour it on his head, and declare, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and run. Do not delay!”
  13. 2 Kings 9:5אֵלֶ֖יךָ · for you; אֶל־ · For; אֵלֶ֥יךָ · For you
    …and when he arrived, the army commanders were sitting there. “I have a message for you, commander,” he said. “For which of us?” asked Jehu. “For you, commander,” he replied.
  14. 2 Kings 9:6אֶל־ · on; אֶל־ · over; אֶל־
    So Jehu got up and went into the house, where the young prophet poured the oil on his head and declared, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anoint you king over the LORD’s people Israel.
  15. 2 Kings 9:11אֶל־ · to; אֵלֶ֑יךָ · to you; אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם
    When Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this madman come to you?” “You know his kind and their babble,” he replied.
  16. 2 Kings 9:12אֵלַי֙ · to me; אֶל־ · over
    “That is a lie!” they said. “Tell us now!” So Jehu answered, “He talked to me about this and that, saying, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’”
  17. 2 Kings 9:13אֶל־ · on
    Quickly, each man took his garment and put it under Jehu on the bare steps. Then they blew the ram’s horn and proclaimed, “Jehu is king!”
  18. 2 Kings 9:14אֶל־ · against
    Thus Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram,
  19. 2 Kings 9:18אֶֽל־
    So a horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.” And the watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”
  20. 2 Kings 9:19אֲלֵהֶ֔ם · to them; אֶֽל־
    So the king sent out a second horseman, who went to them and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”
  21. 2 Kings 9:20אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם · them
    Again the watchman reported, “He reached them, but he is not coming back. And the charioteer is driving like Jehu son of Nimshi—he is driving like a madman!”
  22. 2 Kings 9:23אֶל־ · to
    Joram turned around and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”
  23. 2 Kings 9:25אֶל־ · to
    And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:
  24. 2 Kings 9:27אֶל־ · [So they shot Ahaziah] in
    When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.
  25. 2 Kings 9:32אֶל־ · at; אֵלָ֔יו · at him
    He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.
  26. 2 Kings 9:33אֶל־ · on; וְאֶל־ · and on
    “Throw her down!” yelled Jehu. So they threw her down, and her blood splattered on the wall and on the horses as they trampled her underfoot.
  27. 2 Kings 10:1אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־ · and to
    Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the officials of Jezreel, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying:
  28. 2 Kings 10:2אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם
    “When this letter arrives, since your master’s sons are with you and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city and weaponry,
  29. 2 Kings 10:5אֶל־ · a message to; אֵלֵ֖ינוּ
    So the palace administrator, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: “We are your servants, and we will do whatever you say. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever is good in your sight.”
  30. 2 Kings 10:6אֲלֵיהֶם֩ · them; אֵלַ֛י
    Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city.
  31. 2 Kings 10:7אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם; אֵלָ֖יו · to Jehu
    And when the letter arrived, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.
  32. 2 Kings 10:9אֶל־ · before
    The next morning, Jehu went out and stood before all the people and said, “You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him. But who killed all these?
  33. 2 Kings 10:14אֶל־ · at
    Then Jehu ordered, “Take them alive.” So his men took them alive, then slaughtered them at the well of Beth-eked—forty-two men. He spared none of them.