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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. Genesis 44:8אֵלֶ֖יךָ · to you
    We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
  2. Genesis 44:17אֶל־ · to
    But Joseph replied, “Far be it from me to do this. The man who was found with the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may return to your father in peace.”
  3. Genesis 44:18אֵלָ֜יו · [Joseph]
    Then Judah approached Joseph and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself.
  4. Genesis 44:20אֶל־
    And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
  5. Genesis 44:21אֶל־; אֵלָ֑י · to me
    Then you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so that I can see him for myself.’
  6. Genesis 44:22אֶל־ · to
    So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’
  7. Genesis 44:23אֶל־ · to
    But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
  8. Genesis 44:24אֶֽל־ · to
    Now when we returned to your servant my father, we relayed your words to him.
  9. Genesis 44:27אֵלֵ֑ינוּ · to us
    And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
  10. Genesis 44:30אֶל־ · to
    So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life,
  11. Genesis 44:32אֵלֶ֔יךָ · to you
    Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’
  12. Genesis 44:34אֶל־ · to
    For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”
  13. Genesis 45:1אֶל־ · to
    Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
  14. Genesis 45:3אֶל־ · to
    Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.
  15. Genesis 45:4אֶל־ · to; אֵלַ֖י
    Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt!
  16. Genesis 45:9אֶל־ · to; אֵלָ֗יו · him; אֵלַ֖י · to me
    Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.
  17. Genesis 45:10אֵלַ֔י
    You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.
  18. Genesis 45:12אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ · with you
    Behold! You and my brother Benjamin can see that I, Joseph, am the one speaking with you.
  19. Genesis 45:17אֶל־ · to; אֶל־
    Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do as follows: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan.
  20. Genesis 45:18אֵלָ֑י · to me
    Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.’
  21. Genesis 45:24אֲלֵהֶ֔ם · to them
    Then Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way!”
  22. Genesis 45:25אֶֽל־ · to
    So the brothers went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
  23. Genesis 45:27אֵלָ֗יו; אֲלֵהֶ֔ם · them
    However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.
  24. Genesis 46:28אֶל־ · to
    Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen,
  25. Genesis 46:29אֵלָ֗יו · to him
    Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.
  26. Genesis 46:30אֶל־ · to
    Then Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!”
  27. Genesis 46:31אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־ · and to; אֵלָ֔יו; אֵלָֽי׃ · to me
    Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh: ‘My brothers and my father’s household from the land of Canaan have come to me.
  28. Genesis 47:3אֶל־; אֶל־
    “What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”
  29. Genesis 47:4אֶל־ · to
    Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”
  30. Genesis 47:5אֶל־ · to; אֵלֶֽיךָ׃ · to you
    Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you,
  31. Genesis 47:8אֶֽל־
    “How many years have you lived?” Pharaoh asked.
  32. Genesis 47:9אֶל־
    “My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
  33. Genesis 47:15אֶל־ · to
    When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our funds have run out!”
  34. Genesis 47:17אֶל־ · to
    So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, their flocks and herds, and their donkeys. Throughout that year he provided them with food in exchange for all their livestock.
  35. Genesis 47:18אֵלָ֜יו · to him; אֶל־ · belongs to
    When that year was over, they came to him the second year and said, “We cannot hide from our lord that our money is gone and all our livestock belongs to you. There is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.
  36. Genesis 47:23אֶל־ · to
    Then Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh this day, here is seed for you to sow in the land.
  37. Genesis 48:2אֵלֶ֑יךָ · to you
    When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel rallied his strength and sat up in bed.
  38. Genesis 48:3אֶל־ · to
    Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me