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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 42:20אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · to
    For you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us and we will do it.’
  2. Jeremiah 42:21אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ · to tell you
    For I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God in all He has sent me to tell you.
  3. Jeremiah 43:1אֶל־; אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם · to [say]
    When Jeremiah had finished telling all the people all the words of the LORD their God—everything that the LORD had sent him to say—
  4. Jeremiah 43:2אֶֽל־ · to
    Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’
  5. Jeremiah 43:8אֶֽל־ · to
    Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes:
  6. Jeremiah 43:10אֲלֵיהֶ֡ם · that
    Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones that I have embedded, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.
  7. Jeremiah 44:1אֶֽל־ · to; אֶ֚ל · concerning
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt—in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis—and in the land of Pathros:
  8. Jeremiah 44:4אֲלֵיכֶם֙ · you
    Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
  9. Jeremiah 44:7אֶל־ · to
    So now, this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves by cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, leaving yourselves without a remnant?
  10. Jeremiah 44:16אֵלֵ֖ינוּ · to us; אֵלֶֽיךָ׃ · to you
    “As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
  11. Jeremiah 44:20אֶל־ · to
    Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him,
  12. Jeremiah 44:24אֶל־ · to; וְאֶ֖ל
    Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, “Hear the word of the LORD, all those of Judah who are in the land of Egypt.
  13. Jeremiah 45:1אֶל־ · to
    This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah when he wrote these words on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:
  14. Jeremiah 45:4אֵלָ֗יו · to [Baruch]
    Thus Jeremiah was to say to Baruch: “This is what the LORD says: Throughout the land I will demolish what I have built and uproot what I have planted.
  15. Jeremiah 46:1אֶל־ · to
    This is the word of the LORD about the nations—the word that came to Jeremiah the prophet
  16. Jeremiah 46:10אֶל־ · by
    For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.
  17. Jeremiah 46:13אֶֽל־ · to
    This is the word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:
  18. Jeremiah 46:16אֶל־ · over; אֶל־ · to; וְאֶל־ · and to
    They continue to stumble; indeed, they have fallen over one another. They say, ‘Get up! Let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, away from the sword of the oppressor.’
  19. Jeremiah 46:25אֶל־
    The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I am about to punish Amon god of Thebes, along with Pharaoh, Egypt with her gods and kings, and those who trust in Pharaoh.
  20. Jeremiah 47:1אֶל־ · to; אֶל־ · about
    This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
  21. Jeremiah 47:3אֶל־ · for
    …at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp.
  22. Jeremiah 47:5אֶל־
    The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself?
  23. Jeremiah 47:7אֶֽל־ · against; וְאֶל־
    How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”
  24. Jeremiah 48:1אֶל־ · to
    Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
  25. Jeremiah 48:8אֶל־ · against
    The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.
  26. Jeremiah 48:11אֶל־ · like wine; אֶל־ · to
    Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.
  27. Jeremiah 48:19אֶל־ · by
    Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’
  28. Jeremiah 48:21אֶל־ · upon; אֶל־ · upon; וְאֶל־
    Judgment has come upon the high plain—upon Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath,
  29. Jeremiah 48:31אֶל־ · for
    Therefore I will wail for Moab; I will cry out for all of Moab; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres.
  30. Jeremiah 48:36אֶל־ · for
    Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.
  31. Jeremiah 48:40אֶל־ · against
    For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.
  32. Jeremiah 48:44אֶל־ · into; אֵלֶ֧יהָ · upon; אֶל־
    “Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
  33. Jeremiah 49:2אֶל־ · against
    Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned. Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors, says the LORD.
  34. Jeremiah 49:4אֵלָֽי׃ · me
    Why do you boast of your valleys—your valleys so fruitful, O faithless daughter? You trust in your riches and say, ‘Who can come against me?’
  35. Jeremiah 49:19אֶל־ · to; אֵלֶ֣יהָ · for this
    Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”