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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. Jeremiah 3:6אֵלַ֗י · to me; וְאֶל־
    Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.
  2. Jeremiah 3:7אֵלַ֥י · to Me
    I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it.
  3. Jeremiah 3:8אֵלֶ֑יהָ · Yet [that]
    She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.
  4. Jeremiah 3:10אֵלַ֜י · to Me
    Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.
  5. Jeremiah 3:11אֵלַ֔י · to me
    And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.
  6. Jeremiah 3:17אֵלֶ֧יהָ
    At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. They will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.
  7. Jeremiah 4:1אֵלַ֖י · to Me
    “If you will return, O Israel, return to Me,” declares the LORD. “If you will remove your detestable idols from My sight and no longer waver,
  8. Jeremiah 4:3אֶל־ · among
    For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns.
  9. Jeremiah 4:5אֶל־ · to
    Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’
  10. Jeremiah 4:23וְאֶל־ · [I looked] to
    I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.
  11. Jeremiah 5:5אֶל־ · to
    I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.
  12. Jeremiah 5:8אֶל־ · after
    They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.
  13. Jeremiah 5:19אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם · them
    And when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”
  14. Jeremiah 6:3אֵלֶ֛יהָ · against her
    Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:
  15. Jeremiah 6:19אֶל־ · on
    Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.
  16. Jeremiah 6:21אֶל־ · before
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; fathers and sons alike will be staggered; friends and neighbors will perish.”
  17. Jeremiah 7:1אֶֽל־ · to
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
  18. Jeremiah 7:4אֶל־ · in
    Do not trust in deceptive words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’
  19. Jeremiah 7:12אֶל־ · to
    But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.
  20. Jeremiah 7:13אֲלֵיכֶ֜ם · to you
    And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,
  21. Jeremiah 7:20אֶל־ · be poured out on
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.
  22. Jeremiah 7:25אֲלֵיכֶם֙ · you
    From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again.
  23. Jeremiah 7:26אֵלַ֔י · to Me
    Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.
  24. Jeremiah 7:27אֲלֵיהֶם֙ · them; אֵלֶ֑יךָ · to you; אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם · to them
    When you tell them all these things, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.
  25. Jeremiah 7:28אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם · to them
    Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips.
  26. Jeremiah 8:4אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם · them
    So you are to tell them this is what the LORD says: “Do men fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not return?
  27. Jeremiah 8:14אֶל־ · to
    Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
  28. Jeremiah 9:3אֶל־ · to
    “They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
  29. Jeremiah 9:12אֵלָ֖יו
    Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?
  30. Jeremiah 9:17וְאֶל־ · for
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.
  31. Jeremiah 10:2אֶל־
    This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by the signs in the heavens, though the nations themselves are terrified by them.
  32. Jeremiah 11:1אֶֽל־ · to
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
  33. Jeremiah 11:2אֶל־ · to
    “Listen to the words of this covenant and tell them to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
  34. Jeremiah 11:3אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם
    You must tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,
  35. Jeremiah 11:6אֵלַ֔י · to me
    Then the LORD said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear the words of this covenant and carry them out.
  36. Jeremiah 11:9אֵלָ֑י · me
    And the LORD told me, “There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
  37. Jeremiah 11:11אֲלֵיהֶם֙ · upon them; אֵלַ֔י · to Me; אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ · to them
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.
  38. Jeremiah 11:12אֶל־ · to
    Then the cities of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to which they have been burning incense, but these gods certainly will not save them in their time of disaster.
  39. Jeremiah 11:14אֵלַ֖י · to Me
    As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster.
  40. Jeremiah 11:20אֵלֶ֖יךָ · to You
    O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
  41. Jeremiah 11:23אֶל־ · on
    There will be no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.”
  42. Jeremiah 12:1אֵלֶ֑יךָ · before You
    Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
  43. Jeremiah 12:6אֵלֶ֖יךָ · of you
    Even your brothers—your own father’s household—even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.
  44. Jeremiah 13:1אֵלַ֗י · to me
    This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”
  45. Jeremiah 13:3אֵלַ֖י · to me
    Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time: