אֶל
to
also: toward, unto fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Preposition
- A relational word (e.g. “in,” “to,” “from”) governing a noun.
- Particle
- A short function word — article, negation, interrogative, the sign of the direct object, and the like.
Every verse where H413 appears in the Book of Psalms — 127 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Psalms
- Psalms 2:5 אֵלֵ֣י/מוֹ prep + sfx pers 3mp Then he will speak to them in his anger, And terrify them in his wrath:
- Psalms 2:7 אֶֽ֫ל אֵלַ֥/י prep prep + sfx pers 1cs I will tell of the decree. Yahweh said to me, "You are my son. Today I have become your father.
- Psalms 3:4 אֶל prep I cry to Yahweh with my voice, And he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah.
- Psalms 4:3 אֵלָֽי/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms But know that Yahweh has set apart for himself him who is godly: Yahweh will hear when I call to him.
- Psalms 4:5 אֶל prep Offer the sacrifices of righteousness. Put your trust in Yahweh.
- Psalms 5:1 אֶֽל prep Give ear to my words, Yahweh. Consider my meditation.
- Psalms 5:2 אֵ֝לֶ֗י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my God; For to you do I pray.
- Psalms 5:7 אֶל prep But as for me, in the abundance of your loving kindness I will come into your house: I will bow toward your holy temple in reverence of you.
- Psalms 7:6 אֵ֝לַ֗/י prep + sfx pers 1cs Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
- Psalms 18:6 וְ/אֶל conj + prep In my distress I called on Yahweh, And cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, My cry before him came into his ears.
- Psalms 22:5 אֵלֶ֣י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms They cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and were not disappointed.
- Psalms 22:8 אֶל prep "He trusts in Yahweh; Let him deliver him; Let him rescue him, since he delights in him."
- Psalms 22:24 אֵלָ֣י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, Neither has he hidden his face from him; But when he cried to him, he heard.
- Psalms 22:27 אֶל prep All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.
- Psalms 25:1 אֵלֶ֥י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms To you, Yahweh, do I lift up my soul.
- Psalms 25:15 אֶל prep My eyes are ever on Yahweh, For he will pluck my feet out of the net.
- Psalms 25:16 אֵלַ֥/י prep + sfx pers 1cs Turn to me, and have mercy on me, For I am desolate and afflicted.
- Psalms 27:14 אֶל אֶל prep prep Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.
- Psalms 28:1 אֵ֘לֶ֤י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms To you, Yahweh, I call. My rock, don't be deaf to me; Lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.
- Psalms 28:2 אֵלֶ֑י/ךָ אֶל prep + sfx pers 2ms prep Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, When I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.
- Psalms 28:5 אֶל וְ/אֶל prep conj + prep Because they don't regard the works of Yahweh, Nor the operation of his hands, He will break them down and not build them up.
- Psalms 30:2 אֵ֝לֶ֗י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh my God, I cried to you, And you have healed me.
- Psalms 30:8 אֵלֶ֣י/ךָ וְ/אֶל prep + sfx pers 2ms conj + prep I cried to you, Yahweh. To Yahweh I made supplication:
- Psalms 30:9 אֶ֫ל prep "What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?
- Psalms 31:2 אֵלַ֨/י prep + sfx pers 1cs Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, A house of defense to save me.
- Psalms 31:6 אֶל prep I hate those who regard lying vanities, But I trust in Yahweh.
- Psalms 31:22 אֵלֶֽי/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms As for me, I said in my haste, "I am cut off from before your eyes." Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.
- Psalms 32:6 אֵלֶי/ךָ֮ אֵ֝לָ֗י/ו prep + sfx pers 2ms prep + sfx pers 3ms For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.
- Psalms 32:9 אֵלֶֽי/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms Don't be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, Who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.
- Psalms 33:14 אֶ֖ל prep From the place of his habitation he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,
- Psalms 33:15 אֶל prep He who fashions all of their hearts; And he considers all of their works.
- Psalms 33:18 אֶל prep Behold, Yahweh's eye is on those who fear him, On those who hope in his loving kindness;
- Psalms 34:5 אֵלָ֣י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
- Psalms 34:15 אֶל אֶל prep prep Yahweh's eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.
- Psalms 36:2 אֵלָ֣י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms For he flatters himself in his own eyes, Too much to detect and hate his sin.
- Psalms 37:34 אֶל prep Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, And he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
- Psalms 39:12 אֶֽל prep "Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don't be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, A foreigner, as all my fathers were.
- Psalms 40:1 אֵ֝לַ֗/י prep + sfx pers 1cs I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry.
- Psalms 40:4 אֶל prep Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, And doesn't respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
- Psalms 40:5 אֵ֫לֵ֥י/נוּ אֵלֶ֗י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 1cp prep + sfx pers 2ms Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, And your thoughts which are toward us. They can't be set in order to you; If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
- Psalms 41:1 אֶל prep Blessed is he who considers the poor: Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.
- Psalms 42:1 אֵלֶ֣י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants after you, God.
- Psalms 42:3 אֵלַ֥/י prep + sfx pers 1cs My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually ask me, "Where is your God?"
- Psalms 42:7 אֶל prep Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows have swept over me.
- Psalms 42:10 אֵלַ֥/י prep + sfx pers 1cs As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, While they continually ask me, "Where is your God?"
- Psalms 43:3 אֶל וְ/אֶל prep conj + prep Oh, send out your light and your truth. Let them lead me. Let them bring me to your holy hill, To your tents.
- Psalms 43:4 אֶל אֶל prep prep Then I will go to the altar of God, To God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.
- Psalms 50:4 אֶל וְ/אֶל prep conj + prep He calls to the heavens above, To the earth, that he may judge his people:
- Psalms 51:1 אֵ֭לָי/ו אֶל prep + sfx pers 3ms prep Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
- Psalms 51:13 אֵלֶ֥י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms Then I will teach transgressors your ways. Sinners shall be converted to you.
- Psalms 52:1 אֶל prep Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God's loving kindness endures continually.
- Psalms 55:16 אֶל prep As for me, I will call on God. Yahweh will save me.
- Psalms 56:3 אֵלֶ֥י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
- Psalms 59:9 אֵלֶ֣י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms Oh, my Strength, I watch for you, For God is my high tower.
- Psalms 59:17 אֵלֶ֣י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms To you, my strength, I will sing praises. For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.
- Psalms 61:2 אֵלֶ֣י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms From the end of the earth, I will call to you, when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
- Psalms 62:1 אֶל prep My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.
- Psalms 66:17 אֵלָ֥י/ו prep + sfx pers 3ms I cried to him with my mouth. He was extolled with my tongue.
- Psalms 69:16 אֵלָֽ/י prep + sfx pers 1cs Answer me, Yahweh, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.
- Psalms 69:18 אֶל prep Draw near to my soul, and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.
- Psalms 69:26 וְ/אֶל conj + prep For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.
- Psalms 69:33 אֶל prep For Yahweh hears the needy, And doesn't despise his captive people.
- Psalms 71:2 אֵלַ֥/י prep + sfx pers 1cs Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and save me.
- Psalms 73:17 אֶל prep Until I entered God's sanctuary, And considered their latter end.
- Psalms 77:1 אֶל אֶל אֵלָֽ/י prep prep prep + sfx pers 1cs My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, And for him to listen to me.
- Psalms 78:54 אֶל prep He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, To this mountain, which his right hand had taken.
- Psalms 79:6 אֶֽל prep Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you; On the kingdoms that don't call on your name;
- Psalms 79:12 אֶל prep Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom Their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.
- Psalms 80:1 אֶל prep Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock, You who sit above the cherubim, shine forth.
- Psalms 80:11 וְ/אֶל conj + prep It sent out its branches to the sea, Its shoots to the River.
- Psalms 84:2 אֶ֣ל prep My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
- Psalms 84:7 אֶל אֶל prep prep They go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appears before God in Zion.
- Psalms 85:8 אֶל וְ/אֶל prep conj + prep I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, For he will speak peace to his people, his saints; But let them not turn again to folly.
- Psalms 86:2 אֵלֶֽי/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.
- Psalms 86:3 אֵלֶ֥י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms Be merciful to me, Lord, For I call to you all day long.
- Psalms 86:4 אֵלֶ֥י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms Bring joy to the soul of your servant, For to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.
- Psalms 86:16 אֵלַ֗/י prep + sfx pers 1cs Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your handmaid.
- Psalms 88:9 אֵלֶ֣י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you.
- Psalms 88:13 אֵלֶ֣י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms But to you, Yahweh, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.
- Psalms 90:16 אֶל prep Let your work appear to your servants; Your glory to their children.
- Psalms 91:7 אֵ֝לֶ֗י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it will not come near you.
- Psalms 91:10 אֵלֶ֣י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms No evil shall happen to you, Neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.
- Psalms 95:11 אֶל prep Therefore I swore in my wrath, "They won't enter into my rest."
- Psalms 99:6 אֶל prep Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel among those who call on his name; They called on Yahweh, and he answered them.
- Psalms 99:7 אֲלֵי/הֶ֑ם prep + sfx pers 3mp He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies, The statute that he gave them.
- Psalms 101:2 אֵלָ֑/י prep + sfx pers 1cs I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
- Psalms 102:1 אֵלֶ֥י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms Hear my prayer, Yahweh! Let my cry come to you.
- Psalms 102:2 אֵלַ֥/י prep + sfx pers 1cs Don't hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.
- Psalms 102:17 אֶל prep He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, And has not despised their prayer.
- Psalms 102:19 אֶל prep For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary. From heaven, Yahweh saw the earth;
- Psalms 104:8 אֶל prep The mountains rose, The valleys sank down, To the place which you had assigned to them.
- Psalms 104:22 וְ/אֶל conj + prep The sun rises, and they steal away, And lay down in their dens.
- Psalms 104:27 אֵלֶ֣י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms These all wait for you, That you may give them their food in due season.
- Psalms 104:29 וְֽ/אֶל conj + prep You hide your face: they are troubled; You take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.
- Psalms 105:13 אֶל אֶל prep prep They went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people.
- Psalms 107:6 אֶל prep Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, And he delivered them out of their distresses,
- Psalms 107:7 אֶל prep He led them also by a straight way, That they might go to a city to live in.
- Psalms 107:13 אֶל prep Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses.
- Psalms 107:19 אֶל prep Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, He saves them out of their distresses.
- Psalms 107:28 אֶל prep Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, And he brings them out of their distress.
- Psalms 107:30 אֶל prep Then they are glad because it is calm, So he brings them to their desired haven.
- Psalms 109:14 אֶל prep Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
- Psalms 119:6 אֶל prep Then I wouldn't be disappointed, When I consider all of your commandments.
- Psalms 119:20 אֶֽל prep My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
- Psalms 119:36 אֶל אֶל prep prep Turn my heart toward your statutes, Not toward selfish gain.
- Psalms 119:48 אֶֽל prep I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes.
- Psalms 119:59 אֶל prep I considered my ways, And turned my steps to your statutes.
- Psalms 119:132 אֵלַ֥/י prep + sfx pers 1cs Turn to me, and have mercy on me, As you always do to those who love your name.
- Psalms 120:1 אֶל prep In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me.
- Psalms 121:1 אֶל prep I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?
- Psalms 123:1 אֵ֭לֶי/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms To you I do lift up my eyes, You who sit in the heavens.
- Psalms 123:2 אֶל אֶל אֶל prep prep prep Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; So our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, Until he has mercy on us.
- Psalms 129:8 אֲלֵי/כֶ֑ם prep + sfx pers 2mp Neither do those who go by say, "The blessing of Yahweh be on you. We bless you in the name of Yahweh."
- Psalms 130:7 אֶל prep Israel, hope in Yahweh, For with Yahweh there is loving kindness. With him is abundant redemption.
- Psalms 131:3 אֶל prep Israel, hope in Yahweh, From this time forth and forevermore.
- Psalms 137:9 אֶל prep Happy shall he be, Who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.
- Psalms 138:2 אֶל prep I will bow down toward your holy temple, And give thanks to your Name for your loving kindness and for your truth; For you have exalted your Name and your Word above all.
- Psalms 141:8 אֵלֶ֨י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord. In you, I take refuge. Don't leave my soul destitute.
- Psalms 142:1 אֶל אֶל prep prep I cry with my voice to Yahweh. With my voice, I ask Yahweh for mercy.
- Psalms 142:5 אֵלֶ֗י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, "You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living."
- Psalms 142:6 אֶֽל prep Listen to my cry, For I am in desperate need. Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than me.
- Psalms 143:1 אֶל prep Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.
- Psalms 143:6 אֵלֶ֑י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms I spread forth my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.
- Psalms 143:8 אֵ֝לֶי/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, For I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, For I lift up my soul to you.
- Psalms 143:9 אֵלֶ֥י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.
- Psalms 144:13 אֶ֫ל prep Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision. Our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
- Psalms 145:15 אֵלֶ֣י/ךָ prep + sfx pers 2ms The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season.
About this entry
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“to” is the headline sense of the Hebrew preposition אל (ʼêl). Beyond “to” it also covers “toward” and “unto” — see its full sense range. With 4,204 verses in 38 books, it is one of the most common word in the Hebrew Bible. First canonically at Genesis 1:9, it enters the text early. It clusters with אליהועיני under a shared root. See the sense tree, 4,204-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H413 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 4,204
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 4,204 distinct verses.
- 38 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 38 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #4
- by frequency
- Top 10 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 4 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 4,204 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 4,204 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 2,341 verses · 56%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 1,300 verses · 31%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 563 verses · 13%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Because 2×, For 2×, In 2×
- American Standard Version: In 3×, To 3×, Unto 3×
- Berean Standard Bible: To 2,001×, Me 343×, You 214×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: To 2,791×, Him 374×, Me 349×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H413 across 38 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 32 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H413 across 39 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 26 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H413 across 4,199 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 172 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1,299 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H413 across 5,255 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 133 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
7 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 7 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. of motion to or unto a person or place Gn 2:19, 22; 3,19; 8:9; 14:22; 16;9 etc., after every kind of verb expressing motion (בּוֹא, הָלַךְ, יָצָא, etc.) So with נָתַן to give (though ל is here more common) Gn 21:14; 35:4 Dt 13:2 +; מָכַר to sell Gn 37:36, etc. Metaph. Je 2:19 וְלֹאפַחְדָּתִי אֵלַיִךְ and that my fear (cometh) not unto thee (cf. Jb 31:23).—Peculiarly Gn 6:16 אֶל אַמָּה unto the length of a cubit, etc. And metaph. in the phrase אֶל־(אֱלֵי־)גִּיל unto exultation †Ho 9:1 Jb 3:22. Once, exceptionally (si vera l.) = even: Jb 5:5 וְאֶל־מִצִּנִּים יִקָּחֵהוּ and even out of thorns he taketh it. Sometimes pregnant, as Is 66:17 Je 41:7 זָנָה אֶל commit whoredom (by going) to Nu 25:1 Ez 16:26, 28, 29; דָּרַשׁ אֶל seek (by resorting) to one (sc. for oracles) Dt 18:11 Is 8:19; 11:10 +; חָבַר אֶל join together (& come) unto Gn 14:3; הִשְׁכִּים אֶל rise early (and go) to 19:27; 24:11 הִבְרִיךְ אֶל made to kneel down at; 47:18 תַּם אֶל i.e. has been made over to; פָּחַד אֶל to come in fear to Hos 3:5 Mi 7:17. Opp. is מִן, as מִן־הַקָּצֶה אֶל־הַקָּצֶה from end to end Ex 26:28; מִפֶּה אֶל־פֶּה Ezr 9:11 (syn. 2 K 21:16 פֶּה לָפֶה). And of time (rare) מֵעֵת אֶל־עֵת †1 Ch 9:25; מִיּוֹם אֶל־יוֹם †Nu 30:15 (P) 1 Ch 16:23 (in the ‖ ψ 96:2 מִיּוֹם לְיוֹם). e.g. Genesis 2:19
- 2. Where the limit is actually entered, into, Gn 6:18 and thou shalt enter into the ark 7:1; 19:3; 41:21; 42:17; & so after verbs of throwing, casting, putting 37:22 (הִשְׁלִיךְ) 39:20 וַיִּתְּנֵהוּ אֶל־בֵּית הַסֹּהַר put him into the prison house, Ex 28:30 (Lv 8:8) Dt 23:25; so after קָבַר to bury Gn 23:19; 25:9; 49:29; שָׂחַט to squeeze 40:11; מָחָה to blot out Nu 5:23, etc.; metaph. Gn 6:6 was pained into or unto his heart, שָׂם אֶל־לֵב, הֵשִׁיב to place, bring into (= lay to) heart Dt 4:39 2 S 19:20 al. In connexion with a number or multitude into which something enters, in among: 1 S 10:22 behold he had hid himself אֶל־הַכֵּלִים in among the baggage, Je 4:3 sow not אֶל־קֹצִים in among thorns. e.g. Genesis 6:18
- 3. Of direction towards anything: (a) of physical acts or states, as Gn 30:40 נָתַן פְּנֵי הַצֹּאן אֶל, 39:7 נָשָׂא עֵינָיו אֶל, Ex 25:20, Nu 6:26 נָשָׂא פָנָיו אֶל (2 K 9:32 differently), 24:1 שָׁת פָּנָיו אֶל, Jos 8:18 ψ 28:2 1 K 8:29, 30 (to pray towards) v 38; pregn. חָרַד אֶל to tremble (turning) to Gn 42:28, תָּמַהּ אֶל to wonder (turning) towards Gn 43:33; Is 13:8, פָּחַד אֶל Je 36:16: without a vb. פָּנִים אֶל־פָּנִים face to face Gn 32:31 +; פֶּה אֶל־פֶּה Nu 12:8; כִּי־אֵינֶנּוּ אֵלַי Gn 31:5 the face of Laban, that he is not toward me; עֵינֵי י׳ אֶל־פ׳ the eyes of י׳ are towards … ψ 34:16 (cf. 33:18). (b) with words such as אָמַר to say to Gn 3:1 + often, דִּבֶּר 8:15 + often, קָרָא 19:5, הִחְפַּלֵּל 20:17 etc., שָׁמַע to hearken to 16:11, הִלֵּל to praise to 12:15 (cf. Ez 13:19 חִלֵּל אֶל to profane to), הִזְכִּיר 40:14. (c) with words expressing the direction of the mind, as קִוָּה to wait ψ 27:14 +; יִחַל to hope Is 51:5; נָשָׂא נֶפֶשׁ אֶל to lift up the soul (i.e. set the desire) towards Dt 24:15 ψ 25:1; שָׂם לֵב אֶל, שָׁת to set the heart (mind) to Ex 9:21 al.; לָמַד אֶל to accustom oneself to Je 10:2; חָרַד אֶל to shew thought for 2 K 4:13; Gn 43:30; Dt 28:32 and thy eyes כָּלוֹת אֲלֵיהֶם failing (with longing) towards them, La 4:17; Is 63:15 2 S 3:8 1 K 14:13 ψ 40:6; alone, as predic., directed or disposed towards, Gn 3:16; 4:7 2 K 6:11 who of ours is towards (i.e. favours) the king of Syria? Ho 3:3 וְגַם־אֲנִי אֵלָֽיִךְ׃ Ez 36:9 Ho 2:17 Je 15:1 (אֵין נַפְשִׁי אֶל). e.g. Genesis 30:40
- 4. Where the motion or direction implied appears from the context to be of a hostile character, אֶל = against: Gn 4:8 וַיָּקָם ק׳ אֶל־הֶבֶל and Cain rose up against Abel (so 1 S 24:8) 22:12 Ex 14:5 Nu 32:14; with נִקְבַּץ Jos 10:6, הָלַךְ Ju 1:10; 20:30; with בָּא of calamity, etc., coming to or upon any one Gn 42:21 Ju 9:57 1 S 2:34 1 K 14:10 +; Is 2:4; 3:8 their tongue and doings are אֶל־י׳ 32:6 (לְדַבֵּר אֶל) Ho 7:15 (cf. Na 1:9) 12:5 וַיָּשַׂר אֶל־מַלְאָךְ and he strove against the angel. Here also belongs in partic. the phrace הִנְנִי אֶל … Behold I am against (thee, you etc.) †Na 2:14; 3:5 Je 21:13 (23:30–32 על) 50:31; 51:25 Ez 13:8, 20; 21:8; 29:10; 30:22; 34:10; 35:3; 38:3; 39:1 (5:8; 26:3; 28:22; 29:3 על: on 36:9 v. supr.) e.g. Genesis 4:8
- 5. Unto sometimes acquires from the context the sense of in addition to, as Lv 18:18 thou shalt not take אִשָּׁה אֶל אֲחוֹתָהּ a woman to, in addition to, her sister, Jos 13:22 (‖ Nu 31:8 על; 1 S 14:34 to eat אֶל־הַדָּם together with the blood (v 32 & generally עַל); 1 K 10:7 הוֹסִיף אֶל (generally עַל); Je 25:26; Ez 7:26 שְׁמוּעָה אֶל שְׁמוּעָה (‖ על); 44:7; La 3:41 let us lift up לְבָבֵנוּ אֶל־כַּפָּ֑יִם our hearts together with the hands (cf. إِلَى, Qor 4:2; WAG ii. § 51 c). 6. Metaph. in regard to, concerning, on account of: thus הִתְאַבֵּל to mourn concerning 1 S 15:35; הִנָּחֵם to repent as regards 2 S 24:16; דָּרַשׁ to inquire 1 K 14:5; הִתְפַּלֵּל to pray with regard to 1 S 1:27 2 K 19:20 Is 37:21; צָעַק to cry 2 K 8:3 (v 5 על); נֶעֱצַב be pained 1 S 20:34; נִחַם to comfort 2 S 10:2; more gen. 1 K 16:13; 21:22; אֶל־נֶפֶשׁ on account of, for the sake of, one’s life 1 K 19:3 2 K 7:7 (Gn 19:17 על). (עַל is more common in this sense.) And specially with verbs of saying, narrating, telling, etc. with regard to, as אָמַר Gn 20:2 Is 29:22; 37:33 +; דִּבֶּר 2 S 7:19 Je 40:16b; סִפֵּר ψ 2:7; 69:27; צִוָּה Is 23:11; שָׁמַע Ez 19:4; הַשְּׁמוּעָה אֶל the report regarding … 1 S 4:19. (Not freq., except in the case of אָמַר.) 7. Of rule or standard, according to (rare): אֶל־פִּי … according to the command of, Jos 15:13; 17:4: 21:3 (generally עַל־פִּי); אֶל־נָכוֹן according to what is fixed = of a certainty †1 S 23:23; 26:4 (v. Dr): perhaps ψ 5:1; 80:1 (45:1 עַל). 8. Expressing presence at a spot, against, at, by, not merely after verbs expressing or implying motion (cf. 1, Gn 24:11), as Jos 11:5 and they came and encamped together אֶל־מֵי מֵרוֹם at the waters of Merom, 1 S 5:4 cut off (and fallen) on to the threshold, 2 S 2:23 al. and smote him אֶל־הַחֹמֶשׁ in or on the belly, Dt 33:28 Ex 29:12 Lv 4:7; but also in other cases, as Jos 5:3 and he circucmcised the Israelites אֶל against, at the hill of the foreskins, 22:11 have built an altar אֶל־גְּלִילוֹת הַיַּרְדֵּן by the districts of Jordan, Ju 12:6 2 S 3:32, 14:30 & 18:4 אֶל־יַד at the side of (elsewhere לְיַד, עַל יַד), 1 K 13:20 as they were sitting אֶל־הַשֻּׁלְחָן at the table, 2 K 11:14 אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ by the king, Je 41:12 and found him by the great waters, etc., 46:10 אֶל־נְהַר פְּרָת by the Euphrates, Ez 3:15; 11:11; 17:8; 31:7; 40:18; 43:3; 47:7; 48:12. 9. Prefixed to other preps. it combines with them the idea of motion or direction to: thus אֶל־אַחֲרֵי 2 S 5:23 2 K 9:18, 19 סֹב אֶל־אַחֲרַי turn to behind me, Zc 6:6 (where אֶל is pleon., prob. due to clerical error; note יצא אל before & after); אֶל־בֵּין in between Ez 31:10, 14; אֵל־בֵּינוֹת similarly Ez 10:2; אֶל־מִבֵּית לְ׳ to (the part) within (v. sub בַּיִת), in within Lv 16:15, 2 K 11:15 ‖ have her forth in within the ranks; אֶל־מוּל v. מוּל; אֶל־מִנֶּגֶב לְ׳ unto the south of Jos 15:3; אֶל־מִחוּץ לְ׳ to the outside of Lv 4:12, 21 +; אֶל־נֹכַח to the front of Nu 19:4; אֶל־תַּחַת Ju 6:19 1 K 8:6 al. (v. sub תַּחַת). e.g. Leviticus 18:18
- 1. —In Gn 20:13 אֶל־כָּל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר נָבוֹא שָׁמָּה אִמְרִי־לִי וג׳; Nu 33:54 אֶל־אֲשֶׁר וג׳; Pr 17:8 (cf. Dt 16:6);—אֶל appears to be used by a species of attraction; the idea of motion involved in the relative clause influencing illogically the beginning of the sentence and causing אֶל to be used instead of בְּ. In Ez 31:14 אֵלֵיהֶם, as pointed, can only be from אַיִל iii or iv (q.v.); if the word be taken as the pron. with suff. (Hi Ke), אֲלֵיהֶם must be read. e.g. Genesis 20:13
- 2. —There is a tendency in Hebrew, especially manifest in S K Je Ez, to use אֶל in the sense of עַל; sometimes אֶל being used exceptionally in a phrase or construction which regularly, and in acc. with analogy, has עַל; sometimes, the two preps. interchanging, apparently without discrimination, in the same or parallel sentences. Thus (a) Jos 5:14 וַיִּפֹּל אֶל־פָּנָיו; 1 S 13:13 הֵכִין י׳ אֶת־מַמְלַכְתְּךָ אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵל; 14:34 (v. sub 5); 17:3 עֹמְדִים אֶל־הָהָר (contr. עַל Dt 11:29); 19:16 2 S 6:3; 20:23 (contr. 8:16) 1 K 13:29 18:46 (contr. 2 K 3:15 על) Je 35:15 Ez 7:18. (b) Ju 6:37 and upon (עַל) all the earth let there be dryness, v 39 let there be dryness on (אֶל) the fleece; 1 S 14:10 come up עָלֵינוּ, v 12 come up אֵלֵינוּ; 16:23 & 16; 16:13 & 18:10 צָלַח אֶל, 10:6 al. צָלַח עַל; 25:17 evil is determined אֶל־אֲדֹנֵינוּ וְעַל כָּל־בֵּיתוֹ; v 25; 27:10; 2 S 2:9 וַיַּמְלִכֵהוּ אֶל … וְאֶל … וְאֶל … וְעַל … וְעַל … וְעֶל; 3:29 יָחֻלוּ עַל … וְאֶל …; 2 K 8:3 & 5; 9:6 & 3; Je 19:15; 25:2; 26:15 ye lay innocent blood עֲלֵיכֶם וְאֶל־הָעִיר הַזֹּאת; 27:19; 28:8; 33:14; 34:7; 36:31; 37:13, 14 Ez 2:6; 18:6, 11 & 15; 21:12 etc. ψ 79:6 (Je 10:25) על twice). It is prob. that this interchange, at least in many cases, is not original, but due to transcribers. Conversely, though not with the same frequency, עַל occurs where analogy would lead us to expect אֶל, or even in juxtaposition with אֶל, as 1 S 1:10 הִתְפַּלֵּל עַל to pray to (v 26 אֶל); v 13; 25:25 אֶל … עַל; 1 K 20:43 וַיֵּלֶךְ עַל־בֵּיתוֹ (21:4 אֶל); Is 22:15 Je 11:2; 23:35; 31:12(11). Cf. DrSm i. 13(×2); ii. 8, 7; 15, 4. e.g. Joshua 5:14
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
(nearly always followed by Makkeph), poet. אֱלֵי (cf. עֲלֵי, עֲדֵי), but only in Job (†3:22; 5:26; 15:22; 29:19), with suff. אֵלַי, אֵלֶיךָ, אֵלַיִךְ, etc. אֵלֵינוּ, אֲלֵיכֶם & (5 textual) אֲלֵכֶם, אֲלֵיהֶם & אֲלֵהֶם (both very often), once אֵלֵימוֹ ψ 2:5, אֲלֵיהֶן, once אֲלֵהֶן Ex 1:19 (Ar. إِلَى ), prep. denoting motion to or direction towards (whether physical or mental).
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Origin: primitive particle
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
אַל־
- a prefix, = עַל; e.g. אַלְתּוּסְבְּרָאוֹת (= על האוצרות) appointed over treasures, v. אַ־.
אַל
- (b. h.) not, no (according to Talmud a milder form of prohibition than לֹא; v. Y. Pes. VI, 33ᵇ). Aboth I, 3.—אל תקרי (abbr. א"ת), v. אֶלָּא. Taan. 11ᵃ א׳ יראה וכ׳ shall not live to see &c.; a. v. fr.
אֶל
- אול to turn) prep. to, toward. — Pl., with prefix מ a. suffix of pers. pron., of itself, of my (his &c.) own accord, on my (his &c.) authority. Yoma 5ᵇ לא מֵאֵלַי not on my own authority. Orlah I, 2 העולה מֵאֵלָיו growing spontaneously.—Y. Peah VII, 20ᵇ bot. its sacred character מֵאֵלָיו למדו they did derive from itself (i.e. from the wording of the law itself).—Hence מִמֵּילָא, v. מֵילָא.
אֵל
- v. אלל) God. Shebu. 35ᵃ divine names which dare not be erased are El &c. Taan. 6ᵇ bot.; a. fr.
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Forms in the corpus
The 184 distinct written forms H413 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֶל | Preposition | Amos 2:7 | 3,369 |
| וְ/אֶל | Preposition | Daniel 8:9 | 277 |
| אֶֽל | Preposition | Deuteronomy 31:20 | 139 |
| אֵלַ֔/י | Preposition | Daniel 8:14 | 87 |
| אֵלָי/ו֙ | Preposition | Daniel 8:7 | 77 |
| אֵלַ֥/י | Preposition | Deuteronomy 2:2 | 73 |
| אֵלָ֔י/ו | Preposition | Deuteronomy 28:25 | 73 |
| אֵלָ֗י/ו | Preposition | Deuteronomy 26:3 | 62 |
| אֵלַ֖/י | Preposition | Daniel 8:1 | 56 |
| אֵלָ֖י/ו | Preposition | Daniel 8:6 | 55 |
| אֵלָ֑/י | Preposition | Deuteronomy 2:1 | 46 |
| אֵלַ֗/י | Preposition | Amos 7:8 | 44 |
| אֵלֶ֔י/ךָ | Preposition | Daniel 10:20 | 42 |
| אֵלֶ֖י/ךָ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 5:27 | 40 |
| אֵלַ/י֙ | Preposition | Amos 7:15 | 39 |
| אֲלֵ/הֶ֔ם | Preposition | Exodus 5:21 | 36 |
| אֲלֵי/הֶ֔ם | Preposition | Deuteronomy 18:18 | 36 |
| אֵלָ֜י/ו | Preposition | Deuteronomy 31:7 | 34 |
| אֵלָֽ/י | Preposition | Deuteronomy 5:22 | 33 |
| אֵלָ֑י/ו | Preposition | Deuteronomy 4:7 | 30 |
| וְ/אֶֽל | Preposition | Deuteronomy 23:24 | 29 |
| אֲלֵי/הֶ֗ם | Preposition | Ezekiel 12:23 | 24 |
| אֵלֶֽי/ךָ | Preposition | Exodus 6:29 | 24 |
| אֵלַ֛/י | Preposition | Deuteronomy 3:26 | 23 |
| אֲלֵ/הֶ֑ם | Preposition | Deuteronomy 29:2 | 22 |
| אֲלֵי/הֶ֖ם | Preposition | Deuteronomy 28:32 | 22 |
| אֲלֵי/הֶם֙ | Preposition | Ezekiel 3:6 | 22 |
| אֵלֶ֑י/ךָ | Preposition | Daniel 10:11 | 21 |
| אֵלָ֛י/ו | Preposition | Esther 7:7 | 21 |
| אֵלָֽי/ו | Preposition | Deuteronomy 4:7 | 21 |
| אֲלֵ/הֶ֗ם | Preposition | Deuteronomy 5:1 | 20 |
| אֲלֵ/הֶם֙ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 20:3 | 20 |
| אֵלֶ֨י/ךָ֙ | Preposition | Daniel 10:11 | 20 |
| אֵלֶ֣י/ךָ | Preposition | 2 Samuel 14:32 | 19 |
| אֲלֵי/הֶֽם | Preposition | Deuteronomy 21:18 | 18 |
| אֲלֵי/הֶ֜ם | Preposition | Ezekiel 9:7 | 17 |
| אֵלֶ֗י/ךָ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 5:31 | 16 |
| אֵלֶ֔י/הָ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 22:14 | 15 |
| אֵלָ֣י/ו | Preposition | 2 Chronicles 35:21 | 14 |
| אֲלֵי/הֶ֑ם | Preposition | Esther 3:4 | 13 |
| אֲלֵי/כֶ֔ם | Preposition | Ezekiel 13:8 | 13 |
| אֵלֶ֨י/הָ֙ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 21:13 | 13 |
| אֵלֶ֖י/הָ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 20:10 | 12 |
| אֵלַ֜/י | Preposition | Exodus 11:8 | 12 |
| אֲלֵי/כֶ֑ם | Preposition | Exodus 3:13 | 11 |
| אֲלֵי/כֶֽם | Preposition | Deuteronomy 1:45 | 11 |
| אֵלֶ֛י/ךָ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 13:1 | 11 |
| אֵלַ֣/י | Preposition | Deuteronomy 9:13 | 11 |
| אֲלֵי/כֶ֖ם | Preposition | Deuteronomy 1:43 | 10 |
| אֶ֖ל | Preposition | Ezekiel 9:3 | 10 |
| אֵלֶ֥י/ךָ | Preposition | 2 Kings 9:5 | 9 |
| אֵלָ֥י/ו | Preposition | Exodus 36:3 | 9 |
| אֲלֵ/הֶ֜ם | Preposition | Exodus 16:3 | 8 |
| אֵ֠לָי/ו | Preposition | 1 Samuel 19:4 | 8 |
| אֵלֵ֖י/נוּ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 1:6 | 8 |
| אֲלֵ/הֶ֖ם | Preposition | Ecclesiastes 8:14 | 7 |
| אֵלֵ֔י/נוּ | Preposition | Genesis 19:5 | 7 |
| אֵלֶ֜י/ךָ | Preposition | Exodus 27:20 | 7 |
| אֵלֶֽי/הָ | Preposition | Genesis 20:6 | 7 |
| וְ/אֶ֖ל | Preposition | Daniel 9:6 | 7 |
The 60 most common forms are shown; 124 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H413, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
Most of the 4,204 Hebrew verses this word occurs in also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), so the same passages can be read in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 1:9
- Exodus 1:9
- Leviticus 1:1
- Numbers 1:1
- Deuteronomy 1:1
- Joshua 1:1
- Judges 1:1
- Ruth 1:7
- 1 Samuel 1:14
- 2 Samuel 1:2
- 1 Kings 1:11
- 2 Kings 1:2
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
