אל

See also: ﭏ‎

Hebrew

Etymology 1
Root
א־ל‎

From Proto-Semitic *ʾil-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒀭 (ilu), Arabic إِلٰه‎ (ʾilāh), Aramaic אלה‎ (aláh).

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

אל • (el) m

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

Etymology 4

Cognate with Akkadian 𒀀𒈾 (ana; il), Arabic إِلَى‎ (ʾilā).

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
  1. In Modern Hebrew, the second- and third-person plural forms are usually pronounced with leading /e/ rather than /a/.
See also

Etymology 5

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

Pronunciation

Adverb

אַל • ('ál)

  1. not, do not
    ‏אַל תִּדְאַג.‎‎ ― 'ál tid'ág. ― Don’t worry.
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).

Prefix

אַל • ('ál)

  1. -less
    מָוֶת‎ (mávet, “death”) → אַלְמָוֶת‎ (álmávet, “immortality”)
    חוּט‎ (ḥút, “wire”) → אַלְחוּט‎ (álḥút, “wireless”)

Noun

אַל • ('ál)

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

Anagrams

Judeo-Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic إِلّ‎ (ʾill).

Noun

אל (ʾillun)

  1. kin
    • Exodus 1:1 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)
      ‏הדׄה אסמא בני אסראיל אלדאכׄלין אלי מצר מע יעקוב רגׄל ואלה דכׄלו׃‎‎
      hāḏihi ʾasmāʾu banī ʾisrāʾīla d-dāḵilīna ʾilā miṣra maʿa yaʿqūba rajulun waʾilluhu daḵalū.
      These are the names of the sons of Israel entering Egypt. With Jacob, man and his kin entered:
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