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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. Isaiah 51:2וְאֶל־ · and to
    Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.
  2. Isaiah 51:4אֵלַי֙ · to Me; אֵלַ֣י · to Me
    Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a light to the nations; I will bring it about quickly.
  3. Isaiah 51:5אֵלַי֙ · for Me; וְאֶל־ · for
    My righteousness draws near, My salvation is on the way, and My arms will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look for Me and wait in hope for My arm.
  4. Isaiah 51:6אֶל־ · at
    Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
  5. Isaiah 51:7אֵלַי֙ · to Me
    Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.
  6. Isaiah 54:14אֵלָֽיִךְ׃ · you
    In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, for it will not come near you.
  7. Isaiah 55:2אֵלַי֙ · to Me
    Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
  8. Isaiah 55:3אֵלַ֔י · to Me
    Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
  9. Isaiah 55:5אֵלֶ֣יךָ · to you
    Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”
  10. Isaiah 55:7אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־ · and to
    Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
  11. Isaiah 55:11אֵלַ֖י · to Me
    …so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
  12. Isaiah 56:3אֶל־ · to
    Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”
  13. Isaiah 56:7אֶל־ · to
    I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”
  14. Isaiah 60:8אֶל־ · to
    Who are these who fly like clouds, like doves to their shelters?
  15. Isaiah 60:11אֵלַ֙יִךְ֙ · into you
    Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession.
  16. Isaiah 60:13אֵלַ֣יִךְ · to you
    The glory of Lebanon will come to you—its cypress, elm, and boxwood together—to adorn the place of My sanctuary, and I will glorify the place of My feet.
  17. Isaiah 60:14אֵלַ֤יִךְ · to you
    The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
  18. Isaiah 62:11אֶל־ · to
    Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the ends of the earth, “Say to Daughter Zion: See, your Savior comes! Look, His reward is with Him, and His recompense goes before Him.”
  19. Isaiah 63:15אֵלַ֥י · for me
    Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.
  20. Isaiah 65:1אֶל־ · To
    “I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’
  21. Isaiah 65:2אֶל־ · to
    All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,
  22. Isaiah 65:5אֵלֶ֔יךָ · to yourself
    They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.
  23. Isaiah 66:2וְאֶל־; אֶל־
    Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
  24. Isaiah 66:5אֶל־ · at
    You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”
  25. Isaiah 66:12אֵ֠לֶיהָ · to her
    For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.
  26. Isaiah 66:17אֶל־ · to
    “Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together,” declares the LORD.
  27. Isaiah 66:19אֶֽל־ · to
    I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.
  28. Jeremiah 1:2אֵלָ֔יו · to [Jeremiah]
    The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,
  29. Jeremiah 1:4אֵלַ֥י · to me
    The word of the LORD came to me, saying:
  30. Jeremiah 1:7אֵלַ֔י · me
    But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.
  31. Jeremiah 1:9אֵלַ֔י · to me
    Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
  32. Jeremiah 1:11אֵלַ֣י · to me
    And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
  33. Jeremiah 1:12אֵלַ֖י
    “You have observed correctly,” said the LORD, “for I am watching over My word to accomplish it.”
  34. Jeremiah 1:13אֵלַי֙ · to me
    Again the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see?” “I see a boiling pot,” I replied, “and it is tilting toward us from the north.”
  35. Jeremiah 1:14אֵלָ֑י · to me
    Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land.
  36. Jeremiah 1:17אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם
    Get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them.
  37. Jeremiah 1:19אֵלֶ֖יךָ · against you
    They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
  38. Jeremiah 2:1אֵלַ֥י · to me
    Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  39. Jeremiah 2:3אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם · upon them
    Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who devoured her were found guilty; disaster came upon them,’” declares the LORD.
  40. Jeremiah 2:7אֶל־ · into
    I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land and made My inheritance detestable.
  41. Jeremiah 2:19אֵלַ֔יִךְ · and to have
    Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
  42. Jeremiah 2:27אֵלַ֛י · to Me
    …say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Yet in the time of trouble, they say, ‘Rise up and save us!’
  43. Jeremiah 2:29אֵלָ֑י · against Me
    Why do you bring a case against Me? You have all rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.
  44. Jeremiah 2:31אֵלֶֽיךָ׃ · to You
    You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?
  45. Jeremiah 3:1אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ · to her; אֵלַ֖י · to Me
    “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.