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title: אֶל — motion to · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶל (lemma:אֶל), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: motion to. BDB 1906: n.m. leader, chief. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶל

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«אֶל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **motion to** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:אֶל · **BDB:** אַ֫יִל³

### Glosses

oaks (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

motion to [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b6_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. leader, chief [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b6_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. leader, chief (= ram, as leader of flock? cf. Di Ex 15:15 Ol§ 142 f LagBN 170 \& v. Ez 34:17)—cstr. אֵל Ez 31:11; pl. cstr. אֵילֵי Ex 15:15 Ez 17:13; + 2 K 24:15 Qr (Kt אולי v. אוּל); אֵלֵי Ez 32:21 (del. Co, v. 𝔊).—leader, chief א׳ מוֹאָב Ex 15:15; א׳ הָאָרֶץ Ez 17:13 2 K 24:15 Qr; א׳ גּוֹיִם Ez 31:11 (אֵלִים Jb 41:17 v. sub i. -אלה; perhaps אֵלֵיהֶם Ez 31:14 but cf. infr. iv. איל \& also אֶל Note 1).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (26 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (20 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b6_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 31:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.31.14/)

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לְמַ֡עַן אֲשֶׁר֩ לֹא־יִגְבְּה֨וּ בְקוֹמָתָ֜ם כָּל־עֲצֵי־מַ֗יִם וְלֹֽא־יִתְּנ֤וּ אֶת־צַמַּרְתָּם֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ין עֲבֹתִ֔ים וְלֹֽא־יַעַמְד֧וּ אֵלֵיהֶ֛ם בְּגָבְהָ֖ם כָּל־שֹׁ֣תֵי מָ֑יִם כִּֽי־כֻלָּם֩ נִתְּנ֨וּ לַמָּ֜וֶת אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ תַּחְתִּ֗ית בְּת֛וֹךְ בְּנֵ֥י אָדָ֖ם אֶל־י֥וֹרְדֵי בֽוֹר׃ס

*Word for word:* so.that that not they.may.be.lifted.up in height their any trees of.water and not they.may.set (et) treetop their to between branches and not they.may.stand oaks their by height their any drinkers of.water (dm) of.them all they.have.been.given to (the) death to \[the\].earth lowest among \[the\].children of.humankind to \[those.who.have\].gone.down of.\[the\].pit

*JPS 1917:* to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, neither set their top among the thick boughs, nor that their mighty ones stand up in their height, even all that drink water; for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.

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