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Lexicon :: Strong's H408 - 'al

Aa
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)]
Dictionary Aids

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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So Abram H87 said H559 to Lot H3876, “Please H4994 let there be no H408 strife H4808 between H996 you and me, nor between H996 my herdsmen H7462 and your herdsmen H7462, for we are relatives H251!

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After H310 these H428 things H1697 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to Abram H87 in a vision H4236, saying H559,

“Do not fear H3372, Abram H87,

I am a shield H4043 to you;

[fn]Your reward H7939 shall be H7235 very H3966 great H7235.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:3 - and said H559, “[fn]My Lord H113, if H518 now H4994 I have found H4672 favor H2580 in Your sight H5869, please H4994 do not [fn]pass H5674 Your servant H5650 by.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30 - Then he said H559, “Oh H4994 may H4994 the Lord H136 not be H2734 angry H2734, and I shall speak H1696; suppose H194 thirty H7970 are found H4672 there H8033?” And He said H559, “I will not do H6213 it if H518 I find H4672 thirty H7970 there H8033.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - Then he said H559, “Oh H4994 may H4994 the Lord H136 not be H2734 angry H2734, and I shall speak H1696 only H389 this H6471 once H6471: suppose H194 ten H6235 are found H4672 there H8033?” And He said H559, “I will not destroy H7843 it on account H5668 of the ten H6235.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:7 - and said H559, “Please H4994, my brothers H251, do not act H7489 wickedly H7489.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:8 - “Now H4994 look H2009, I have two H8147 daughters H1323 who H834 have not [fn]had H3045 relations H3045 with any man H376; please H4994 let me bring H3318 them out H3318 to you, and do H6213 to them [fn]whatever H2896 H5869 you like H2896 H5869; only H7534 do not do H6213 anything H1697 to these H411 men H376, because H3588 H5921 H3651 they have come H935 under the [fn]shelter H6738 of my roof H6982.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:17 - When they had brought H3318 them outside H2351, [fn]one said H559, “Escape H4422 for your life H5315! Do not look H5027 behind H310 you, and do not stay H5975 [fn]anywhere H3605 in the surrounding H3603 area H3603; escape H4422 to the [fn]mountains H2022, or H6435 you will be swept H5595 away H5595.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:18 - But Lot H3876 said H559 to them, “Oh H4994 no H408, my lords H136!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:12 - But God H430 said H559 to Abraham H85, “[fn]Do not be distressed H7489 because H5921 of the boy H5288 and your slave H519 woman H519; whatever H3605 H834 Sarah H8283 tells H559 you, listen H8085 to her, for through H4480 Isaac H3327 [fn]your descendants H2233 shall be named H7121.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:16 - Then she went H1980 and sat H3427 down H3427 opposite H4480 H5048 him, about a bowshot H2909 H7198 away H7368, for she said H559, “May I not [fn]see H7200 the boy H3206 die H4194!” And she sat H3427 opposite H4480 H5048 him, and raised H5375 her voice H6963 and wept H1058.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:17 - God H430 heard H8085 the boy H5288 crying H6963; and the angel H4397 of God H430 called H7121 to Hagar H1904 from heaven H8064 and said H559 to her, “[fn]What H4100 is the matter with you, Hagar H1904? Do not fear H3372, for God H430 has heard H8085 the voice H6963 of the boy H5288 where H834 H8033 he is.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:12 - He said H559, “Do not reach H7971 out H7971 your hand H3027 against H413 the boy H5288, and do not do H6213 anything H3972 to him; for now H6258 I know H3045 that you [fn]fear H3372 God H430, since you have not withheld H2820 your son H1121, your only H3173 son H3173, from Me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:56 - However, he said H559 to them, “Do not delay H309 me, since the LORD H3068 has prospered H6743 my way H1870. Send H7971 me away H7971 so that I may go H1980 to my master H113.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:2 - And the LORD H3068 appeared H7200 to him and said H559, “Do not go H3381 down H3381 to Egypt H4714; stay H7931 in the land H776 of which H834 I shall tell H559 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:24 - And the LORD H3068 appeared H7200 to him the same H1931 night H3915 and said H559,

“I am the God H430 of your father H1 Abraham H85;

Do not fear H3372, for I am with you.

I will bless H1288 you and multiply H7235 your [fn]descendants H2233,

For the sake H5668 of My servant H5650 Abraham H85.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:35 - And she said H559 to her father H1, “May my lord H113 not be H2734 angry H2734 that I cannot H3201 H3808 stand H6965 in your presence H4480 H6440, because H3588 the [fn]way H1870 of women H802 is upon me.” So he searched H2664 but did not find H4672 the [fn]household H8655 idols H8655.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10 - Jacob H3290 said H559, “No H408, please H4994, if H518 now H4994 I have found H4672 favor H2580 in your sight H5869, then accept H3947 my gift H4503 from my hand H3027, [fn]for I see H7200 your face H6440 as one sees H7200 the face H6440 of God H430, and you have received H7521 me favorably H7521.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:17 - And when she was suffering H7185 severe H7185 difficulties H7185 in her labor H3205, the midwife H3205 said H559 to her, “Do not fear H3372, for you have another H1571 son H1121!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:22 - Then Reuben H7205 said H559 to them, “Shed H8210 no H408 blood H1818. Throw H7993 him into this H2088 pit H953 that is in the wilderness H4057, but do not lay H7971 a hand H3027 on him”—so H4616 that H4616 later he might rescue H5337 him out of their hands H3027, to return H7725 him to his father H1.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:27 - “Come H1980, and let’s sell H4376 him to the Ishmaelites H3459 and not lay H1961 our hands H3027 on him, for he is our brother H251, our own flesh H1320.” And his brothers H251 listened H8085 to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:22 - Reuben H7205 answered H6030 them, saying H559, “Did I not tell H559 [fn]you, ‘Do not sin H2398 against the boy H3206’; and you would not listen H8085? [fn]Now H1571 H2009 justice for his blood H1818 is required H1875.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:23 - But he said H559, “Peace H7965 be to you, do not be H3372 afraid H3372. Your God H430 and the God H430 of your father H1 has given H5414 you treasure H4301 in your sacks H572; your [fn]money H3701 was in my possession H935.” Then he brought H3318 Simeon H8095 out H3318 to them.

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Then Judah H3063 approached H5066 him and said H559, “Oh H994 my lord H113, may your servant H5650 please H4994 speak H1696 a word H1697 in my lord’s H113 ears H241, and [fn]do not be H2734 angry H639 H2734 with your servant H5650; for you are equal to Pharaoh H6547.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:5 - “Now H6258 do not be grieved H6087 or angry H2734 [fn]with yourselves H5869 because H3588 you sold H4376 me here H2008, for God H430 sent H7971 me ahead H6440 of you [fn]to save H4241 lives H4241.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9 - “Hurry H4116 and go H5927 up H5927 to my father H1, and say H559 to him, ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 your son H1121 Joseph H3130 says H559: “God H430 has made H7760 me lord H113 of all H3605 Egypt H4714; come H3381 down H3381 to me, do not delay H5975.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:20 - ‘And do not [fn]concern H2347 H5869 yourselves H5869 with your property H3627, for the [fn]best H2898 of all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 is yours.’”

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So he sent H7971 his brothers H251 away H7971, and [fn]as they departed H1980, he said H559 to them, “Do not [fn]quarrel H7264 on the journey H1870.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:3 - Then He said H559, “I am God H410, the God H430 of your father H1; do not be H3372 afraid H3372 to go H3381 down H3381 to Egypt H4714, for I will make H7760 you into a great H1419 nation H1471 there H8033.

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When [fn]the time H3117 for Israel H3478 to die H4191 drew H7126 near H7126, he called H7121 his son H1121 Joseph H3130 and said H559 to him, “Please H4994, if H518 I have found H4672 favor H2580 in your sight H5869, place H7760 your hand H3027 under H8478 my thigh H3409 now H4994 and deal H6213 with me in kindness H2617 and [fn]faithfulness H571: please H4994 do not bury H6912 me in Egypt H4714,

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“[fn]Uncontrollable H6349 as water H4325, you shall not have H3498 preeminence H3498,

Because H3588 you went H5927 up H5927 to your father’s H1 bed H4904;

Then H227 you defiled H2490 it—he went H5927 up H5927 to my couch H3326.

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“May my soul H5315 not enter H935 into their council H5475;

May my glory H3519 not be united H3161 with their assembly H6951;

For in their anger H639 they killed H2026 [fn]men H376,

And in their self-will H7522 they lamed H6131 [fn]oxen H7794.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:19 - But Joseph H3130 said H559 to them, “Do not be H3372 afraid H3372, for am I in H8478 God’s H430 place H8478?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:21 - “So H6258 therefore, do not be H3372 afraid H3372; I will provide H3557 for you and your little H2945 ones H2945.” So he comforted H5162 them and spoke H1696 [fn]kindly H3820 to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:5 - Then He said H559, “Do not come H7126 near H7126 here H1988; remove H5394 your sandals H5275 from your feet H7272, for the place H4725 on which H834 you are standing H5975 is holy H6944 ground H127.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:9 - “Let the labor H5656 be H3513 heavier H3513 on the men H376, and have them work H6213 at it so that they will pay H8159 no H408 attention H8159 to false H8267 words H1697.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:29 - Then Moses H4872 said H559, “Behold H2009, I am going to leave H3318 H4480 you, and I will plead H6279 with the LORD H3068 that the swarms H6157 of H6157 flies H6157 may depart H5493 from Pharaoh H6547, from his servants H5650, and from his people H5971 tomorrow H4279; only H7534 do not let Pharaoh H6547 deal H8524 deceitfully H8524 again H3254 in not letting H7971 the people H5971 go H7971 to sacrifice H2076 to the LORD H3068.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:28 - Then Pharaoh H6547 said H559 to him, “Get H1980 away H1980 from me! [fn]Be H8104 careful H8104, do not see H7200 my face H6440 again H3254, for on the day H3117 you see H7200 my face H6440, you shall die H4191!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:9 - ‘Do not eat H398 any H4480 of it raw H4995 or boiled H1311 at H1310 all H1310 with water H4325, but rather H3588 H518 roasted H6748 with fire H784, both its head H7218 and its legs H3767 along H5921 with its entrails H7130.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:13 - But Moses H4872 said H559 to the people H5971, “Do not fear H3372! [fn]Stand H3320 by and see H7200 the salvation H3444 of the LORD H3068, which H834 He will perform H6213 for you today H3117; for the Egyptians H4714 whom H834 you have seen H7200 today H3117, you will never H3808 H5750 see H7200 them again H3254, ever H5704 H5769.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:19 - Moses H4872 said H559 to them, “No H408 one H376 is to leave H3498 any H4480 of it until H5704 morning H1242.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:15 - He also said H559 to the people H5971, “Be ready H3559 for the third H7969 day H3117; do not go H5066 near H5066 a woman H802.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:24 - Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to him, “[fn]Go H1980 H3381 down H3381 and come H5927 up H5927 again, you and Aaron H175 with you; but do not let the priests H3548 and the people H5971 break H2040 through H2040 to come H5927 up H5927 to the LORD H3068, or H6435 He will break H6555 out H6555 against them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:19 - Then they said H559 to Moses H4872, “Speak H1696 [fn]to us yourself H859 and we will listen H8085; but do not have God H430 speak H1696 [fn]to us, or H6435 we will die H4191!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:20 - However, Moses H4872 said H559 to the people H5971, “Do not be H3372 afraid H3372; for God H430 has come H935 in order H5668 to test H5254 you, and in order H5668 that the fear H3374 of Him may [fn]remain H1961 H6440 with you, so that you will not sin H2398.”

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“You shall not give H5375 a false H7723 report H8088; do not join H7896 your hand H3027 with a wicked H7563 person H7563 to be a malicious H2555 witness H5707.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:7 - “Keep H7368 far H7368 from a false H8267 charge H1697, and do not kill H2026 the innocent H5355 or the righteous H6662, for I will not acquit H6663 the guilty H7563.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:21 - “Be H8104 attentive H8104 to him and obey H8085 his voice H6963; do not be rebellious H4784 toward him, for he will not pardon H5375 your rebellion H6588, since H3588 My name H8034 is in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:22 - And Aaron H175 said H559, “Do not let the anger H639 of my lord H113 burn H2734; you know H3045 the people H5971 yourself H859, that they are [fn]prone to evil H7451.

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