אל

See also: ﭏ‎

Arabic

Noun

אל • (ʔāl)

1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of آل‎ (ʔāl, “family”)‎‎
   • Exodus 1:1 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)

     ‏הדׄה אסמא בני אסראיל אלדאכׄלין אלי מצר מע יעקוב רגׄל ואלה דכׄלו׃‎‎

     hāḏihi ʔasmāʔu banī ʔisrāʔīla d-dāḵilīna ʔilā miṣra maʕa yaʕqūba rajulun wa-ʔāluhu daḵalū.

     These are the names of the sons of Israel entering Egypt. With Jacob, man and his kin entered:

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
א־ל‎ (ʾ-l)

From Proto-Semitic *ʾil-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒀭 (ilum), Arabic إِل‎ (ʔil), إِلَٰه‎ (ʔilāh), Aramaic אלה‎ (aláh).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew, Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔel/
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔil/

• (file)

• Rhymes: -el

Noun

אֵל • (el) m (plural indefinite אלים‎, singular construct אל־, feminine counterpart אֵלָה‎)

1. A god, supreme deity.

Proper noun

אֵל • (el) m

1. God, the God of Israel.

See also

• אלוה‎
• אל שדי‎
• אלישבע‎

Etymology 2

Etymology unclear, perhaps related to אֵל‎ (“a god”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew, Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔel/
• Rhymes: -el

Noun

אֵל • (el) m

1. strength; (only in the phrase יש לאל ידי‎ (“it is in my power”)).

Etymology 3

See etymology for אייל / אַיִל‎.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew, Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔel/
• Rhymes: -el

Noun

אֵל • (el) m

1. defective spelling of אֵיל‎: Singular construct state form of אַיִל‎ (“pillar of an archway”)‎ (Ezekiel 40:48).

Etymology 4

From Proto-Semitic *ʾila (“towards, nigh”), cognate with Akkadian 𒀀𒈾 (ana), Arabic إِلَى‎ (ʔilā).

Pronunciation

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔɛl/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔel/

Preposition

אֶל • (el)

1. to, towards, into
2. at, by

Inflection

Inflection table

Non-personal-pronoun-including form				אֶל‎ (el)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
First person	אליי / אֵלַי‎ (elái)		אֵלֵינוּ‎ (eléinu)
Second person	אֵלֶיךָ‎ (elékha)	אלייך / אֵלַיִךְ‎ (eláyikh)	אֲלֵיכֶם‎ (aleikhém)1	אֲלֵיכֶן‎ (aleikhén)1
Third person	אֵלָיו‎ (eláv)	אֵלֶיהָ‎ (eléha)	אֲלֵיהֶם‎ (aleihém)1	אֲלֵיהֶן‎ (aleihén)1
Notes	In Modern Hebrew, the second- and third-person plural forms are usually pronounced with leading /e/ rather than /a/.

See also

• אל נכון‎
• El Al on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 5

Cognate with Phoenician 𐤀𐤋‎ (ʾl), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎍 (ảl), Akkadian 𒌑𒌌 (ul).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew, Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔal/
• Rhymes: -al

Adverb

אַל • ('ál)

1. not, do not

   ‏אַל תִּדְאַג.‎‎ ― 'ál tid'ág. ― Don’t worry.

   • 2014, Daniela Spektor, אגם קפוא:

     ‏אז אל תבוא אליי ותבקש את מה שכבר מזמן אינו שלי‎

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

• In the Bible, this form is followed by a verb in the jussive; in later forms of Hebrew, including Modern Hebrew, it is followed by the future tense. For example, “do not do” is in Biblical Hebrew אַל תַּעַשׂ‎ ('al tá'as) and in Modern Hebrew אַל תַּעֲשֶׂה‎ ('al ta'asé).
• In older texts, לֹא‎ may be used instead, that is, as a negative participle followed by a jussive verb.

Further reading

• H409 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Prefix

אַל • ('ál)

1. -less

   מָוֶת‎ (mávet, “death”) → אַלְמָוֶת‎ (álmávet, “immortality”)

   חוּט‎ (ḥút, “wire”) → אַלְחוּטי‎ (alḥutí, “wireless”)

Derived terms

Hebrew terms prefixed with אל־

Noun

אַל • ('ál)

1. naught, nothing; (only in the phrase שָׂם לְאַל‎ (“bring to naught”)).

Anagrams

• לא‎