Lexicon
אֵ֫צֶל
e.tsel
H0681
H:N-M Hebrew

beside

61
Occurrences
15
Books
Hebrew
Language

e.tsel marks the placement of a person, object, or place in immediate relation to another.

The supplied prepositional occurrences mark where someone or something is situated in relation to another referent: the APB describes a donkey and lion at a carcass, wheels at cherubim, and a garment kept with a woman.

Senses in use

  1. Preposition marking relative placement · dominant

    The supplied morphology labels the forms as prepositions. In 1 Kings 13:24 the APB describes the donkey and lion in relation to the carcass; in Ezekiel 10:9 it describes each wheel in relation to a cherub; and in Genesis 39:16 it describes Joseph's garment as kept with her.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses “beside” in these clauses, while it is a whole-verse translation to the Hebrew form.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture