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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 Box Gen 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8 - Avram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:1 - After these things the word of the LORD came to Avram in a vision, saying, "Don't be afraid, Avram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:3 - and said, "My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don't go away from your servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30 - He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?" He said, "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 - He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. What if ten are found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:7 - He said, "Please, my brothers, don't act so wickedly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:8 - See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and do you to them as is good in your eyes. Only don't do anything to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:17 - It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, "Escape for your life! Don't look behind you, neither stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountain, lest you be consumed!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:18 - Lot said to them, "Oh, not so, my lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:12 - God said to Avraham, "Don't let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your handmaid. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For from Yitzchak will your seed be called.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:16 - She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, "Don't let me see the death of the child." She sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:17 - God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, "What ails you, Hagar? Don't be afraid. For God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:12 - He said, "Don't lay your hand on the boy, neither 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 - He said to them, "Don't hinder me, seeing the LORD has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:2 - The LORD appeared to him, and said, "Don't go down into Mitzrayim. Dwell in the land which I will tell you of.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:24 - The LORD appeared to him the same night, and said, "I am the God of Avraham your father. Don't be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your seed for my servant Avraham's sake."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:35 - She said to her father, "Don't let my lord be angry that I can't rise up before you; for the manner of women is on me." He searched, but didn't find the terafim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10 - Ya`akov said, "Please, no, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present at my hand, because I have seen your face, as one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:17 - It happened that, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid, for now you will have another son."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:22 - Re'uven said to them, "Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him" - that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:27 - Come, and let's sell him to the Yishme`elim, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh." His brothers listened to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:22 - Re'uven answered them, saying, "Didn't I tell you, saying, 'Don't sin against the child,' and you wouldn't listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:23 - He said, "Shalom be to you. Don't be afraid. Your God, and the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks. I received your money." He brought Shim`on out to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:18 - Then Yehudah came near to him, and said, "Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord's ears, and don't let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Par`oh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:5 - Now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that 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 - Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, 'This is what your son Yosef says, "God has made me lord of all Mitzrayim. Come down to me. Don't wait.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:20 - Also, don't concern yourselves about your belongings, for the good of all of the land of Mitzrayim is yours."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:24 - So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. He said to them, "See that you don't quarrel on the way."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:3 - He said, "I am God, the God of your father. Don't be afraid to go down into Mitzrayim; for there I will make of you a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:29 - The time drew near that Yisra'el must die, and he called his son Yosef, and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please don't bury me in Mitzrayim,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:4 - Boiling over as water, you shall not have the pre-eminence; Because you went up to your father's bed; Then defiled it. He went up to my couch.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:6 - My soul, don't come into their council; My glory, don't be united to their assembly; For in their anger they killed a man, In their self-will they hamstrung an ox.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:19 - Yosef said to them, "Don't be afraid, for am I in the place of God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:21 - Now therefore don't be afraid. I will nourish you and your little ones." He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:5 - He said, "Don't come close. Take off your sandals from off your feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:9 - Let heavier work be laid on the men, that they may labor therein; and don't let them pay any attention to lying words."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:29 - Moshe said, "Behold, I go out from you, and I will pray to the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Par`oh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only don't let Par`oh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:28 - Par`oh said to him, "Get away from me! Be careful to see my face no more; for in the day you see my face you shall die!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:9 - Don't eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire; with its head, its legs and its inner parts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:13 - Moshe said to the people, "Don't be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will work for you today: for the Mitzrim whom you have seen today, you shall never see them again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:19 - Moshe said to them, "Let no one leave of it until the morning."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:29 - Behold, because the LORD has given you the Shabbat, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:15 - He said to the people, "Be ready by the third day. Don't have sexual relations with a woman."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:24 - The LORD said to him, "Go down and you shall bring Aharon up with you, but don't let the Kohanim and the people break through to come up to the LORD, lest he break forth on them."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:19 - They said to Moshe, "Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don't let God speak with us, lest we die."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:20 - Moshe said to the people, "Don't be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won't sin."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1 - "You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked 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 don't kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:21 - Pay attention to him, and listen to his voice. Don't provoke him, for he will not pardon your disobedience, for my name is in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:22 - Aharon said, "Don't let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.

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