אל

See also: ﭏ‎

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
א־ל‎

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

A god, supreme deity.

Proper noun

אֵל • (el) m

God, the God of Israel.

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

אֵל • (el) m

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

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)

to, towards, into
at, by

Inflection

Inflection table

Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Plural
Non-personal-pronoun-including form				אֶל‎ (el)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	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/.

Etymology 5

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

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

אַל • ('ál)

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)

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

Anagrams

לא‎

Judeo-Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic إِلّ‎ (ʾill).

Noun

אל (ʾillun)

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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