אֵצֶל

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: 1 Mos 39,10; 1 Mos 39,15; 1 Mos 41,3 and stood אֵצֶל הַפַּרוֺת beside the kine, 1 Sam 5,2 אֵצֶל דָּגוֺן beside Dagon, 1 Kong 13,24; 1 Kong 13,25; 1 Kong 21,1; Ord 8,30; Ezk 1,15; Ezk 1,19; Ezk 33,30; Ezk 39,15 often in phrase (׳י ׳מ) אֵצֶל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ 3 Mos 1,16; 3 Mos 6,3; 5 Mos 16,21; 1 Kong 2,29; Amos 2,8 +; of a locality (compare II. אֵת 2) 5 Mos 11,30 beside the terebinths of Moreh, 1 Kong 1,9; 1 Kong 4,12; Jer 41,17. After a verb of motion (late) Dan 8,7; Dan 8,17 compare 2 Kron 28,15 b.
\ \ b. with מִן, מֵאֵצֶל from proximity to, from beside (compare מֵאֵת, מֵעִם): 1 Sam 20,41 (read with ᵐ5 מֵאֵצֶל הָאַרְגָּב from beside the mound); Ezk 40,7 contiguous to, beside (מִן 3 c); with suffix 1 Sam 17,30 וַיָּסָב מֵאֶצְלוֺ and he turned about from beside him, 1 Kong 3,20; 1 Kong 20,36; Ezk 10,16.