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Joshua 11:2
“And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אֵלʼêl · ale
H413 · Hebrew
H413 · Hebrew
- Definition
- near, with or among; often in general, to
- Derivation
- (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.
- KJV renderings
- about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
- Grammar
- וְֽ — conjunction
- אֶל — preposition
- Usage
- Occurs 5,516 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:9Genesis 2:19Genesis 2:22Genesis 3:1Genesis 3:2
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֵל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.