This is what the Hebrew word Etsel (אצל) means.
It is a preposition, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
אֵצֶל
etsel
preposition
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Etsel.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מילת שיוך: מה שנמצא בקרבה אל אחר, או ברשותו.
וַיְהִי כְּדַבְּרָהּ אֶל יוֹסֵף יוֹם יוֹם וְלֹא שָׁמַע אֵלֶיהָ לִשְׁכַּב אֶצְלָהּ לִהְיוֹת עִמָּהּ
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Etsel is a preposition.
- Written with vowel points
- אֵצֶל
- Written without vowel points
- אצל
- Said
- etsel
- Root
- א־צ־ל
- Pattern
- קֵטֶל
- Inflections
- אֶצְלִי אֶצְלֵנוּ. אֶצְלוֹ אֶצְלָהּ אֶצְלָם אֶצְלָן. אֶצְלְךָ אֶצְלֵךְ אֶצְלְכֶם אֶצְלְכֶן.
- Gematria
- 121
This is how Etsel is said in other languages.
- French
- chez
These words mean nearly the same as Etsel.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Etsel is part of these phrases and sayings.
- הלך הזרזיר אצל העורב
- אדם קרוב אצל עצמו
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Etsel comes from the root א־צ־ל, like these words.
These words come before and after Etsel in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Etsel.
What is a synonym for Etsel (אצל)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Etsel (אצל) are סמוך, עם, ליד, and על יד.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry אצל of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.