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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 13:6אֵלַ֗י · to me
    Many days later the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.”
  2. Jeremiah 13:8אֵלַ֥י · to me
    Then the word of the LORD came to me:
  3. Jeremiah 13:11אֶל־ · to; אֵ֠לַי · to Me
    For just as a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My renown and praise and glory. But they did not listen.
  4. Jeremiah 13:12אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם · that; אֵלֶ֔יךָ
    Therefore you are to tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every wineskin shall be filled with wine.’ And when they reply, ‘Don’t we surely know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’
  5. Jeremiah 13:13אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם · them
    …then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am going to fill with drunkenness all who live in this land—the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem.
  6. Jeremiah 13:14אֶל־ · against
    I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”
  7. Jeremiah 14:1אֶֽל־ · to
    This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
  8. Jeremiah 14:11אֵלָ֑י · to me
    Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people.
  9. Jeremiah 14:12אֶל־
    Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”
  10. Jeremiah 14:14אֵלַ֗י; אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם · to them
    “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.
  11. Jeremiah 14:17אֲלֵיהֶם֙ · to them
    You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.
  12. Jeremiah 14:18אֶל־ · to
    If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”
  13. Jeremiah 15:1אֵלַ֔י · to me; אֶל־ · go out to
    Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go!
  14. Jeremiah 15:2אֵלֶ֖יךָ; אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם · that
    If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’
  15. Jeremiah 15:19אֵלֶ֔יךָ · to you; אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ · to them
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.
  16. Jeremiah 15:20אֵלֶ֖יךָ · against you
    Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.
  17. Jeremiah 16:1אֵלַ֥י · to me
    Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  18. Jeremiah 16:10אֵלֶ֗יךָ · you
    When you tell these people all these things, they will ask you, ‘Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster against us? What is our iniquity? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?’
  19. Jeremiah 16:11אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם
    Then you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction.
  20. Jeremiah 16:12אֵלָֽי׃ · Me
    And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me.
  21. Jeremiah 16:19אֵלֶ֗יךָ · to You
    O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
  22. Jeremiah 17:15אֵלָ֑י · to me
    Behold, they keep saying to me, “Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come now!”
  23. Jeremiah 17:19אֵלַ֗י · to me
    This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and stand at the gate of the people, through which the kings of Judah go in and out; and stand at all the other gates of Jerusalem.
  24. Jeremiah 17:20אֲ֠לֵיהֶם · to them
    Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, all people of Judah and Jerusalem who enter through these gates.
  25. Jeremiah 17:24אֵלַי֙ · to Me
    If, however, you listen carefully to Me, says the LORD, and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, and keep the Sabbath day holy, and do no work on it,
  26. Jeremiah 17:27אֵלַ֗י · to Me
    But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.’”
  27. Jeremiah 18:1אֶֽל־ · to
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
  28. Jeremiah 18:5אֵלַ֥י · to me
    Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  29. Jeremiah 18:11אֶל־
    Now therefore, tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am planning a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways, and correct your ways and deeds.’
  30. Jeremiah 18:18אֶל־ · to
    Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”
  31. Jeremiah 18:19אֵלָ֑י · to me
    Attend to me, O LORD. Hear what my accusers are saying!
  32. Jeremiah 19:2אֶל־ · out to; אֵלֶֽיךָ׃ · to you
    …and go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you,
  33. Jeremiah 19:11אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם · to them
    …and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.
  34. Jeremiah 19:14אֶל־ · to
    Then Jeremiah returned from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and proclaimed to all the people,
  35. Jeremiah 19:15אֶל־ · on
    “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am about to bring on this city and on all the villages around it every disaster I have pronounced against them, because they have stiffened their necks so as not to heed My words.’”
  36. Jeremiah 20:3אֵלָ֜יו · to him
    The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.
  37. Jeremiah 20:12אֵלֶ֖יךָ · to You
    O LORD of Hosts, who examines the righteous, who sees the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
  38. Jeremiah 21:1אֶֽל־ · to; אֵלָ֜יו · to him
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said,
  39. Jeremiah 21:3אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם; אֶל־
    But Jeremiah answered, “You are to tell Zedekiah that
  40. Jeremiah 21:4אֶל־ · in
    …this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.
  41. Jeremiah 21:8וְאֶל־
    Furthermore, you are to tell this people that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.