אֵל
ʼêl · H412 · Aramaic · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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these, those
Marker identifying a set of multiple objects with a set that already exists in the mind of the hearers
ExamplesEzra 5:15 ‘And he said to him, “Take these utensils, go and deposit them in the temple in Jerusalem, and have the house of God rebuilt in its place.”
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
In the other Testament 2 words
- οὗτος hoûtos · G3778 · this, this one
- Standard Greek demonstrative pronoun used to translate Hebrew demonstratives meaning 'this/these' in the Septuagint and New Testament contexts
- τοῦτο toûto · G5124 · that thing
- Neuter form of οὗτος, commonly used for 'this/these' as a demonstrative reference in Greek translations of Hebrew demonstrative pronouns
Semantic domains 6 entries
- Deities001001001
- This code is inherited from an unrelated homograph, the noun "El" (God, a mighty one), not אֵל (ʼêl, H412)'s own demonstrative-pronoun sense in its Aramaic occurrence.
- Names of Deities003001004
- This code is inherited from an unrelated homograph, the noun "El" used in divine names and titles, not אֵל (ʼêl, H412)'s own demonstrative-pronoun sense.
- Names of Constructions003001003
- This code is inherited from an unrelated homograph, the noun "El" used in place names built on the divine title, not אֵל (ʼêl, H412)'s own demonstrative-pronoun sense.
- Large002001001037
- This code is inherited from an unrelated homograph, the noun "El" used of what is mighty or great, not אֵל (ʼêl, H412)'s own demonstrative-pronoun sense.
- Able002001001001
- This code is inherited from an unrelated homograph, the noun "El" used of power or ability, not אֵל (ʼêl, H412)'s own demonstrative-pronoun sense.
- Identifiers004003
- אֵל functions as a demonstrative pronoun, "these" or "those," as in the instruction to take these vessels and put them in the house of God (Ezra 5:15).
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H412. el אֵל demonstrative pronoun plural these (see אֵלֶּה below), Ezr 5:15 Qr (Kt…
אֵל demonstrative pronoun plural these (see אֵלֶּה below), Ezr 5:15 Qr (Kt אֵלֶּה).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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