Lexicon entry · Hebrew
H0413אֶלel
to(wards)Part of speech: Hebrew Preposition
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And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people: 'The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another;
אֶל־ 'el- “to”וְאֶל־ (אֶל) 'el- “to”וְאֶל־ (אֶל) 'el- “to”
in what place soever ye hear the sound of the horn, resort ye thither unto us; our God will fight for us.'
אֵלֵ֑ינוּ (אֵלֵ֑י) 'e.Lei. “to”
Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
אֶל־ 'el- “against”
Moreover there were at my table of the Jews and the rulers a hundred and fifty men, beside those that came unto us from among the nations that were round about us.
אֵלֵ֛ינוּ (אֵלֵ֛י) 'e.Lei. “to”
that Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying: 'Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono.' But they thought to do me mischief.
אֵלַ֣י (אֵלַ֣) 'e.La “to”
And I sent messengers unto them, saying: 'I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down; why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?'
אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ (אֲלֵי) 'a.lei. “to”
And they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
אֵלַ֛י (אֵלַ֛) 'e.La “to”
Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
אֵלַ֨י (אֵלַ֨) 'e.La “to”
Then I sent unto him, saying: 'There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.'
אֵלָיו֙ (אֵלָי) 'e.La “to”
And as for me, I went unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said: 'Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple; for they will come to slay thee
אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”
And I said: 'Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being such as I, could go into the temple and live? I will not go in.'
אֶל־ 'el- “into”
Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ (אֲלֵי) 'a.lei. “to”
And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of them that came up at the first, and I found written therein:
אֶל־ 'el- “into”
all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spoke unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
And he read therein before the broad place that was before the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the La
אֶל־ 'el- “[were] to”
And on the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers' houses of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the Law.
אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֶל־ 'el- “into”
Then stood up upon the platform of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to Thy commandments,
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
Their children also didst Thou multiply as the stars of heaven, and didst bring them into the land, concerning which Thou didst say to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
אֶל־ 'el- “into”
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against Thee, and cast Thy law behind their back, and slew Thy prophets that did forewarn them to turn them back unto Thee, and they wrought great provocations.
אֵלֶ֑יךָ (אֵלֶ֑י) 'e.Lei. “to”
Therefore Thou didst deliver them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them; and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto Thee, Thou heardest from heaven; and according to Thy manifold mercies Thou gavest them saviours who might s
אֵלֶ֔יךָ (אֵלֶ֔י) 'e.Lei. “to”
and didst forewarn them, that Thou mightest bring them back unto Thy law; yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto Thy commandments, but sinned against Thine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them, and presented a stubborn shoulder, a
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept Thy law, nor hearkened unto Thy commandments and Thy testimonies, wherewith Thou didst testify against them.
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinim, and all they that had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one th
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
and that we should bring the first of our dough, and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, the wine and the oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our land unto the Levites; for they
אֶל־ 'el- “to”