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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. Ezra 10:6אֶל־ · to
    Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. And while he stayed there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.
  2. Ezra 10:10אֲלֵהֶ֔ם · to them
    Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.
  3. Nehemiah 1:6אֶל־
    …let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.
  4. Nehemiah 1:9אֵלַ֔י · to Me; אֶל־ · to
    …but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’
  5. Nehemiah 1:11אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־ · and to
    O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)
  6. Nehemiah 2:4אֶל־ · to
    “What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven
  7. Nehemiah 2:5אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to
    …and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”
  8. Nehemiah 2:7אֶל־
    I also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.
  9. Nehemiah 2:8אֶל־ · to; אֵלָ֑יו
    And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.
  10. Nehemiah 2:9אֶֽל־ · to
    Then I went to the governors west of the Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent army officers and cavalry with me.
  11. Nehemiah 2:11אֶל־ · in
    After I had arrived in Jerusalem and had been there three days,
  12. Nehemiah 2:12אֶל־ · on
    I set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding.
  13. Nehemiah 2:13וְאֶל־ · toward; וְאֶל־
    So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.
  14. Nehemiah 2:14אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־
    Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to get through;
  15. Nehemiah 2:17אֲלֵהֶ֗ם · to them
    Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”
  16. Nehemiah 4:4אֶל־ · back upon
    Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.
  17. Nehemiah 4:9אֶל־ · to
    So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.
  18. Nehemiah 4:11אֶל־ · into
    And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”
  19. Nehemiah 4:14אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־; וְאֶל־
    After I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”
  20. Nehemiah 4:15אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · on
    When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own work on the wall.
  21. Nehemiah 4:19אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־; וְאֶל־
    Then I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people: “The work is great and extensive, and we are spread out far from one another along the wall.
  22. Nehemiah 4:20אֵלֵ֑ינוּ · to us
    Wherever you hear the sound of the horn, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!”
  23. Nehemiah 5:1אֶל־ · against
    About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
  24. Nehemiah 5:17אֵלֵ֛ינוּ
    There were 150 Jews and officials at my table, besides the guests from the surrounding nations.
  25. Nehemiah 6:2אֵלַ֣י
    Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me.
  26. Nehemiah 6:3אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ · to you
    So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”
  27. Nehemiah 6:4אֵלַ֛י
    Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.
  28. Nehemiah 6:5אֵלַ֨י
    The fifth time, Sanballat sent me this same message by his young servant, who had in his hand an unsealed letter
  29. Nehemiah 6:8אֵלָיו֙ · him
    Then I sent him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”
  30. Nehemiah 6:10אֶל־ · at; אֶל־ · inside
    Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill you!”
  31. Nehemiah 6:11אֶל־ · into
    But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”
  32. Nehemiah 6:17אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ · to them
    Also in those days, the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters kept coming to them.
  33. Nehemiah 7:5אֶל־ · into
    Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had first returned, and I found the following written in it:
  34. Nehemiah 8:1אֶל־ · in
    At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.
  35. Nehemiah 8:3אֶל־
    So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.
  36. Nehemiah 8:13אֶל־ · around; אֶל־
    On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the priests and Levites, gathered around Ezra the scribe to study the words of the Law.
  37. Nehemiah 9:4אֶל־ · to
    And the Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani—stood on the raised platform and cried out in a loud voice to the LORD their God.