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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 25:6אֶל־ · to
    The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.
  2. 2 Kings 25:23אֶל־ · to
    When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.
  3. 1 Chronicles 2:21אֶל־
    Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.
  4. 1 Chronicles 7:23אֶל־
    And again he slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because tragedy had come upon his house.
  5. 1 Chronicles 8:6אֶל־ · to
    These were the descendants of Ehud who were the heads of the families living in Geba and were exiled to Manahath:
  6. 1 Chronicles 9:25אֶל־
    Their relatives came from their villages at fixed times to serve with them for seven-day periods.
  7. 1 Chronicles 10:4אֶל־ · to
    Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
  8. 1 Chronicles 11:1אֶל־ · to
    Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
  9. 1 Chronicles 11:3אֶל־ · to
    So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.
  10. 1 Chronicles 11:15אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · at
    Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
  11. 1 Chronicles 11:18אֶל־ · back to
    So the Three broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,
  12. 1 Chronicles 11:23אֵלָ֖יו · him
    He also struck down an Egyptian, a huge man five cubits tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s beam in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.
  13. 1 Chronicles 11:25וְאֶל־ · one of
    He was most honored among the Thirty, but he did not become one of the Three. And David appointed him over his guard.
  14. 1 Chronicles 12:1אֶל־ · to
    Now these were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the mighty men who helped him in battle;
  15. 1 Chronicles 12:8אֶל־ · to
    Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:
  16. 1 Chronicles 12:17אֵלַי֙ · to me
    And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”
  17. 1 Chronicles 12:19אֶל־ · to
    Some from Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (They did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers consulted and sent David away, saying, “It will cost us our heads if he defects to his master Saul.”)
  18. 1 Chronicles 12:20אֶל־ · to
    When David went to Ziklag, these men of Manasseh defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of thousands in Manasseh.
  19. 1 Chronicles 12:23אֵלָ֖יו · to him
    Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD:
  20. 1 Chronicles 12:40אֲ֠לֵיהֶם · from as far away as
    And their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.
  21. 1 Chronicles 13:2אֵלֵֽינוּ׃ · us
    And he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.
  22. 1 Chronicles 13:3אֵלֵ֑ינוּ
    Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of Him in the days of Saul.”
  23. 1 Chronicles 13:6אֶל־
    David and all Israel went up to Baalah of Judah (that is, Kiriath-jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who is enthroned between the cherubim—the ark that is called by the Name.
  24. 1 Chronicles 13:12אֵלַ֔י · to me
    That day David feared God and asked, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?”
  25. 1 Chronicles 13:13אֵלָ֖יו · with him; אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · it aside
    So he did not move the ark with him to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
  26. 1 Chronicles 14:1אֶל־ · to
    Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters, to build a palace for him.
  27. 1 Chronicles 15:3אֶל־ · in; אֶל־ · to
    And David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.
  28. 1 Chronicles 15:12אֶל־ · to [the place]
    And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.
  29. 1 Chronicles 16:20אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to
    …they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
  30. 1 Chronicles 16:23אֶל־ · after
    Sing to the LORD, all the earth. Proclaim His salvation day after day.
  31. 1 Chronicles 17:1אֶל־ · to
    After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”
  32. 1 Chronicles 17:2אֶל־
    And Nathan replied to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”
  33. 1 Chronicles 17:3אֶל־ · to
    But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
  34. 1 Chronicles 17:4אֶל־
    “Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell.
  35. 1 Chronicles 17:5אֶל־ · to
    For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved from tent to tent and dwelling to dwelling.
  36. 1 Chronicles 17:15אֶל־ · to
    So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire revelation.
  37. 1 Chronicles 17:18אֵלֶ֖יךָ · say to You
    What more can David say to You for honoring Your servant? For You know Your servant,
  38. 1 Chronicles 18:10אֶל־
    …he sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze,
  39. 1 Chronicles 19:2אֶל־ · in; אֶל־
    And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console Hanun concerning his father. But when David’s servants arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,
  40. 1 Chronicles 19:3אֵלֶֽיךָ׃פ · to you
    …the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
  41. 1 Chronicles 19:10אֵלָ֖יו
    When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.
  42. 1 Chronicles 19:17אֲלֵהֶ֔ם · toward; אֲלֵהֶ֑ם · against them
    When this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, advanced toward the Arameans, and arrayed for battle against them. When David lined up to engage them in battle, they fought against him.
  43. 1 Chronicles 21:2אֶל־ · to
    So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”