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H0413אֶלel

to(wards)Part of speech: Hebrew Preposition

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Occurrences by book

  1. 475
  2. 399
  3. 244
  4. 358
  5. 209
  6. 218
  7. 233
  8. 21
  9. 362
  10. 308
  11. 289
  12. 293
  13. 65
  14. 165
  15. 20
  16. 61
  17. 59
  18. 78
  19. 148
  20. 23
  21. 23
  22. 7
  23. 181
  24. 524
  25. 11
  26. 501
  27. 31
  28. 30
  29. 12
  30. 14
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. 34
  33. 7
  34. 3
  35. 4
  36. 3
  37. 19
  38. 76
  39. 10

Renderings

JPS Tanakh 1917 is not aligned yet, so there are no renderings to show.

5,518 occurrences in 4,207 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 1 Samuel 26:7

    So David and Abishai came to the people by night; and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the barricade, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay round about him.

    אֶל־ 'el- “to”

  2. 1 Samuel 26:8

    Then said Abishai to David: 'God hath delivered up thine enemy into thy hand this day; now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not smite him the second time.'

    אֶל־ 'el- “to”

  3. 1 Samuel 26:9

    And David said to Abishai: 'Destroy him not; for who can put forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless?'

    אֶל־ 'el- “to”

  4. 1 Samuel 26:14

    And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying: 'Answerest thou not, Abner?' Then Abner answered and said: 'Who art thou that criest to the king?'

    אֶל־ 'el- “to”וְאֶל־ (אֶל) 'el- “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”

  5. 1 Samuel 26:15

    And David said to Abner: 'Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept watch over thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.

    אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֶל־ 'el- “<to>”

  6. 1 Samuel 26:25

    Then Saul said to David: 'Blessed be thou, my son David; thou shalt both do mightily, and shalt surely prevail.' So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

    אֶל־ 'el- “to”

  7. 1 Samuel 27:1

    And David said in his heart: 'I shall now be swept away one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel;

    אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”

  8. 1 Samuel 27:2

    And David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, unto Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

    אֶל־ 'el- “to”

  9. 1 Samuel 27:5

    And David said unto Achish: 'If now I have found favour in thine eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there; for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?'

    אֶל־ 'el- “to”

  10. 1 Samuel 27:8

    And David and his men went up, and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Gizrites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.

    אֶל־ 'el- “against”

  11. 1 Samuel 27:9

    And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel. And he returned, and came to Achish.

    אֶל־ 'el- “to”

  12. 1 Samuel 27:10

    And Achish said: 'Whither have ye made a raid to-day?' And David said: 'Against the South of Judah, and against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.'

    אַל־ 'al- “against [where]”וְאֶל־ (אֶל) 'el- “against”

  13. 1 Samuel 28:1

    And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their hosts together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David: 'Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me in the host, thou and thy men.'

    אֶל־ 'el- “to”

  14. 1 Samuel 28:2

    And David said to Achish: 'Therefore thou shalt know what thy servant will do.' And Achish said to David: 'Therefore will I make thee keeper of my head for ever.'

    אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”

  15. 1 Samuel 28:7

    Then said Saul unto his servants: 'Seek me a woman that divineth by a ghost, that I may go to her, and inquire of her.' And his servants said to him: 'Behold, there is a woman that divineth by a ghost at En-dor.'

    אֵלֶ֖יהָ (אֵלֶ֖י) 'e.Lei. “to”אֵלָ֔יו (אֵלָ֔י) 'e.La “to”

  16. 1 Samuel 28:8

    And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night; and he said: 'Divine unto me, I pray thee, by a ghost, and bring me up whomsoever I shall name unto thee.'

    אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֵלָֽיִךְ׃ (אֵלָֽיִ) 'e.La.yi “to”

  17. 1 Samuel 28:9

    And the woman said unto him: 'Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that divine by a ghost or a familiar spirit out of the land; wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?'

    אֵלָ֗יו (אֵלָ֗י) 'e.La “to”

  18. 1 Samuel 28:12

    And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying: 'Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.'

    אֶל־ 'el- “to”

  19. 1 Samuel 28:13

    And the king said unto her: 'Be not afraid; for what seest thou?' And the woman said unto Saul: 'I see a godlike being coming up out of the earth.'

    אֶל־ 'el- “to”

  20. 1 Samuel 28:15

    And Samuel said to Saul: 'Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up?' And Saul answered: 'I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams; therefor

    אֶל־ 'el- “to”

  21. 1 Samuel 28:21

    And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore affrighted, and said unto him: 'Behold, thy handmaid hath hearkened unto thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spokest unto me.

    אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֵלָ֗יו (אֵלָ֗י) 'e.La “to”אֵלָֽי׃ (אֵלָֽ) 'e.La “to”

  22. 1 Samuel 28:23

    But he refused, and said: 'I will not eat.' But his servants, together with the woman, urged him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.

    אֶל־ 'el- “to”

  23. 1 Samuel 29:3

    Then said the princes of the Philistines: 'What do these Hebrews here?' And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines: 'Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who hath been with me these days or these years, and I have found no

    אֶל־ 'el- “to”

  24. 1 Samuel 29:4

    But the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him: 'Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle

    אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”

  25. 1 Samuel 29:6

    Then Achish called David, and said unto him: 'As the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day; ne

    אֶל־ 'el- “<to>”אֵ֠לָיו (אֵ֠לָי) 'E.la “to”אֵלַ֖י (אֵלַ֖) 'e.La “to”