Strong's H413 · Hebrew

'el

ale

(but only used in the shortened constructive form sel {el}); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or among; often in general, to

Scholarly Lexicons

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

H413

H413 אֶל (nearly always followed by Makkeph), . of motion to or unto a person or place . Where the limit is actually entered, into . Of direction towards anything . Where the motion or direction implied appears from the context to be of a hostile character, אֶל = against . Unto sometimes acquires from the context the sense of in addition to . Metaph. in regard to , concerning , on account of . Of rule or standard according to (rare) . Expressing presence at a spot, against , at , by , not merely after verbs implying motion . Prefixed to other preps. it combines with them the idea of motion or direction to

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (BDB), 1906 — public domain

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