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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 21:13אֵלַ֜יִךְ · I am against you
    Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau—declares the LORD—you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”
  2. Jeremiah 22:8אֶל־
    And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’
  3. Jeremiah 22:11אֶל־ · concerning
    For this is what the LORD says concerning Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah but has gone forth from this place: “He will never return,
  4. Jeremiah 22:18אֶל־ · concerning
    Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’
  5. Jeremiah 22:21אֵלַ֙יִךְ֙ · you
    I warned you when you were secure. You said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from youth, that you have not obeyed My voice.
  6. Jeremiah 23:21אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם · to them
    I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.
  7. Jeremiah 23:33אֲלֵיהֶם֙ · to them
    “Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’
  8. Jeremiah 23:35אֶל־ · and to
    This is what each man is to say to his friend and to his brother: ‘What has the LORD answered?’ or ‘What has the LORD spoken?’
  9. Jeremiah 23:37אֶל־ · to
    Thus you are to say to the prophet: ‘What has the LORD answered you?’ and ‘What has the LORD spoken?’
  10. Jeremiah 23:38אֲלֵיכֶם֙
    But if you claim, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ then this is what the LORD says: Because you have said, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ and I specifically told you not to make this claim,
  11. Jeremiah 24:3אֵלַ֗י
    “Jeremiah,” the LORD asked, “what do you see?” “Figs!” I replied. “The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are very bad, so bad they cannot be eaten.”
  12. Jeremiah 24:4אֵלַ֥י · to me
    Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  13. Jeremiah 24:7אֵלַ֖י · to Me
    I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.
  14. Jeremiah 25:2וְאֶ֛ל
    So the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and all the residents of Jerusalem as follows:
  15. Jeremiah 25:3אֵלָ֑י · to me; אֲלֵיכֶ֛ם · to you
    “From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.
  16. Jeremiah 25:4אֲלֵיכֶ֜ם · to
    And the LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear.
  17. Jeremiah 25:7אֵלַ֖י · to Me
    ‘But to your own harm, you have not listened to Me,’ declares the LORD, ‘so you have provoked Me to anger with the works of your hands.’
  18. Jeremiah 25:9וְאֶל־ · and [I will send for]
    …behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
  19. Jeremiah 25:15אֵלַ֔י · to me; אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ · you
    This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.
  20. Jeremiah 25:17אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ · each one to whom
    So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations drink from it, each one to whom the LORD had sent me,
  21. Jeremiah 25:26אֶל־ · after
    …all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.
  22. Jeremiah 25:27אֲלֵיהֶ֡םס · that
    “Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’
  23. Jeremiah 25:28אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם · that
    If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘You most certainly must drink it!
  24. Jeremiah 25:30אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם · against; אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם · to them; אֶ֥ל · against
    So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth.
  25. Jeremiah 25:32אֶל־ · to
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold! Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth.”
  26. Jeremiah 26:2אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם
    “This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not omit a word.
  27. Jeremiah 26:3אֶל־ · of
    Perhaps they will listen and turn—each from his evil way of life—so that I may relent of the disaster I am planning to bring upon them because of the evil of their deeds.
  28. Jeremiah 26:4אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם · that; אֵלַ֔י · to Me
    And you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘If you do not listen to Me and walk in My law, which I have set before you,
  29. Jeremiah 26:5אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם · you
    …and if you do not listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have sent you again and again even though you did not listen,
  30. Jeremiah 26:8אֶל־
    …and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people seized him, shouting, “You must surely die!
  31. Jeremiah 26:9אֶֽל־ · against
    How dare you prophesy in the name of the LORD that this house will become like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted!” And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
  32. Jeremiah 26:11אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־ · and; אֶל־ · against
    Then the priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people, “This man is worthy of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears!”
  33. Jeremiah 26:12אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־ · and; אֶל־ · against; וְאֶל־ · and against
    But Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people, “The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.
  34. Jeremiah 26:13אֶל־ · of
    So now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you.
  35. Jeremiah 26:15וְאֶל־ · upon; וְאֶל־ · and upon
    But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”
  36. Jeremiah 26:16אֶל־; וְאֶל־; אֵלֵֽינוּ׃ · to us
    Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man is not worthy of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God!”
  37. Jeremiah 26:17אֶל־ · to
    Some of the elders of the land stood up and said to the whole assembly of the people,