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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 Chronicles 21:2וְאֶל־ · and; אֵלַ֔י
    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.”
  2. 1 Chronicles 21:5אֶל־ · to
    And Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.
  3. 1 Chronicles 21:8אֶל־ · to
    Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
  4. 1 Chronicles 21:9אֶל־
    And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,
  5. 1 Chronicles 21:10אֶל־
    “Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”
  6. 1 Chronicles 21:11אֶל־ · to
    So Gad went and said to David, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You must choose
  7. 1 Chronicles 21:13אֶל־
    David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
  8. 1 Chronicles 21:17אֶֽל־ · to
    And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”
  9. 1 Chronicles 21:18אֶל־
    Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
  10. 1 Chronicles 21:22אֶל־ · to
    Then David said to Ornan, “Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
  11. 1 Chronicles 21:23אֶל־ · to
    Ornan said to David, “Take it! May my lord the king do whatever seems good to him. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering—I will give it all.”
  12. 1 Chronicles 21:26אֶל־ · upon
    And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon the LORD, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
  13. 1 Chronicles 21:27אֶל־ · into
    Then the LORD spoke to the angel, who put his sword back into its sheath.
  14. 1 Chronicles 28:1אֶל־ · to
    Now David summoned all the leaders of Israel to Jerusalem: the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the divisions in the king’s service, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and cattle of the king and his sons, along with the court officials and mighty men—every mighty man of valor.
  15. 1 Chronicles 29:18אֵלֶֽיךָ׃ · toward You
    O LORD, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep this desire forever in the intentions of the hearts of Your people, and direct their hearts toward You.
  16. 1 Chronicles 29:23אֵלָ֖יו
    So Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of his father David. He prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.
  17. 2 Chronicles 2:3אֶל־ · word to
    Then Solomon sent word to Hiram king of Tyre: “Do for me as you did for my father David when you sent him cedars to build himself a house to live in.
  18. 2 Chronicles 2:11אֶל־ · to
    Then Hiram king of Tyre wrote a letter in reply to Solomon: “Because the LORD loves His people, He has set you over them as king.”
  19. 2 Chronicles 4:2אֶל־ · to
    He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.
  20. 2 Chronicles 5:2אֶל־ · in
    At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.
  21. 2 Chronicles 5:3אֶל־
    So all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.
  22. 2 Chronicles 5:7אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · in; אֶל־; אֶל־
    Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
  23. 2 Chronicles 6:8אֶל־ · to
    But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.
  24. 2 Chronicles 6:19אֶל־; וְאֶל־ · and; אֶל־; וְאֶל־
    Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You.
  25. 2 Chronicles 6:20אֶל־ · toward; אֶל־ · toward; אֶל־; אֶל־ · toward
    May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
  26. 2 Chronicles 6:21אֶל־; אֶל־ · toward
    Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.
  27. 2 Chronicles 6:25אֶל־ · to
    …then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to them and their fathers.
  28. 2 Chronicles 6:26אֶל־ · toward
    When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,
  29. 2 Chronicles 6:27אֶל־
    …then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.
  30. 2 Chronicles 6:29אֶל־ · toward
    …then may whatever prayer or plea Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
  31. 2 Chronicles 6:32אֶל־ · as for; אֶל־ · toward
    And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your great name and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,
  32. 2 Chronicles 6:33אֵלֶ֖יךָ · to You
    …then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
  33. 2 Chronicles 6:34אֵלֶ֗יךָ · to You
    When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to You in the direction of this city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,
  34. 2 Chronicles 6:36אֶל־ · to
    When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to a land far or near,
  35. 2 Chronicles 6:37אֶל־ · to; אֵלֶ֗יךָ · with You
    …and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’
  36. 2 Chronicles 6:38אֵלֶ֗יךָ · to You
    …and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,
  37. 2 Chronicles 7:2אֶל־
    The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.