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H0413אֶלel
to(wards)Part of speech: Hebrew Preposition
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And Jonathan gave his weapons unto his lad, and said unto him: 'Go, carry them to the city.'
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said unto him: 'Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?'
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
And David said unto Ahimelech the priest: 'The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me: Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee; and the young men have I appointed to such a
אֵלַ֗י (אֵלַ֗) 'e.La “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”
And the priest answered David, and said: 'There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.'
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
And the servants of Achish said unto him: 'Is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying: Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?'
אֵלָ֔יו (אֵלָ֔י) 'e.La “to”
And he changed his demeanour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
Then said Achish unto his servants: 'Lo, when ye see a man that is mad, wherefore do ye bring him to me?
אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֵלָֽי׃ (אֵלָֽ) 'e.La “to”
Do I lack madmen, that ye have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?'
אֶל־ 'el- “into”
David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam; and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.
אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֵלָ֖יו (אֵלָ֖י) 'e.La “to”
And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became captain over them; and there were with him about four hundred men.
אֵ֠לָיו (אֵ֠לָי) 'E.la “to”
And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab; and he said unto the king of Moab: 'Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.'
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
And the prophet Gad said unto David: 'Abide not in the stronghold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah.' Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said: 'I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob; and they came all of them to the king.
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
And Saul said unto him: 'Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?'
אֵלָיו֙ (אֵלָי) 'e.lo “to”אֵלַ֛י (אֵלַ֛) 'e.La “against”
Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said: 'And who among all thy servants is so trusted as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and giveth heed unto thy bidding, and is honourable in thy house?
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying: 'Shall I go and smite these Philistines?' And the LORD said unto David: 'Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.'
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
And David's men said unto him: 'Behold, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?'
אֵלָ֔יו (אֵלָ֔י) 'e.La “to”אֶל־ 'el- “against”
And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
אֶל־ 'el- “against”וְאֶל־ (אֶל) 'el- “against”
And David knew that Saul devised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest: 'Bring hither the ephod.'
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
Then said David: 'O LORD, the God of Israel, Thy servant hath surely heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
And he said unto him: 'Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.'
אֵלָ֜יו (אֵלָ֜י) 'e.La “to”