# אל
## Arabic
### Noun

אל • (ʔāl) m
* Judeo-Arabic spelling of آل (ʔāl, “family”)‎‎
** c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir‎, Exodus 1:1:הדׄה אסמא בני אסראיל אלדאכׄלין אלי מצר מע יעקוב רגׄל ואלה דכׄלו׃hāḏihi ʔasmāʔu banī ʔisrāʔīla d-dāḵilīna ʔilā miṣra maʕa yaʕqūba rajulun wa-ʔāluhu daḵalū.These are the names of the sons of Israel entering Egypt. With Jacob, man and his kin entered:

## Hebrew
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Biblical Hebrew) IPA: /ʔil/
* (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA: /ˈʔeːl/, [ˈʔeː.el]
* (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA: /ˈʔel/, [ˈʔeːl]
* (Persian Hebrew) IPA: /(ʔ)el/
* (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA: /ejl/
* (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA: /(ʔ)el/

#### Noun

אֵל • (el) m (plural indefinite אלים, singular construct אל־, feminine counterpart אֵלָה)
* god (a deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is attributed)

##### Declension
#### Proper noun

אֵל • (el) m
* God, the God of Israel.
* El, the chief deity in Canaanite religion

##### Derived terms

* אֶלְעָד (el'ad)
* אֶלְעָזָר (el'azár)
* אֲרִיאֵל (ari'él)
* גַּבְרִיאֵל (gavri'él)
* מִיכָאֵל (mikha'él)

##### See also

* אלוה
* אל שדי
* אלישבע

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA: /ˈʔeːl/, [ˈʔeː.el]
* (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA: /ˈʔel/, [ˈʔeːl]
* (Persian Hebrew) IPA: /(ʔ)el/
* (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA: /ejl/
* (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA: /(ʔ)el/
* Rhymes: -el

#### 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

* (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA: /ˈʔeːl/, [ˈʔeː.el]
* (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA: /ˈʔel/, [ˈʔeːl]
* (Persian Hebrew) IPA: /(ʔ)el/
* (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA: /ejl/
* (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA: /(ʔ)el/, /(ʔ)ejl/
* Rhymes: -el

#### Noun

אֵל • (el) m
* 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

* (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA: /ʔɛl/, [ʔɛl]
* (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA: /ʔal/, [ʔæl]
* (Persian Hebrew) IPA: /(ʔ)el/
* (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA: /ɛl/
* (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA: /(ʔ)el/

#### Preposition

אֶל • (el)
* to, towards, into
* at, by

##### Inflection

* In Modern Hebrew, the second- and third-person plural forms are usually pronounced with leading /e/ rather than /a/.

##### See also

* אל נכון
* El Al on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Etymology 5

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA: /ʔal/, [ʔal]
* (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA: /ʔal/, [ʔæl]
* (Persian Hebrew) IPA: /(ʔ)æl/
* (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA: /al/
* (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA: /(ʔ)al/
* Rhymes: -al

#### Adverb

אַל • (ál)
* not, do not
    אַל תִּדְאַג. ― ál tid'ág. ― Don’t worry.
** 2014, Daniela Spektor, אגם קפוא:אז אל תבוא אליי ותבקש את מה שכבר מזמן אינו שלי(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Usage notes

* In the Bible, this form is followed by a verb in the jussive or occasionally cohortative; 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

* H409 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

#### Prefix

אַל • (ál)
* -less
    ‎אַל־ + ‎מָוֶת (mávet, “death”) → ‎אַלְמָוֶת (almávet, “immortality”)
    ‎אַל־ + ‎חוּט (khút, “wire”) → ‎אַלְחוּטי (alkhutí, “wireless”)

##### Alternative forms

* אַל־

##### Derived terms
#### Noun

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

### Anagrams

* לא