אֶל
el
1. to, toward, unto (of motion)
2. into (limit is actually entered)
a. in among
3. toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)
4. against (motion or direction of a hostile character)
5. in addition to, to
6. concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of
7. according to (rule or standard)
8. at, by, against (of one's presence)
9. in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
Translated as (BSB)
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Concordance 4,204 verses
- Genesis 47:5 אֶל־אֵלֶֽיךָ׃
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you,
- Genesis 47:8 אֶֽל־
“How many years have you lived?” Pharaoh asked.
- Genesis 47:9 אֶל־
“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
- Genesis 47:15 אֶל־
When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our funds have run out!”
- Genesis 47:17 אֶל־
So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, their flocks and herds, and their donkeys. Throughout that year he provided them with food in exchange for all their livestock.
- Genesis 47:18 אֵלָ֜יואֶל־
When that year was over, they came to him the second year and said, “We cannot hide from our lord that our money is gone and all our livestock belongs to you. There is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.
- Genesis 47:23 אֶל־
Then Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh this day, here is seed for you to sow in the land.
- Genesis 48:2 אֵלֶ֑יךָ
When Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel rallied his strength and sat up in bed.
- Genesis 48:3 אֶל־אֵלַ֥י
Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me
- Genesis 48:4 אֵלַ֗י
and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’
- Genesis 48:5 אֵלֶ֛יךָ
And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
- Genesis 48:9 אֶל־אֵלַ֖י
Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”
- Genesis 48:10 אֵלָ֔יו
Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
- Genesis 48:11 אֶל־
“I never expected to see your face again,” Israel said to Joseph, “but now God has let me see your children as well.”
- Genesis 48:13 אֵלָֽיו׃
And Joseph took both of them—with Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand—and brought them close to him.
- Genesis 48:18 אֶל־
“Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
- Genesis 48:21 אֶל־אֶל־
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
- Genesis 49:1 אֶל־
Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:
- Genesis 49:2 אֶל־
Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.
- Genesis 49:29 אֲלֵהֶם֙אֶל־אֶל־אֶל־
Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
- Genesis 49:33 אֶל־אֶל־
When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he pulled his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and he was gathered to his people.
- Genesis 50:4 אֶל־
When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that
- Genesis 50:16 אֶל־
So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded,
- Genesis 50:17 אֵלָֽיו׃
‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
- Genesis 50:19 אֲלֵהֶ֛ם
But Joseph replied, “Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God?
- Genesis 50:24 אֶל־אֶל־
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
- Exodus 1:9 אֶל־
“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
- Exodus 1:17 אֲלֵיהֶ֖ן
The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
- Exodus 1:19 אֶל־אֲלֵהֶ֛ן
The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”
- Exodus 2:7 אֶל־
Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”
- Exodus 2:11 אֶל־
One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.
- Exodus 2:18 אֶל־
When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”
- Exodus 2:20 אֶל־
“So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.”
- Exodus 2:23 אֶל־
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
- Exodus 3:1 אֶל־
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
- Exodus 3:2 אֵלָ֛יו
There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.
- Exodus 3:4 אֵלָ֨יו
When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.
- Exodus 3:6 אֶל־
Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
- Exodus 3:8 אֶל־אֶל־אֶל־
I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
- Exodus 3:9 אֵלָ֑י
And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.
- Exodus 3:10 אֶל־
Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”
- Exodus 3:11 אֶל־אֶל־
But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
- Exodus 3:13 אֶל־אֶל־אֲלֵיכֶ֑םאֲלֵהֶֽם׃
Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?”
- Exodus 3:14 אֶל־אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃
God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
- Exodus 3:15 אֶל־אֶל־אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם
God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.
- Exodus 3:16 אֲלֵהֶם֙אֵלַ֔י
Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.
- Exodus 3:17 אֶל־אֶל־
And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
- Exodus 3:18 אֶל־אֵלָיו֙
The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’
- Exodus 4:1 אֵלֶ֖יךָ
Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”
- Exodus 4:2 אֵלָ֛יו
And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.
