Prepositions are used with nouns to show how the nouns are related to the rest of the sentence. Example: “A man went to the store.” “to” indicates where the subject is going. I. SEPARABLE PREPOSITIONS (Unattached) In Hebrew most prepositions are unattached to the words used with them, such as: עִם “with (someone)” אַֽחֲרֵי “after” בֵּין “between” אֵ֣צֶל “near, by the side of” מוּל “opposite” עַל “upon, on” לִפְנֵי “before, in front of” מִן “from” תַּ֣חַת “under” אֶל