Hebrew

Pronunciation

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

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) IPA^(key): /ʔel/

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) IPA^(key): /ʔel/

Noun

אל • ‎(el) m

1. Defective spelling of אֵיל: singular construct form of אַיִל‎ (Ezekiel 40:48).

Etymology 4

Cognate with Akkadian [script needed] ‎(il), Arabic إِلَى ‎(ʾilā).

Preposition

אֶל • ‎(el)

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

Inflection

See also

• אל נכון
• El Al on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 5

Cognate with Phoenician 𐤀𐤋 ‎(ʾl), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎍 ‎(ảl), Akkadian [script needed] ‎(ul).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔal/

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).

Noun

אַל • ‎('ál)

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

Anagrams

• לא

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 ad-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: