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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 36:23אֶל־
    And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire.
  2. Jeremiah 36:25אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ · to them
    Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.
  3. Jeremiah 36:27אֶֽל־ · to
    After the king had burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
  4. Jeremiah 36:31וְאֶל־ · and on; אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם
    I will punish him and his descendants and servants for their iniquity. I will bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the calamity about which I warned them but they did not listen.”
  5. Jeremiah 36:32אֶל־ · it to
    Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and at Jeremiah’s dictation he wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.
  6. Jeremiah 37:2אֶל־
    But he and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.
  7. Jeremiah 37:3אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to
    Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”
  8. Jeremiah 37:6אֶל־ · to
    Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet:
  9. Jeremiah 37:7אֶל־; אֵלַ֖י · Me
    “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.
  10. Jeremiah 37:13אֶל־ · to
    But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”
  11. Jeremiah 37:14אֵלָ֑יו · to him; אֶל־ · to
    “That is a lie,” Jeremiah replied. “I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!” But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah and took him to the officials.
  12. Jeremiah 37:16אֶל־ · into; וְאֶל־ · in
    So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.
  13. Jeremiah 37:18אֶל־; אֶל־ · in
    Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people, that you have put me in prison?
  14. Jeremiah 38:1אֶל־
    Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchijah heard that Jeremiah had been telling all the people:
  15. Jeremiah 38:2אֶל־ · to
    “This is what the LORD says: Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever surrenders to the Chaldeans will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war, and he will live.
  16. Jeremiah 38:4אֶל־ · to; אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם · to them
    Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”
  17. Jeremiah 38:6אֶל־ · into
    So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
  18. Jeremiah 38:7אֶל־ · into
    Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,
  19. Jeremiah 38:8אֶל־ · to
    Ebed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king,
  20. Jeremiah 38:9אֶל־ · into
    “My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.”
  21. Jeremiah 38:11אֶל־ · to; אֶֽל־ · to; אֶל־ · in
    Then Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the king’s palace, to a place below the storehouse. From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.
  22. Jeremiah 38:12אֶֽל־ · to
    Ebed-melech the Cushite cried out to Jeremiah, “Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so,
  23. Jeremiah 38:14אֵלָ֔יו · at; אֶל־; אֶֽל־ · to
    Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance to the house of the LORD. “I am going to ask you something,” said the king to Jeremiah. “Do not hide anything from me.”
  24. Jeremiah 38:15אֶל־; אֵלָֽי׃ · to me
    “If I tell you,” Jeremiah replied, “you will surely put me to death. And even if I give you advice, you will not listen to me.”
  25. Jeremiah 38:16אֶֽל־ · to
    But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”
  26. Jeremiah 38:17אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to
    Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.
  27. Jeremiah 38:18אֶל־ · to
    But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself will not escape their grasp.’”
  28. Jeremiah 38:19אֶֽל־ · to; אֶל־ · to
    But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, for the Chaldeans may deliver me into their hands to abuse me.”
  29. Jeremiah 38:20אֵלֶ֔יךָ
    “They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go well with you and you may live.
  30. Jeremiah 38:22אֶל־ · to
    All the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: ‘They misled you and overcame you—those trusted friends of yours. Your feet sank into the mire, and they deserted you.’
  31. Jeremiah 38:23אֶל־ · to
    All your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape their grasp, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”
  32. Jeremiah 38:24אֶֽל־
    Then Zedekiah warned Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you will die.
  33. Jeremiah 38:25אֵלֶ֣יךָ · of you; אֵלֶ֟יךָ; אֶל־ · to; אֵלֶ֖יךָ · to you
    If the officials hear that I have spoken with you, and they come and demand of you, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what he said to you; do not hide it from us, or we will kill you,’