Hebrew · H413

אֵל

Near , with or among ; often in general, to

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אֵלH413
Pronunciationʾēl

What does אֵל (ʾēl) mean in the Bible?

אֵל (ʾēl): Fundamental spatial and relational preposition expressing motion toward, proximity, or association rather than static location.

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What does אֵל (ʾēl) mean in the Bible?

אֵל (ʾēl): Fundamental spatial and relational preposition expressing motion toward, proximity, or association rather than static location.

How does the BSB render H413?

The BSB source-word alignment has 5,513 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include to (1,902), . . . (999), to Me (285), - (192), to you (146).

Where does אֵל (ʾēl) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 1:9. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (525), Ezekiel (503), Genesis (475), Exodus (399).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It
to1,902×Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:9
. . .999×Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18
to Me285×Genesis 4:10, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 26:27, Genesis 29:34
-192×Genesis 6:16, Genesis 16:6, Genesis 24:10, Genesis 24:30
to you146×Genesis 6:20, Genesis 18:10, Genesis 18:14, Genesis 19:8
to him136×Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 12:7
into134×Genesis 1:9, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 19:2
against103×Genesis 4:8, Exodus 9:14, Numbers 13:31, Numbers 22:25
to them96×Genesis 37:6, Genesis 40:6, Genesis 40:8, Genesis 42:18
in83×Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 14:17
at77×Genesis 22:9, Genesis 24:29, Exodus 3:6, Exodus 26:9
on77×Genesis 4:4, Genesis 22:12, Exodus 12:22, Exodus 14:24
them59×Genesis 26:27, Genesis 42:12, Genesis 45:27, Exodus 3:13
toward50×Exodus 16:10, Exodus 25:20, Leviticus 9:22, Numbers 8:3
for48×Genesis 4:5, Genesis 22:19, Genesis 24:10, Genesis 37:35
him47×Genesis 15:7, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 24:5, Genesis 27:42
Me47×Genesis 18:21, Genesis 24:40, Genesis 32:9, Genesis 48:4
you42×Genesis 4:7, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 22:2, Genesis 31:16
and40×Genesis 4:4, Genesis 24:4, Exodus 12:22, Exodus 24:14
and to35×Genesis 3:19, Genesis 24:38, Genesis 46:31, Exodus 6:3
to her29×Genesis 16:13, Genesis 24:43, Genesis 24:45, Genesis 30:22
with24×Genesis 18:33, Genesis 49:29, Leviticus 18:20, Numbers 21:7
before20×Genesis 41:14, Exodus 21:6, Exodus 22:8, Exodus 23:17
it to17×Genesis 18:7, Leviticus 1:15, Leviticus 2:2, Leviticus 2:8
concerning16×Exodus 6:13, 1 Samuel 2:34, 2 Samuel 10:2, 2 Kings 19:20
upon16×Genesis 39:7, 1 Samuel 15:19, 1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 16:23
about15×Exodus 14:5, 1 Samuel 3:12, 2 Samuel 7:19, 1 Kings 14:5
her15×Genesis 20:6, Genesis 24:58, Genesis 29:21, Genesis 29:23
of15×Genesis 20:2, Deuteronomy 18:11, 1 Samuel 4:19, 1 Samuel 20:34
over15×Leviticus 14:50, 1 Samuel 13:13, 1 Samuel 25:17, 2 Samuel 2:9
to us15×Genesis 19:5, Genesis 42:33, Genesis 44:27, Deuteronomy 1:6
vvv15×Leviticus 4:21, Leviticus 24:23, Numbers 5:4, Judges 11:9
word to14×Joshua 10:3, Joshua 10:6, 1 Samuel 16:22, 2 Samuel 13:7
that11×Exodus 8:20, Exodus 9:1, Exodus 9:13, Numbers 15:38
against me10×1 Samuel 17:8, 1 Samuel 17:45, 1 Samuel 22:13, 2 Kings 19:27
for youJudges 3:19, Judges 3:20, 1 Samuel 20:12, 2 Kings 9:5
I am against youJeremiah 21:13, Jeremiah 50:31, Jeremiah 51:25, Ezekiel 13:8
you toExodus 3:10, Numbers 23:27, Joshua 24:8, 1 Samuel 16:1
by2 Samuel 18:24, Jeremiah 34:17, Jeremiah 46:10, Jeremiah 48:19
with youGenesis 45:12, Exodus 29:42, Deuteronomy 23:15, 1 Samuel 6:21
among1 Samuel 10:22, Jeremiah 4:3, Ezekiel 2:6, Ezekiel 13:19
and againstJeremiah 26:12, Jeremiah 50:21, Jeremiah 50:35, Jeremiah 50:37
insideGenesis 8:9, Exodus 4:7, Exodus 25:16, Numbers 4:10
you intoExodus 13:5, Exodus 13:11, Deuteronomy 6:10, Deuteronomy 7:1
a message to2 Kings 3:7, 2 Kings 5:8, 2 Kings 10:5, 2 Kings 14:9
against youJudges 9:33, Jeremiah 1:19, Jeremiah 15:20, Ezekiel 7:6
to itJob 34:14, Isaiah 2:2, Isaiah 44:17, Isaiah 46:7
with himDeuteronomy 25:8, Judges 3:13, 2 Samuel 20:16, 1 Chronicles 13:13
after1 Chronicles 16:23, Jeremiah 5:8, Jeremiah 25:26, Ezekiel 7:26
against themDeuteronomy 28:25, Judges 20:23, 1 Chronicles 19:17, 2 Chronicles 14:9
back toGenesis 48:21, Exodus 19:8, 2 Samuel 23:16, 1 Chronicles 11:18
nearGenesis 24:11, Leviticus 21:23, 2 Kings 23:11, Jeremiah 41:12
to HimselfNumbers 16:5, Numbers 16:9, 1 Kings 8:58, Habakkuk 2:5
usGenesis 39:17, Genesis 43:5, Joshua 9:11, 1 Samuel 5:10
around himExodus 32:26, 1 Samuel 22:2, 1 Kings 19:19, Ezra 10:1
enter2 Kings 19:33, Isaiah 37:34, Ezekiel 13:9, Ezekiel 20:38
orNumbers 18:3, Joshua 22:28, 1 Samuel 27:10, Psalms 28:5
to [Elijah]1 Kings 17:2, 1 Kings 17:8, 2 Kings 1:9, 2 Kings 1:11
toward youLeviticus 26:9, Numbers 6:26, 1 Chronicles 29:18, Ezekiel 36:9
whereverRuth 1:16, Proverbs 17:8, Ezekiel 1:12, Ezekiel 47:9
alongJoshua 15:7, Joshua 15:8, Joshua 15:10
are onPsalms 33:18, Psalms 34:15, Psalms 123:2
as for1 Kings 8:41, 2 Chronicles 6:32, Nehemiah 11:25
at him2 Kings 9:32, Job 15:26, Daniel 8:6
backGenesis 8:9, Jeremiah 28:6, Ezekiel 11:24
before youNumbers 10:4, Psalms 102:1, Jeremiah 12:1
beside2 Samuel 18:4, Jeremiah 31:9, Ezekiel 40:44
butGenesis 4:5, Exodus 24:11, Numbers 18:3
But as for2 Kings 22:18, 2 Chronicles 34:26, Ezekiel 11:21
facedEzekiel 40:17, Ezekiel 40:31, Ezekiel 41:12
facedownJoshua 5:14, Ezekiel 43:3, Ezekiel 44:4
from2 Samuel 24:16, 1 Kings 8:30, Isaiah 39:3
is againstJeremiah 50:36, Jeremiah 50:37
next toExodus 28:26, Exodus 39:19, 2 Samuel 14:30
ontoJudges 20:32, 1 Kings 22:35, Jonah 2:10
to [Gideon]Judges 6:12, Judges 7:9, Judges 8:1
to yourselfJob 15:8, Isaiah 65:5, Lamentations 5:21
upon me1 Samuel 13:12, Ezekiel 33:22, Hosea 7:7
upon themJudges 9:57, Jeremiah 2:3, Jeremiah 11:11
with herJudges 4:22, Judges 16:1, Ezekiel 23:44
[and]1 Samuel 4:21, 1 Kings 16:7
[look] toPsalms 123:2
[was] towardEzekiel 41:19
about MeJob 42:7, Job 42:8
aboveEzekiel 10:1, Ezekiel 41:6
against him2 Kings 6:18, Daniel 8:7
against usJoshua 10:6, 2 Samuel 11:23
along withEzekiel 23:42, Ezekiel 48:20
and fitted intoExodus 26:24, Exodus 36:29
and on2 Kings 9:33, Jeremiah 36:31
around2 Samuel 5:23, Nehemiah 8:13
at me1 Samuel 17:43, Job 21:5
because1 Samuel 4:21, 1 Kings 21:22
because ofEzekiel 6:11, Ezekiel 21:7
before meDeuteronomy 31:28, Isaiah 41:1
before themIsaiah 1:23, Ezekiel 16:37
came to himGenesis 50:17, 1 Kings 19:9
Do notDeuteronomy 2:9, Jeremiah 51:3
down1 Samuel 21:13, 1 Kings 21:16
facingEzekiel 41:15, Ezekiel 42:13
for himJudges 8:14, Esther 7:7
for MeIsaiah 51:5, Isaiah 63:15
for thisJeremiah 49:19, Jeremiah 50:44
for us2 Kings 4:13, Psalms 40:5
had1 Kings 7:34, Ezekiel 40:16
I am againstEzekiel 13:20, Ezekiel 30:22
in front ofGenesis 30:39, Exodus 34:3
in YouPsalms 56:3, Psalms 86:2
is uponEzekiel 7:12, Ezekiel 7:14
it inExodus 40:20, Ezekiel 39:15
it intoNumbers 31:54, 2 Kings 4:41
of youJeremiah 12:6, Jeremiah 38:25
on HimDeuteronomy 4:7, Proverbs 26:27
straight aheadEzekiel 1:12, Ezekiel 10:22
them [that]Leviticus 21:1, Leviticus 22:3
themselves toJeremiah 50:5, Zechariah 2:11
they turned toGenesis 42:28, Jeremiah 36:16
to [Moses and Aaron]Exodus 7:22, Exodus 8:15
to [the place]Exodus 32:34, 1 Chronicles 15:12
to BalakNumbers 23:6, Numbers 23:17
to Elijah2 Kings 1:9, 2 Kings 1:11
to enterGenesis 7:9, Genesis 7:15
togetherExodus 36:10, Exodus 36:13
underEsther 2:8, Esther 2:14
upon youNumbers 6:25, Job 4:5
with meGenesis 30:16, Judges 4:18
you and2 Kings 18:27, Isaiah 36:12
you to themGenesis 37:13, Ezekiel 2:4
[and go] toExodus 33:1
[and] inEzekiel 12:19
[David]2 Samuel 17:12
[freedom] to [fall]Jeremiah 34:17
[go] toDeuteronomy 1:7
[his sons] to himGenesis 48:10
[I looked] toJeremiah 4:23
[is] againstJeremiah 50:36
[is] on the side2 Kings 6:11
[is] uponJeremiah 50:38
[it]Deuteronomy 32:52
[Joseph]Genesis 44:18
[Moses]Numbers 32:16
[one] besideEzekiel 40:44
[or]Leviticus 19:31
[shall also be] squareEzekiel 43:17
[So they shot Ahaziah] in2 Kings 9:27
[the angel]Zechariah 4:11
[the people]Zechariah 1:3
[the room] adjacent toEzekiel 41:4
[went] to2 Samuel 14:4
[will be] forGenesis 3:16
{I cried} to YouPsalms 30:2
{over} to you2 Samuel 3:12
a reply to1 Kings 5:8
a section forEzekiel 45:2
about themGenesis 37:2
about us2 Samuel 18:3
AccordingJoshua 15:13
addedJeremiah 40:5
adjacent toEzekiel 48:12
after themJudges 18:23
after YouPsalms 42:1
against herJeremiah 6:3
against itEcclesiastes 9:14
all the way aroundEzekiel 41:19
all the way toEzekiel 32:6
among ourselvesIsaiah 7:6
and [I will send for]Jeremiah 25:9
and also toHaggai 2:2
and byJeremiah 34:17
and closer to1 Samuel 17:41
and everywhereJoshua 1:16
and go toGenesis 12:1
and in1 Kings 6:27
and its side pillarsEzekiel 40:34
and live inEzekiel 7:16
and lying on1 Samuel 5:4
and on throughNumbers 25:8
and on toJoshua 18:17
and over2 Samuel 3:29
and placed underEsther 2:8
and returned toGenesis 19:27
and runExodus 23:27
and sling you intoIsaiah 22:18
and threw them intoJeremiah 41:7
and to haveJeremiah 2:19
and towardDaniel 8:9
and uponJeremiah 26:15
and went into2 Chronicles 20:28
and went toEsther 7:7
any inDeuteronomy 23:24
anywhere elseJeremiah 40:5
are fixed on YouPsalms 141:8
are inclinedPsalms 34:15
around meEzra 9:4
as his ownHabakkuk 2:5
as wellExodus 36:10
as well asZechariah 7:3
asked1 Kings 22:21
at herJeremiah 50:14
at themJob 29:24
at you2 Kings 3:14
back intoEzekiel 36:24
back to meGenesis 42:34
back uponNehemiah 4:4
be onJeremiah 51:35
be on youPsalms 129:8
be poured out onJeremiah 7:20
belongs toGenesis 47:18
borderingEzekiel 48:1
but inPsalms 31:6
but toEzekiel 3:5
by him1 Kings 19:19
came to [Abram]Genesis 15:4
came to meJob 4:12
comeNumbers 18:22
come to meExodus 32:26
concerning themDeuteronomy 1:3
consultProverbs 15:12
cried out toExodus 8:12
each one to whomJeremiah 25:17
either toDeuteronomy 17:12
even toEzekiel 11:11
expectingHaggai 2:16
facing one another1 Kings 7:5
fit forEzekiel 19:11
for defense againstJeremiah 33:4
for himself2 Chronicles 32:1
for themDeuteronomy 28:32
for yourselvesGenesis 6:21
from as far away as1 Chronicles 12:40
from themJudges 8:8
FurthermoreNumbers 27:8
go out toJeremiah 15:1
Go up toExodus 33:3
GodJob 38:41
has come to usNumbers 32:19
have far1 Kings 10:7
He put his affairs2 Samuel 17:23
himselfJob 21:19
his1 Samuel 16:17
his attitude toward meGenesis 31:5
his bags toEzekiel 12:12
I1 Kings 13:17
I [am] againstEzekiel 34:10
I [am] against youNahum 3:5
I am on your sideEzekiel 36:9
I cried toPsalms 18:6
I cry out to YouJob 30:20
I flee to YouPsalms 143:9
In additionEzekiel 44:7
in allEzekiel 40:41
in keeping withJoshua 17:4
in on1 Samuel 23:26
in the presence ofMicah 7:17
inherit2 Kings 2:9
into youIsaiah 60:11
is for youMalachi 2:1
is onEzekiel 47:16
is our2 Samuel 19:42
is toProverbs 8:4
it againstEzekiel 30:25
it aside1 Chronicles 13:13
It is because of2 Samuel 21:1
it on1 Kings 13:29
it to meJoshua 18:6
Let them be placedEsther 2:3
like wineJeremiah 48:11
looked atGenesis 43:33
looking towardExodus 37:9
meat with1 Samuel 14:34
messengers toJudges 11:17
my GodPsalms 7:6
near herGenesis 20:4
neverExodus 10:28
of himEzekiel 19:4
of itEzekiel 2:10
of it towardZechariah 14:8
of meatEzekiel 24:4
of them2 Kings 6:11
on MeZechariah 12:10
on the man himselfJob 1:12
on themDeuteronomy 24:15
On theseEzekiel 40:42
on toJoshua 19:12
on whichEzekiel 40:39
on you1 Kings 21:21
on your behalf to2 Kings 4:13
oneEzekiel 1:9
one of1 Chronicles 11:25
only toIsaiah 36:12
oppositeExodus 36:12
out toJeremiah 19:2
outsideLeviticus 16:27
over here1 Samuel 14:33
over him1 Samuel 17:51
over youEzekiel 27:31
pastJoshua 18:12
ranksJoel 2:20
regardingExodus 25:22
say to You1 Chronicles 17:18
side pillarsEzekiel 40:36
slept with2 Samuel 20:3
So byJoshua 21:3
some honey intoJudges 14:9
southwardJoshua 17:7
the animalDeuteronomy 22:2
the people in2 Chronicles 32:6
them thatNumbers 6:2
they [join]Ecclesiastes 9:3
They will look atIsaiah 13:8
this [dream] toGenesis 41:24
This happened because of1 Kings 16:13
this messageNumbers 22:10
this toLeviticus 21:24
to [Abimelech]Genesis 20:6
to [Abraham]Genesis 18:1
to [Ahab]1 Kings 20:10
to [Baruch]Jeremiah 45:4
to [Elisha]2 Kings 2:18
to [Hosea]Hosea 1:4
to [Isaac]Genesis 26:26
to [Israel]Ezekiel 20:9
to [Jacob]Genesis 35:7
to [Jehoram]2 Chronicles 21:12
to [Jeremiah]Jeremiah 1:2
to [Jonah]Jonah 1:11
to [Joshua]Zechariah 3:4
to [Moses]Numbers 9:7
to [say]Jeremiah 43:1
to [tell]Numbers 20:14
to [the king]1 Kings 20:42
to [the Levites]Numbers 18:30
to [the LORD]Genesis 18:29
to [the man of God]1 Kings 13:15
to {summon}Numbers 22:5
to Ahab1 Kings 18:15
to be accompanied byPsalms 5:1
to Elisha2 Kings 2:16
to harm youGenesis 31:52
to hisPsalms 22:24
to includeJoshua 17:7
to JacobGenesis 29:23
to Jehu2 Kings 10:7
to JeremiahJeremiah 36:4
to Joab1 Kings 2:30
to King Ahaziah2 Kings 1:16
to meet me1 Samuel 21:2
to meet themGenesis 19:6
to MyselfExodus 19:4
to put intoHaggai 1:6
to return toJudges 19:2
to see1 Kings 1:15
to SiseraJudges 4:21
to tell usJeremiah 42:5
to tell youJeremiah 42:21
to theNumbers 23:14
to the Amalekite2 Samuel 1:16
to the king2 Kings 1:5
to the otherExodus 26:28
to the people1 Kings 12:28
To the tune ofPsalms 80:1
to those who2 Chronicles 24:12
to visit2 Chronicles 22:7
to You {for help}Psalms 28:2
to you tonightGenesis 19:5
together againstEzekiel 22:13
told themExodus 10:10
toward himEzekiel 17:6
toward itEzekiel 4:3
toward them2 Kings 13:23
turn to MeHaggai 2:17
up to me1 Samuel 19:15
upon himJob 7:17
upon usGenesis 42:21
was on1 Kings 6:8
was over2 Samuel 20:23
was to be placed onEzekiel 40:43
we areIsaiah 14:10
were beside2 Kings 11:14
when I called to YouPsalms 31:22
whereLeviticus 4:12
whoEcclesiastes 8:14
who was with2 Kings 4:18
will come nearPsalms 91:7
will do the same for youHosea 3:3
with itMalachi 2:3
with themGenesis 19:10
with usGenesis 42:21
Yet [that]Jeremiah 3:8
you atNumbers 10:3
your fateIsaiah 14:16
yourself to1 Kings 18:1
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Usage map

A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned rowGenesis 1:9
Aligned rows5,513
Books represented38
Genesis475Exodus399Leviticus244Numbers358Deuteronomy208Joshua218Judges231Ruth191 Samuel3602 Samuel3081 Kings2892 Kings2931 Chronicles652 Chronicles165Ezra20Nehemiah61Esther59Job78Psalms148Proverbs23Ecclesiastes23Song Of Solomon7Isaiah180Jeremiah525Lamentations11Ezekiel503Daniel31Hosea30Joel12Amos14Jonah34Micah7Nahum3Habakkuk4Zephaniah3Haggai19Zechariah76Malachi10
Source forms
אֶל־3,370x’el-Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1
וְאֶל־276xwə·’el-Genesis 3:16, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:5
אֶֽל־139x’el-Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:16, Genesis 22:9, Genesis 24:20
אֵלַ֔י86x’ê·layGenesis 29:34, Genesis 42:20, Genesis 45:10, Exodus 3:16
אֵלָיו֙76x’ê·lāwGenesis 8:9, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 17:1
אֵלַ֥י73x’ê·layGenesis 48:3, Deuteronomy 2:2, Deuteronomy 2:17, 1 Samuel 14:33
אֵלָ֔יו72x’ê·lāwGenesis 19:3, Genesis 19:21, Genesis 22:1, Genesis 24:24
אֵלָ֗יו61x’ê·lāwGenesis 15:9, Genesis 33:13, Genesis 45:9, Genesis 45:27
Parsing patterns
Preposition3,545xGenesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1
Preposition | first person common singular446xGenesis 4:10, Genesis 18:21, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:40
Preposition | third person masculine singular432xGenesis 8:9, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 12:4
Conjunctive waw | Preposition335xGenesis 3:16, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:5
Preposition | third person masculine plural294xGenesis 19:6, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:18, Genesis 24:56
Preposition | second person masculine singular226xGenesis 6:20, Genesis 6:21, Genesis 18:10, Genesis 18:14
Preposition | third person feminine singular79xGenesis 16:13, Genesis 20:4, Genesis 20:6, Genesis 24:14
Preposition | second person masculine plural70xGenesis 19:8, Genesis 22:5, Genesis 42:14, Genesis 42:22
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