Lexical Definition

‎אֵצֶל‎ ʼêtsel (ay'-tsel) beside ^H:N-M
from ‎אָצַל‎ (in the sense of joining)

at, (hard) by, (from) (beside), near (unto), toward, with. See also ‎בֵּית הָאֵצֶל‎.

• a side
• (as a preposition) near

n m
1) beside, by, near, nearness, joining, proximity
subst
2) (BDB)
2a) conjunction, proximity
2b) beside, in proximity, contiguous to, from beside

Extended Information

• subst

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎אֵ֫צֶל‎₆₁ substantive conjunction, proximity; with suffix ‎אֶצְלִי‎, ‎אֶצְלוֺ‎ etc.; only used as a preposition a. (as an implicit accusative) in proximity to (as though Lag^{BN 68}), beside: Gen 39:10; Gen 39:15; Gen 41:3 and stood ‎אֵצֶל הַפַּרוֺת‎ beside the kine, 1Sam 5:2 ‎אֵצֶל דָּגוֺן‎ beside Dagon, 1Kgs 13:24; 1Kgs 13:25; 1Kgs 21:1; Prov 8:30; Ezek 1:15; Ezek 1:19; Ezek 33:30; Ezek 39:15 often in phrase (‎׳‎‎י‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎) ‎אֵצֶל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ‎ Lev 1:16; Lev 6:3*; Deut 16:21; 1Kgs 2:29; Amos 2:8 +; of a locality (compare II. ‎אֵת‎ 2) Deut 11:30 beside the terebinths of Moreh, 1Kgs 1:9; 1Kgs 4:12; Jer 41:17. After a verb of motion (late) Dan 8:7; Dan 8:17 compare 2Chr 28:15 b.
b. with ‎מִן‎, ‎מֵאֵצֶל‎ from proximity to, from beside (compare ‎מֵאֵת‎, ‎מֵעִם‎): 1Sam 20:41 (read with ᵐ5 ‎מֵאֵצֶל הָאַרְגָּב‎ from beside the mound); Ezek 40:7 contiguous to, beside (‎מִן‎ 3 c); with suffix 1Sam 17:30 ‎וַיָּסָב מֵאֶצְלוֺ‎ and he turned about from beside him, 1Kgs 3:20; 1Kgs 20:36; Ezek 10:16.

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