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H0413אֶלel
to(wards)Part of speech: Hebrew Preposition
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Now there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him unto David; and the king said unto him: 'Art thou Ziba?' And he said: 'Thy servant is he.'
אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֵלָ֛יו (אֵלָ֛י) 'e.La “to”
And the king said: 'Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God unto him?' And Ziba said unto the king: 'Jonathan hath yet a son, who is lame on his feet.'
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
And the king said unto him: 'Where is he?' And Ziba said unto the king: 'Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.'
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came unto David, and fell on his face, and prostrated himself. And David said: 'Mephibosheth!' And he answered: 'Behold thy servant!'
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
And he bowed down, and said: 'What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?'
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him: 'All that pertained to Saul and to all his house have I given unto thy master's son.
אֶל־ 'el- “<to>”אֵלָ֑יו (אֵלָ֑י) 'e.La “to”
Then said Ziba unto the king: 'According to all that my lord the king commandeth his servant, so shall thy servant do; but Mephibosheth eateth at my table as one of the king's sons.'
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
And David said: 'I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness unto me.' So David sent by the hand of his servants to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
אֶל־ 'el- “concerning”
But the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord: 'Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David sent his servants unto thee to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overth
אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֵלֶֽיךָ׃ (אֵלֶֽי) 'e.Lei. “to”
Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Arameans;
אֵלָיו֙ (אֵלָי) 'e.La “against”
And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness; and she returned unto her house.
אֵלָיו֙ (אֵלָי) 'e.La “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”
And David sent to Joab ,saying: 'Send me Uriah the Hittite.' And Joab sent Uriah to David.
אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֵלַ֔י (אֵלַ֔) 'e.La “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”
And when Uriah was come unto him, David asked of him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
אֵלָ֑יו (אֵלָ֑י) 'e.La “to”
But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
And when they had told David, saying: 'Uriah went not down unto his house', David said unto Uriah: 'Art thou not come from a journey? wherefore didst thou not go down unto thy house?'
אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”
And Uriah said unto David: 'The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in booths; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open field; shall I then go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and a
אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”
And David said to Uriah: 'Tarry here to-day also, and to-morrow I will let thee depart.' So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk; and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
וְאֶל־ (אֶל) 'el- “to”
And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
And he wrote in the letter, saying: 'Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.'
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
And it came to pass, when Joab kept watch upon the city, that he assigned Uriah unto the place where he knew that valiant men were.
אֶל־ 'el- “against”אֶל־ 'el- “to”
and he charged the messenger, saying: 'When thou hast made an end of telling all the things concerning the war unto the king,
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee: Wherefore went ye so nigh unto the city to fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast an upper millstone upon him from the wall, that he died at Thebez? why went ye so nigh the wall? then shalt thou say: Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'
אֶל־ 'el- “to”
And the messenger said unto David: 'The men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entrance of the gate.
אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֵלֵ֖ינוּ (אֵלֵ֖י) 'e.Lei. “against”