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Lexicon :: Strong's H408 - 'al

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אַל
Transliteration
'al
Pronunciation
al
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Part of Speech
adverb of negation
Root Word (Etymology)
A negative particle [akin to לֹא (H3808)]
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TWOT Reference: 90

Strong’s Definitions

אַל ʼal, al; a negative particle (akin to H3808); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing:—nay, neither, + never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H408 in the following manner: never (2x), nay (1x), neither (1x), no (1x), none (1x), nor (1x), not (1x), nothing (1x), rather than (1x), whither (1x), nothing worth (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H408 in the following manner: never (2x), nay (1x), neither (1x), no (1x), none (1x), nor (1x), not (1x), nothing (1x), rather than (1x), whither (1x), nothing worth (1x).

  1. not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference)

    1. do not, let not (with a verb)

    2. let there not be (with a verb understood)

    3. not, no (with substantive)

    4. nothing (as substantive)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַל ʼal, al; a negative particle (akin to H3808); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing:—nay, neither, + never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
STRONGS H408: Abbreviations
II. אַל adverb of negation (so Phoenician e.g. CISi.3,4.5.8, Biblical Aramaic H409, Sabean (DHMZMG 1875, 596), and in the Ethiopic አልቦ፡ albo, is not), denying however, not objectively as a fact (like לֹא οὐ), but subjectively as a wish (like μή), expressing therefore a deprecation or prohibition:
a.
(a) with a verb, which is then always an imperfect (never an imperative), by preference in the cohortative or jussive mood, where this is in use, and may be of any person or number; Genesis 15:1 and often אַל־תִּירָא fear not! Genesis 22:12 יָֽדְךָ אַל־תִּשְׁלַח put not forth thy hand, Genesis 37:27 וְיָדֵנוּ אַל־תְּהִי־בוֺ and let not our hand be upon him, Genesis 21:16 אַל־אֶרְאֶה let me not look upon the death of the lad! Psalm 25:2 אַל־אֵבוֺשָׁה let me not be ashamed; with1st person plural (rare) 2 Samuel 13:25; Jeremiah 18:18; Jonah 1:14. In an imprecation: Genesis 49:4 אַל־תּוֺתַר have not thou the excellency! Psalm 109:12; Job 3:4, 6. Sometimes strengthened by נָא : Genesis 13:8; Genesis 18:3 and elsewhere.
(b) without a verb,
(α) 2 Samuel 1:21 let (there be) not dew & not rain upon you! Isaiah 62:6; Psalm 83:1.
(β) used absolutely, in deprecation Genesis 19:18; 2 Samuel 13:16 (see below אוֺדָה) 2 Kings 3:13; 2 Kings 4:16; 2 Kings 6:27 (see RVm: but possibly to be explained by Dr§ 152 iii; so Th Ke: hardly as Ew§ 355 b) Ruth 1:13 אַל בְּנֹתַי Nay, my daughters, compare Judges 19:23;
(γ) after a preceding imperative Amos 5:14; Joel 2:13; Proverbs 8:10, a jussive Proverbs 27:2, an infinitive absolute Proverbs 27:2.
(c) in poetry אַל sometimes expresses vividly the emotion or sympathy of the poet (see Dr§ 56-8); Isaiah 2:9 וְאַל־תִּשָּׂא לָהֶם and forgive them not! (with a touch of passion), Psalm 41:3; Proverbs 3:25; Job 5:22; Psalm 34:6 (but Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Ew Che here read וּפְנֵיכֶם, probably rightly); Psalm 50:3a may our God come וְאַל־ יֶ֫חֱשָרשׁ and not be silent! (the psalmist identifying himself with a spectator of the scene Psalm 50:2, Psalm 50:3b Psalm 50:3c) Psalm 121:3 (contrast Psalm 121:4 לֹא) Jeremiah 46:6 +.
b. once Proverbs 12:28 joined closely to a substantive (compare לֹא 2 b) to express with emphasis its negation: In the way of righteousness is life, and in the pathway therecf אַל־מָוֶת there is no-death! i.e. immortality.
c. once Job 24:25 used in poetry as a substantive, And bring my words לְאַל to nought! — N.B. 1 Samuel 27:10 הַיּוֺם אַל־פְּשַׁטְתֶּם אַל with the perfect is against all analogy; and either אֶל־מִי (with Greek Version of the LXX. Vulgate), or better אָן whither? (with Syriac Version Targum : see 1 Samuel 10:14) must be read.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

13:8; 15:1; 18:3; 19:18; 21:16; 22:12; 37:27; 49:4

Judges

19:23

Ruth

1:13

1 Samuel

10:14; 27:10

2 Samuel

1:21; 13:16; 13:25

2 Kings

3:13; 4:16; 6:27

Job

3:4; 3:6; 5:22; 24:25

Psalms

25:2; 34:6; 41:3; 50:2; 50:3; 50:3; 50:3; 83:1; 109:12; 121:3; 121:4

Proverbs

3:25; 8:10; 12:28; 27:2; 27:2

Isaiah

2:9; 62:6

Jeremiah

18:18; 46:6

Joel

2:13

Amos

5:14

Jonah

1:14

H408

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Strong's Number H408 matches the Hebrew אַל ('al),
which occurs 725 times in 572 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 12 (Gen 13:8–Exo 32:22)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8 - Then Abram said to Lot, "Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are kinsmen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:1 - After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, "Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:3 - and said, "My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30 - Then he said, "Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there." He answered, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - Then he said, "Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there." He answered, "For the sake of ten I will not destroy it."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:7 - and said, "I beg you, my brothers, do not act so wickedly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:8 - Behold, I have two daughters who have not known man; let me bring them out to you, and do to them as you please; only do nothing to these men, for they have come under the shelter of my roof."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:17 - And when they had brought them forth, they said, "Flee for your life; do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley; flee to the hills, lest you be consumed."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:18 - And Lot said to them, "Oh, no, my lords;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:12 - But God said to Abraham, "Be not displeased because of the lad and because of your slave woman; whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your descendants be named.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:16 - Then she went, and sat down over against him a good way off, about the distance of a bowshot; for she said, "Let me not look upon the death of the child." And as she sat over against him, the child lifted up his voice and wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:17 - And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, and said to her, "What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not; for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:12 - He said, "Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:56

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:56 - But he said to them, "Do not delay me, since the LORD has prospered my way; let me go that I may go to my master."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:2 - And the LORD appeared to him, and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:24 - And the LORD appeared to him the same night and said, "I am the God of Abraham your father; fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your descendants for my servant Abraham's sake."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:35 - And she said to her father, "Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise before you, for the way of women is upon me." So he searched, but did not find the household gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10 - Jacob said, "No, I pray you, if I have found favor in your sight, then accept my present from my hand; for truly to see your face is like seeing the face of God, with such favor have you received me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:17 - And when she was in her hard labor, the midwife said to her, "Fear not; for now you will have another son."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:22 - And Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood; cast him into this pit here in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him"--that he might rescue him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:27 - Come, let us sell him to the Ish'maelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh." And his brothers heeded him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:22 - And Reuben answered them, "Did I not tell you not to sin against the lad? But you would not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:23 - He replied, "Rest assured, do not be afraid; your God and the God of your father must have put treasure in your sacks for you; I received your money." Then he brought Simeon out to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:18 - Then Judah went up to him and said, "O my lord, let your servant, I pray you, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not your anger burn against your servant; for you are like Pharaoh himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:5 - And now do not be distressed, or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9 - Make haste and go up to my father and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not tarry;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:20 - Give no thought to your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:24 - Then he sent his brothers away, and as they departed, he said to them, "Do not quarrel on the way."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:3 - Then he said, "I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt; for I will there make of you a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:29 - And when the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh, and promise to deal loyally and truly with me. Do not bury me in Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:4 - Unstable as water, you shall not have pre-eminence because you went up to your father's bed; then you defiled it--you went up to my couch!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:6 - O my soul, come not into their council; O my spirit, be not joined to their company; for in their anger they slay men, and in their wantonness they hamstring oxen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:19 - But Joseph said to them, "Fear not, for am I in the place of God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:21 - So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones." Thus he reassured them and comforted them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:5 - Then he said, "Do not come near; put off your shoes from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:9 - Let heavier work be laid upon the men that they may labor at it and pay no regard to lying words."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:29 - Then Moses said, "Behold, I am going out from you and I will pray to the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only let not Pharaoh deal falsely again by not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:28 - Then Pharaoh said to him, "Get away from me; take heed to yourself; never see my face again; for in the day you see my face you shall die."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:9 - Do not eat any of it raw or boiled with water, but roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:13 - And Moses said to the people, "Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will work for you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:19 - And Moses said to them, "Let no man leave any of it till the morning."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:29 - See! The LORD has given you the sabbath, therefore on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days; remain every man of you in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:15 - And he said to the people, "Be ready by the third day; do not go near a woman."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:24 - And the LORD said to him, "Go down, and come up bringing Aaron with you; but do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to the LORD, lest he break out against them."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:19 - and said to Moses, "You speak to us, and we will hear; but let not God speak to us, lest we die."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:20 - And Moses said to the people, "Do not fear; for God has come to prove you, and that the fear of him may be before your eyes, that you may not sin."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1 - "You shall not utter a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man, to be a malicious witness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:7 - Keep far from a false charge, and do not slay the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:21 - Give heed to him and hearken to his voice, do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgression; for my name is in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:22 - And Aaron said, "Let not the anger of my lord burn hot; you know the people, that they are set on evil.

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