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אֶל with endings: אֵלַי, אֵלֶיךָ, אֵלָיו

אֶל is «to, toward» a person: coming, writing, phoning, turning to someone. With pronouns it takes exactly the endings of עַל: אֵלַי «to me», אֵלֶיךָ «to you» (m.), אֵלַיִךְ (f.), אֵלָיו «to him», אֵלֶיהָ «to her», אֵלֵינוּ «to us», אֲלֵיכֶם «to you» (pl.), אֲלֵיהֶם «to them».

Keep it apart from לִי. לִי is «to me» as the receiver: נָתַן לִי «he gave me», אָמַר לִי «he told me». אֵלַי is «to me» as a direction: בָּא אֵלַי «he came to me», כָּתַב אֵלַי «he wrote to me», טִלְפֵּן אֵלַי «he phoned me». The verbs with אֶל: בָּא, הוֹלֵךְ, כּוֹתֵב, מְטַלְפֵּן, פּוֹנֶה, שׁוֹלֵחַ.

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Step 42 of 45 · Explanation

אֶל with endings: אֵלַי, אֵלֶיךָ, אֵלָיו

is «to, toward» a person: coming, writing, phoning, turning to someone.

With pronouns it takes exactly the endings of : «to me», «to you (m.)», «to you (f.)», «to him», «to her», «to us», «to you (pl.)», «to them».

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Questions

How do you say «she phoned me» in Hebrew?
הִיא טִלְפְּנָה אֵלַי (elai). Phoning is a direction toward someone, so אֶל, not לִי.
What is the difference between לִי and אֵלַי?
לִי is the receiver: נָתַן לִי «he gave me». אֵלַי is the direction: בָּא אֵלַי «he came to me».
How do you say «come to us»?
בּוֹאוּ אֵלֵינוּ (elenu). אֶצְלֵנוּ means being at our place, not coming to it.

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The units

  1. Unit 1 of 45The pronouns: אֲנִי, אַתָּה, אַתְּ, הוּא, הִיא
  2. Unit 2 of 45Nouns: masculine or feminine, one or many
  3. Unit 3 of 45Strong verbs: לוֹמֵד, לוֹמֶדֶת, לוֹמְדִים, לוֹמְדוֹת
  4. Unit 4 of 45The adjective follows the noun and copies it
  5. Unit 5 of 45«And» is a letter: וְ
  6. Unit 6 of 45ב for where you are, ל for where you go
  7. Unit 7 of 45Strong verbs: לִלְמֹד, לִכְתֹּב, לִסְגֹּר
  8. Unit 8 of 45Strong verbs: כָּתַבְתִּי, לָמַדְתִּי, סָגַרְתִּי
  9. Unit 9 of 45Pi’el: מְדַבֵּר, מְדַבֶּרֶת, מְדַבְּרִים, מְדַבְּרוֹת
  10. Unit 10 of 45Time words: הַיּוֹם, מָחָר, אֶתְמוֹל, בַּבֹּקֶר
  11. Unit 11 of 45Two-letter verbs: גָּר, גָּרָה, גָּרִים, גָּרוֹת
  12. Unit 12 of 45Verbs ending in ה: רוֹצֶה, רוֹצָה, רוֹצִים, רוֹצוֹת
  13. Unit 13 of 45Two-letter verbs: גַּרְתִּי, קַמְתִּי, בָּאתִי
  14. Unit 14 of 45I had: הָיָה לִי, הָיְתָה לִי, הָיוּ לִי
  15. Unit 15 of 45Verbs ending in ה: לִרְצוֹת, לִשְׁתּוֹת, לִקְנוֹת
  16. Unit 16 of 45Verbs ending in ה: קָנִיתִי, רָצִיתִי, הָיִיתִי
  17. Unit 17 of 45Two-letter verbs: לָגוּר, לָקוּם, לָרוּץ
  18. Unit 18 of 45Throat letters at the end: שׁוֹמֵעַ, יוֹדֵעַ, קוֹרֵא
  19. Unit 19 of 45Pi'el in the past: דִּבֵּר, סִפֵּר, שִׁלֵּם
  20. Unit 20 of 45«That» after I think, I say, I know: שֶׁ
  21. Unit 21 of 45Verbs starting with י: לָשֶׁבֶת, לָרֶדֶת, לָלֶכֶת
  22. Unit 22 of 45Adverbs: the word after the verb never changes
  23. Unit 23 of 45Hif'il in the past: הִסְבִּיר, הִזְמִין, הִתְחִיל
  24. Unit 24 of 45Hitpa'el in the past: הִתְלַבֵּשׁ, הִתְחַתֵּן, הִסְתַּכֵּל
  25. Unit 25 of 45לָכֵן: the result after the reason
  26. Unit 26 of 45One word for the past: רַצְתִּי, not הָיִיתִי לָרוּץ
  27. Unit 27 of 45עַל with endings: עָלַי, עָלֶיךָ, עָלָיו
  28. Unit 28 of 45אֵצֶל with endings: אֶצְלִי, אֶצְלְךָ, אֶצְלוֹ
  29. Unit 29 of 45The dual: יוֹמַיִם, שְׁבוּעַיִם, פַּעֲמַיִם
  30. Unit 30 of 45I will have: יִהְיֶה לִי, תִּהְיֶה לִי, יִהְיוּ לִי
  31. Unit 31 of 45מִ with endings: מִמֶּנִּי, מִמְּךָ, מִמֶּנּוּ
  32. Unit 32 of 45Two-letter verbs in the future: אָגוּר, אָקוּם, אָבוֹא
  33. Unit 33 of 45The imperative and אַל: קוּם! אַל תָּקוּם!
  34. Unit 34 of 45Strong verbs in the future: אֶכְתֹּב, יִרְקֹד, נִסְגֹּר
  35. Unit 35 of 45Pi'el in the future: אֲדַבֵּר, יְסַדֵּר, נְשַׁלֵּם
  36. Unit 36 of 45Verbs ending in ה, and לִהְיוֹת: יִקְנֶה, יַעֲשֶׂה, יִהְיֶה
  37. Unit 37 of 45Verbs that lose a letter: אֵשֵׁב, אֵלֵךְ, אֶתֵּן
  38. Unit 38 of 45בְּ with endings: בִּי, בְּךָ, בּוֹ, בָּהּ
  39. Unit 39 of 45Hitpa'el in the future, and the letter swaps: אֶתְחַתֵּן, אֶסְתַּכֵּל, אֶצְטַעֵר
  40. Unit 40 of 45Hif'il in the future: אַרְגִּישׁ, תַּסְבִּיר, יַזְמִין
  41. Unit 41 of 45Nif'al: נִכְנָס, לְהִכָּנֵס, נִכְנַסְתִּי, אֶכָּנֵס
  42. Unit 42 of 45אֶל with endings: אֵלַי, אֵלֶיךָ, אֵלָיו
  43. Unit 43 of 45The possessive glued to the noun: סִפְרִי, אִשְׁתִּי, בֵּיתוֹ
  44. Unit 44 of 45All the endings in one table: לִי, אוֹתִי, שֶׁלִּי, עָלַי, אֵלַי, מִמֶּנִּי
  45. Unit 45 of 45Pi'el ending in ה, all tenses: מְגַלֶּה, גִּלִּיתִי, אֲגַלֶּה