H0413–אֶל–el

Now there was of Saul's people a servant named Ziba, and they sent him to David; and the king said to him, Are you Ziba? And he said, I am.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֵלָ֛יו (אֵלָ֛י) 'e.La “to”

And the king said, Is there anyone of Saul's family still living, to whom I may be a friend in God's name? And Ziba said, There is a son of Jonathan, whose feet are damaged.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And the king said to him, Where is he? And Ziba said to the king, He is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, came to David, and falling down on his face, gave him honour. And David said, Mephibosheth. And answering he said, Your servant is here.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And he went down on his face before the king, and said, What is your servant, for you to take note of a dead dog such as I am?

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

Then the king sent for Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, All the property of Saul and of his family I have given to your master's son.

אֶל־ 'el- “<to>”אֵלָ֑יו (אֵלָ֑י) 'e.La “to”

Then Ziba said to the king, Every order which you have given to your servant will be done. As for Mephibosheth, he had a place at David's table, like one of the king's sons.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And David said, I will be a friend to Hanun, the son of Nahash, as his father was a friend to me. So David sent his servants, to give him words of comfort on account of his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

אֶל־ 'el- “concerning”

But the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Does it seem to you that David is honouring your father by sending comforters to you? has he not sent his servants to go through the town and make secret observation of it, and overcome it

אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֵלֶֽיךָ׃ (אֵלֶֽי) 'e.Lei. “to”

Now when Joab saw that their forces were in position against him in front and at his back, he took the best of the men of Israel and put them in line against the Aramaeans;

אֵלָיו֙ (אֵלָי) 'e.La “against”

And David sent and took her; and she came to him, and he took her to his bed: (for she had been made clean;) then she went back to her house.

אֵלָיו֙ (אֵלָי) 'e.La “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And David sent to Joab saying, Send Uriah the Hittite to me. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֵלַ֔י (אֵלַ֔) 'e.La “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And when Uriah came to him, David put questions to him about how Joab and the people were, and how the war was going.

אֵלָ֑יו (אֵלָ֑י) 'e.La “to”

But Uriah took his rest at the door of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And when word was given to David that Uriah had not gone down to his house, David said to Uriah, Have you not come from a journey? why did you not go down to your house?

אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And Uriah said to David, Israel and Judah with the ark are living in tents, and my lord Joab and the other servants of my lord are sleeping in the open field; and am I to go to my house and take food and drink, and go to bed with my wife? By the living L

אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And David said to Uriah, Be here today, and after that I will let you go. So Uriah was in Jerusalem that day and the day after.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And when David sent for him, he took meat and drink with him, and David made him the worse for drink: and when evening came, he went to rest on his bed with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.

וְאֶל־ (אֶל) 'el- “to”

Now in the morning, David gave Uriah a letter to take to Joab.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And in the letter he said, Take care to put Uriah in the very front of the line, where the fighting is most violent, and go back from him, so that he may be overcome and put to death.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

So while Joab was watching the town, he put Uriah in the place where it was clear to him the best fighters were.

אֶל־ 'el- “against”אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And he gave orders to the man who took the news, saying, After you have given the king all the news about the war,

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

If the king is angry and says, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall?

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

Who put Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, to death? did not a woman send a great stone down on him from the wall, putting him to death at Thebez? why did you go so near the wall? Then say to him, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is among the dead.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And the man said to David, Truly the men got the better of us, and came out against us into the open country, but we sent them back to the very doors of the town.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֵלֵ֖ינוּ (אֵלֵ֖י) 'e.Lei. “against”