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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 5 / 12 (1Ch 28:20–Psa 4:4)

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:20 -

Then David said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and courageous, and act; do not fear nor H408 be dismayed, for Yahweh God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you until all the work for the service of the house of Yahweh is completed.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:42 -

“O Yahweh God, do not turn away the face of Your anointed; remember Your lovingkindness to Your servant David.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:12 - “And behold, God is with us at our head and His priests with the signal trumpets to raise the shout of war against you. O sons of Israel, do not fight against Yahweh, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:11 - Then Asa called to Yahweh his God and said, “Yahweh, there is no one besides You to help in the battle between those of abundant power and those who have no power; so help us, O Yahweh our God, for we lean on You, and in Your name have come against this multitude. O Yahweh, You are our God; let not mortal man prevail against You.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:7 - “But you, be strong and do not let your hands fall limp, for there is reward for your work.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:7 - And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh, but I hate him, because he never prophesies good concerning me but always evil. He is Micaiah, son of Imla.” But Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:15 - and he said, “Pay attention, all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: thus says Yahweh to you, ‘Do not fear or be dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours but God’s.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:17 - ‘You need not fight in this battle; take your stand—stand and see the salvation of Yahweh on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out to face them, for Yahweh is with you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:6 - “But let no H408 one enter the house of Yahweh except the priests and the ministering Levites; they may enter, for they are holy. And let all the people keep the charge of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:7 - But a man of God came to him saying, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for Yahweh is not with Israel nor with any of the sons of Ephraim.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:11 - “My sons, do not be at ease now, for Yahweh has chosen you to stand before Him, to minister to Him, and to be His ministers and offer offerings up in smoke.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:7 - “Now do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were unfaithful to Yahweh, the God of their fathers, so that He made them an object of horror, as you see.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - “Now do not stiffen your neck like your fathers, but give your hand to Yahweh and enter His sanctuary which He has set apart as holy forever, and serve Yahweh your God, that His burning anger may turn away from you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:7 - “Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be dismayed because of the king of Assyria nor because of all the multitude that is with him; for the one with us is greater than the one with him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:15 - ‘So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or incite you like this, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand?’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:21 - But [fn]Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What have I to do with you, O King of Judah? I am not coming against you today but against the house with which I am at war, and God has said for me to hurry. Stop for your own sake from interfering with God who is with me, so H408 that He will not bring you to ruin.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:12 - ‘So now do not give your daughters to their sons nor H408 take their daughters to your sons, and never seek their peace or their prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good things of the land and leave it as a possession to your sons forever.’
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:5 - Do not [fn]forgive their iniquity and let not their sin be blotted out before You, for they have [fn]vexed the builders.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:14 - Then I saw their fear. And I arose and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people: “Do not fear them; remember the Lord who is great and fearsome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:9 -

Then Nehemiah, who was the [fn]governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites, who provided the people with understanding, said to all the people, “This day is holy to Yahweh your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping when they heard the words of the law.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:10 - Then he said to them, “Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:11 - So the Levites quieted all the people, saying, “Be still, for the day is holy; do not be grieved.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:32 -

“So now, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and lovingkindness,

Do not let all the hardship seem insignificant before You,

Which has found us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers, and all Your people,

From the days of the kings of Assyria to this day.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:14 - Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my lovingkindnesses which I have shown for the house of my God and its responsibilities.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:13 -

Then Mordecai said for them to respond to Esther, “Do not imagine that you in the king’s [fn]house can escape any more than all the Jews.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:16 - “Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women also will fast in the same way. And thus I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:10 -

Then the king said to Haman, “Take quickly the robes and the horse as you have said, and do so for Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate; do not fall short in anything of all that you have spoken.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:12 - Then Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your hand, only do not send forth your hand toward him.” So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:4 -

“May that day be darkness;

Let not God seek it from above,

Nor H408 light shine on it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:6 -

As for that night, let thick darkness take it;

Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;

Let it not come into the number of the months.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:7 -

“Behold, let that night be barren;

Let no H408 joyful shout enter it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 -

“Let the stars of its twilight be darkened;

Let it hope for light but have none,

And let it not see the [fn]breaking dawn,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:17 -

“Behold, how blessed is the man whom God reproves,

So do not reject the discipline of the [fn]Almighty.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:22 -

“You will laugh at devastation and starvation,

And you will not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:29 -

“Now turn from this, let there be no H408 unrighteousness;

Even turn from this, my righteousness is yet in it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:34 -

“Let Him remove His rod from me,

And let not dread of Him terrify me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:2 -

“I will say to God, ‘Do not account me as wicked;

Let me know why You contend with me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:14 -

If wickedness is in your hand, put it far away,

And do not let unrighteousness dwell in your tents;

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:20 -

“Only two things do not do to me,

Then I will not hide from Your face:

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:21 -

Move Your [fn]hand far from me,

And let not the dread of You terrify me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:31 -

“Let him not believe in emptiness, deceiving himself;

For emptiness will be his [fn]reward,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:18 -

“O earth, do not cover my blood,

And let there be no H408 resting place for my cry.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:17 -

“He does not look at the streams,

The rivers flowing with honey and curds.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:25 -

“Now if it is not so, who can prove me a liar,

And make my speech worthless H408?”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:21 -

“Let me now be partial to no H408 one,

Nor flatter any man.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:18 -

Beware lest wrath entice you to scoffing;

And do not let the greatness of the atonement turn you aside.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:20 -

“Do not long for the night,

When people [fn]vanish in their place.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:21 -

“Be careful, do not turn to wickedness,

For you have chosen this to affliction.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:8 -

“Place your hand on it;

Remember the battle; [fn]you will not do that again!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:4 -

[fn]Tremble, [fn]and do not sin;

[fn]Ponder in your heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.


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