אל

See also: ﭏ‎

Arabic

Noun

אל • (ʾāl)

  1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of آل‎ (ʔāl, “family”)‎‎
    • 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 waʾāluhu daḵalū.
      These are the names of the sons of Israel entering Egypt. With Jacob, man and his kin entered:

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
א־ל‎ (ʾ-l)

From Proto-Semitic *ʾil-. Cognate with Akkadian 𒀭 (ilum), Arabic إِل‎ (ʔil), إِلَٰه‎ (ʔilāh), 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

אֵל • (el) m

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

Etymology 4

From Proto-Semitic *ʾila (“towards, nigh”), cognate with Akkadian 𒀀𒈾 (ana), Arabic إِلَى‎ (ʔilā).

Pronunciation

Preposition

אֶל • (el)

  1. to, towards, into
  2. at, by
Inflection
See also

Etymology 5

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

Pronunciation

Adverb

אַל • ('ál)

  1. not, do not
    • 2014, Daniela Spektor, אגם קפוא:
      ‏אז אל תבוא אליי ותבקש את מה שכבר מזמן אינו שלי‎
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
    ‏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).
  • In older texts, לֹא‎ may be used instead, that is, as a negative participle followed by a jussive verb.
Further reading

Prefix

אַל • ('ál)

  1. -less
    מָוֶת‎ (mávet, “death”) → אַלְמָוֶת‎ (álmávet, “immortality”)
    חוּט‎ (ḥút, “wire”) → אַלְחוּטי‎ (alḥutí, “wireless”)
Derived terms

Noun

אַל • ('ál)

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

Anagrams

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