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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 Chronicles 30:6אֶל־ · to
    At the command of the king, the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.
  2. 2 Chronicles 30:9אֵלָֽיו׃פ · to Him
    For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”
  3. 2 Chronicles 30:20אֶל־
    And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.
  4. 2 Chronicles 31:10אֵלָ֗יו · him
    …and Azariah, the chief priest of the household of Zadok, answered him, “Since the people began to bring their contributions into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and there is plenty left over, because the LORD has blessed His people; this great abundance is what is left over.”
  5. 2 Chronicles 32:1אֵלָֽיו׃ · for himself
    After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.
  6. 2 Chronicles 32:6אֵלָ֗יו · the people in; אֶל־
    Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying,
  7. 2 Chronicles 32:19אֶל־ · against
    They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.
  8. 2 Chronicles 32:24אֶל־ · to
    In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So he prayed to the LORD, who spoke to him and gave him a sign.
  9. 2 Chronicles 33:7אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־
    Manasseh even took the carved image he had made and set it up in the house of God, of which God had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.
  10. 2 Chronicles 33:10אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־
    And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.
  11. 2 Chronicles 33:13אֵלָ֗יו · to Him
    And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition. So He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.
  12. 2 Chronicles 33:18אֶל־ · to; אֵלָ֔יו · to him
    As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
  13. 2 Chronicles 34:9אֶל־ · to
    So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites who guarded the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, from all Judah and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem.
  14. 2 Chronicles 34:15אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to
    And Hilkiah said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan.
  15. 2 Chronicles 34:16אֶל־ · to
    Then Shaphan brought the book to the king and reported, “Your servants are doing all that has been placed in their hands.
  16. 2 Chronicles 34:22אֶל־ · to; אֵלֶ֖יהָ
    So Hilkiah and those the king had designated went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.
  17. 2 Chronicles 34:23אֵלָֽי׃ס
    And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you
  18. 2 Chronicles 34:26וְאֶל־ · But as for; אֵלָ֑יוס
    But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘As for the words that you heard,
  19. 2 Chronicles 34:28אֶל־ · you to; אֶל־ · to
    ‘Now I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place and on its people.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.
  20. 2 Chronicles 35:21אֵלָ֣יו · to him; אֶל־
    But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What is the issue between you and me, O king of Judah? I have not come against you today, but I am fighting another dynasty, and God has told me to hurry. So stop opposing God, who is with me, or He will destroy you!”
  21. 2 Chronicles 35:22אֶל־ · to
    Josiah, however, did not turn away from him; instead, in order to engage him in battle, he disguised himself. He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to fight him on the Plain of Megiddo.
  22. 2 Chronicles 36:13אֶל־ · to
    He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
  23. 2 Chronicles 36:20אֶל־ · in
    Those who escaped the sword were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile in Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.
  24. Ezra 3:1אֶל־ · in
    By the seventh month, the Israelites had settled in their towns, and the people assembled as one man in Jerusalem.
  25. Ezra 3:7אֶל־ · to
    They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.
  26. Ezra 3:8אֶל־ · at
    In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.
  27. Ezra 4:2אֶל־; וְאֶל־
    …they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”
  28. Ezra 6:21אֲלֵהֶ֑ם
    The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel.
  29. Ezra 7:7אֶל־ · to
    So in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, he went up to Jerusalem with some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants.
  30. Ezra 7:9אֶל־ · in
    He had begun the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was upon him.
  31. Ezra 8:15אֶל־ · at; אֶֽל־ · to
    Now I assembled these exiles at the canal that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And when I searched among the people and priests, I found no Levites there.
  32. Ezra 8:17אֶל־ · for
    And I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia, with a message for him and his kinsmen, the temple servants at Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
  33. Ezra 8:28אֲלֵהֶ֗ם · them
    Then I told them, “You are holy to the LORD, and these articles are holy. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the LORD, the God of your fathers.
  34. Ezra 9:1אֵלַ֤י · me
    After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
  35. Ezra 9:4וְאֵלַ֣י · around me
    Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.
  36. Ezra 9:5אֶל־ · to
    At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,
  37. Ezra 9:6אֵלֶ֑יךָ · to You
    …and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
  38. Ezra 9:11אֶל־ · to
    …that You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of its peoples and the abominations with which they have filled it from end to end.
  39. Ezra 10:1אֵלָ֨יו · around him
    While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.