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אַל

Transliteration

'al

Pronunciation

Part of Speech

adverb of negation

Root Word (Etymology)

A negative particle [akin to לֹא (H3808)]

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 90

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

STRONGS H408: Abbreviations

II. אַל adverb of negation (so Phoenician e.g. CIS^i.3,4.5.8, Biblical Aramaic H409, Sabean (DHM^{ZMG 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) 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 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 . ), or better אָן whither? (with : 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

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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)

Gen 13:8

Gen 13:8 - And Abram H87 said^H559 unto Lot,^H3876 Let there be^H1961 no^H408 strife,^H4808 I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen^H7462 and thy herdmen;^H7462 for we^H582 be brethren.^H251

Gen 15:1

Gen 15:1 - After H310 these things^H1697 the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 came^H1961 unto Abram^H87 in a vision,^H4236 saying,^H559 Fear^H3372 not, Abram:^H87 I am thy shield,^H4043 and thy exceeding^H3966 great^H7235 reward.^H7939

Gen 18:3

Gen 18:3 - And said,H559 My Lord,^H136 if now I have found^H4672 favour^H2580 in thy sight,^H5869 pass not away,^H5674 I pray thee, from thy servant:^H5650

Gen 18:30

Gen 18:30 - And he said H559 unto him, Oh^H4994 let not the Lord^H136 be angry,^H2734 and I will speak:^H1696 Peradventure there shall thirty^H7970 be found^H4672 there. And he said,^H559 I will not do^H6213 it, if I find^H4672 thirty^H7970 there.

Gen 18:32

Gen 18:32 - And he said,H559 Oh let not the Lord^H136 be angry,^H2734 and I will speak^H1696 yet^H389 but this once:^H6471 Peradventure ten^H6235 shall be found^H4672 there. And he said,^H559 I will not destroy^H7843 it for ten's^H6235 sake.

Gen 19:7

Gen 19:7 - And said,H559 I pray you, brethren,^H251 do not so wickedly.^H7489

Gen 19:8

Gen 19:8 - Behold now, I have two H8147 daughters^H1323 which have not known^H3045 man;^H376 let me, I pray you, bring them out^H3318 unto you, and do^H6213 ye to them as is good^H2896 in your eyes:^H5869 only unto these^H411 men^H582 do^H6213 nothing;^H408^H1697 for therefore came^H935 they under the shadow^H6738 of my roof.^H6982

Gen 19:17

Gen 19:17 - And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth H3318 abroad,^H2351 that he said,^H559 Escape^H4422 for^H5921 thy life;^H5315 look^H5027 not behind thee,^H310 neither stay^H5975 thou in all the plain;^H3603 escape^H4422 to the mountain,^H2022 lest thou be consumed.^H5595

Gen 19:18

Gen 19:18 - And Lot H3876 said^H559 unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:^H113

Gen 21:12

Gen 21:12 - And God H430 said^H559 unto Abraham,^H85 Let it not be grievous^H3415 in thy sight^H5869 because of the lad,^H5288 and because of thy bondwoman;^H519 in all that Sarah^H8283 hath said^H559 unto thee, hearken^H8085 unto her voice;^H6963 for in Isaac^H3327 shall thy seed^H2233 be called.^H7121

Gen 21:16

Gen 21:16 - And she went,H3212 and sat her down^H3427 over against^H5048 him a good way off,^H7368 as it were a bowshot:^H2909^H7198 for she said,^H559 Let me not see^H7200 the death^H4194 of the child.^H3206 And she sat^H3427 over against him, and lift up^H5375 her voice,^H6963 and wept.^H1058

Gen 21:17

Gen 21:17 - And God H430 heard^H8085 the voice^H6963 of the lad;^H5288 and the angel^H4397 of God^H430 called^H7121 to Hagar^H1904 out of heaven,^H8064 and said^H559 unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar?^H1904 fear^H3372 not; for God^H430 hath heard^H8085 the voice^H6963 of the lad^H5288 where he is.

Gen 22:12

Gen 22:12 - And he said,H559 Lay^H7971 not thine hand^H3027 upon^H413 the lad,^H5288 neither do thou^H6213 any thing^H3972 unto him: for now^H6258 I know^H3045 that thou fearest^H3373 God,^H430 seeing thou hast not^H3808 withheld^H2820 thy son,^H1121 thine only^H3173 son from me.

Gen 24:56

Gen 24:56 - And he said H559 unto them, Hinder me^H309 not, seeing the LORD^H3068 hath prospered^H6743 my way;^H1870 send me away^H7971 that I may go^H3212 to my master.^H113

Gen 26:2

Gen 26:2 - And the LORD H3068 appeared^H7200 unto him, and said,^H559 Go not down^H3381 into Egypt;^H4714 dwell^H7931 in the land^H776 which I shall tell^H559 thee of:

Gen 26:24

Gen 26:24 - And the LORD H3068 appeared^H7200 unto him the same night,^H3915 and said,^H559 I am the God^H430 of Abraham^H85 thy father:^H1 fear^H3372 not, for I am with^H854 thee, and will bless^H1288 thee, and multiply^H7235 thy seed^H2233 for my servant^H5650 Abraham's^H85 sake.

Gen 31:35

Gen 31:35 - And she said H559 to her father,^H1 Let it not displease^H2734^H5869 my lord^H113 that I cannot^H3201 rise up^H6965 before thee;^H6440 for the custom^H1870 of women^H802 is upon me. And he searched,^H2664 but found^H4672 not the images.^H8655

Gen 33:10

Gen 33:10 - And Jacob H3290 said,^H559 Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found^H4672 grace^H2580 in thy sight,^H5869 then receive^H3947 my present^H4503 at my hand:^H3027 for therefore I have seen^H7200 thy face,^H6440 as though I had seen^H7200 the face^H6440 of God,^H430 and thou wast pleased with me.^H7521

Gen 35:17

Gen 35:17 - And it came to pass, when she was in hard H7185 labour,^H3205 that the midwife^H3205 said^H559 unto her, Fear^H3372 not; thou shalt have this son^H1121 also.

Gen 37:22

Gen 37:22 - And Reuben H7205 said^H559 unto them, Shed^H8210 no blood,^H1818 but cast^H7993 him into this pit^H953 that is in the wilderness,^H4057 and lay^H7971 no hand^H3027 upon him; that he might rid^H5337 him out of their hands,^H3027 to deliver^H7725 ➔ him to his father^H1 again.^H7725

Gen 37:27

Gen 37:27 - Come,H3212 and let us sell^H4376 him to the Ishmeelites,^H3459 and let not our hand^H3027 be upon him; for he is our brother^H251 and our flesh.^H1320 And his brethren^H251 were content.^H8085

Gen 42:22

Gen 42:22 - And Reuben H7205 answered^H6030 them, saying,^H559 Spake I^H559 not unto you, saying,^H559 Do not sin^H2398 against the child;^H3206 and ye would not hear?^H8085 therefore, behold, also his blood^H1818 is required.^H1875

Gen 43:23

Gen 43:23 - And he said,H559 Peace^H7965 be to you, fear^H3372 not: your God,^H430 and the God^H430 of your father,^H1 hath given^H5414 you treasure^H4301 in your sacks:^H572 I had^H935 your money.^H3701 And he brought^H3318 Simeon^H8095 out unto them.

Gen 44:18

Gen 44:18 - Then Judah H3063 came near^H5066 unto him, and said,^H559 Oh^H994 my lord,^H113 let thy servant,^H5650 I pray thee, speak^H1696 a word^H1697 in my lord's^H113 ears,^H241 and let not thine anger^H639 burn^H2734 against thy servant:^H5650 for thou art even as Pharaoh.^H6547

Gen 45:5

Gen 45:5 - Now therefore be not grieved,H6087 nor angry^H2734 with yourselves,^H5869 that ye sold^H4376 me hither: for God^H430 did send^H7971 me before you^H6440 to preserve life.^H4241

Gen 45:9

Gen 45:9 - Haste H4116 ye, and go up^H5927 to my father,^H1 and say^H559 unto him, Thus saith^H559 thy son^H1121 Joseph,^H3130 God^H430 hath made^H7760 me lord^H113 of all Egypt:^H4714 come down^H3381 unto me, tarry^H5975 not:

Gen 45:20

Gen 45:20 - Also H5869 regard^H2347 not your stuff;^H3627 for the good^H2898 of all the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 is yours.

Gen 45:24

Gen 45:24 - So he sent H7971 ➔ his brethren^H251 away,^H7971 and they departed:^H3212 and he said^H559 unto them, See that ye fall not out^H7264 by the way.^H1870

Gen 46:3

Gen 46:3 - And he said,H559 I am God,^H410 the God^H430 of thy father:^H1 fear^H3372 not to go down^H3381 into Egypt;^H4714 for I will there make^H7760 of thee a great^H1419 nation:^H1471

Gen 47:29

Gen 47:29 - And the time H3117 drew nigh^H7126 that Israel^H3478 must die:^H4191 and he called^H7121 his son^H1121 Joseph,^H3130 and said^H559 unto him, If now I have found^H4672 grace^H2580 in thy sight,^H5869 put,^H7760 I pray thee, thy hand^H3027 under my thigh,^H3409 and deal^H6213 kindly^H2617 and truly^H571 with me; bury^H6912 me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:^H4714

Gen 49:4

Gen 49:4 - Unstable H6349 as water,^H4325 thou shalt not excel;^H3498 because thou wentest up^H5927 to thy father's^H1 bed;^H4904 then defiledst thou^H2490 it: he went up^H5927 to my couch.^H3326

Gen 49:6

Gen 49:6 - O my soul,H5315 come^H935 not thou into their secret;^H5475 unto their assembly,^H6951 mine honour,^H3519 be not thou united:^H3161 for in their anger^H639 they slew^H2026 a man,^H376 and in their selfwill^H7522 they digged down^H6131 a wall.^H7794

Gen 50:19

Gen 50:19 - And Joseph H3130 said^H559 unto them, Fear^H3372 not: for am I in the place of God?^H430

Gen 50:21

Gen 50:21 - Now therefore fear H3372 ye not: I will nourish^H3557 you, and your little ones.^H2945 And he comforted^H5162 them, and spake^H1696 kindly^H3820 unto them.

Exo 3:5

Exo 3:5 - And he said,H559 Draw not nigh^H7126 hither:^H1988 put off^H5394 thy shoes^H5275 from off thy feet,^H7272 for the place^H4725 whereon^H834 thou standest^H5975 is holy^H6944 ground.^H127

Exo 5:9

Exo 5:9 - Let there more work H5656 be laid^H3513 upon the men,^H582 that they may labour^H6213 therein; and let them not regard^H8159 vain^H8267 words.^H1697

Exo 8:29

Exo 8:29 - And Moses H4872 said,^H559 Behold, I go out^H3318 from thee, and I will intreat^H6279 the LORD^H3068 that the swarms^H6157 of flies may depart^H5493 from Pharaoh,^H6547 from his servants,^H5650 and from his people,^H5971 to morrow:^H4279 but^H7535 let not Pharaoh^H6547 deal deceitfully^H2048 any more^H3254 in not^H1115 letting the people^H5971 go^H7971 to sacrifice^H2076 to the LORD.^H3068

Exo 10:28

Exo 10:28 - And Pharaoh H6547 said^H559 unto him, Get^H3212 thee from me, take heed^H8104 to thyself, see^H7200 my face^H6440 no more;^H3254 for in that day^H3117 thou seest^H7200 my face^H6440 thou shalt die.^H4191

Exo 12:9

Exo 12:9 - Eat H398 not of it raw,^H4995 nor sodden^H1310^H1311 at all with water,^H4325 but roast^H6748 with fire;^H784 his head^H7218 with his legs,^H3767 and with the purtenance^H7130 thereof.

Exo 14:13

Exo 14:13 - And Moses H4872 said^H559 unto the people,^H5971 Fear^H3372 ye not, stand still,^H3320 and see^H7200 the salvation^H3444 of the LORD,^H3068 which he will shew^H6213 to you to day:^H3117 for the Egyptians^H4714 whom ye have seen^H7200 to day,^H3117 ye shall see^H7200 them again^H3254 no more for^H5704 ever.^H5769

Exo 16:19

Exo 16:19 - And Moses H4872 said,^H559 Let no man^H376 leave^H3498 of it till the morning.^H1242

Exo 16:29

Exo 16:29 - See,H7200 for that the LORD^H3068 hath given^H5414 you the sabbath,^H7676 therefore he giveth^H5414 you on the sixth^H8345 day^H3117 the bread^H3899 of two days;^H3117 abide^H3427 ye every man^H376 in his place, let no man^H376 go out^H3318 of his place^H4725 on the seventh^H7637 day.^H3117

Exo 19:15

Exo 19:15 - And he said H559 unto the people,^H5971 Be^H1961 ready^H3559 against the third^H7969 day:^H3117 come^H5066 not at your wives.^H802

Exo 19:24

Exo 19:24 - And the LORD H3068 said^H559 unto him, Away,^H3212 get thee down,^H3381 and thou shalt come up,^H5927 thou, and Aaron^H175 with thee: but let not the priests^H3548 and the people^H5971 break through^H2040 to come up^H5927 unto the LORD,^H3068 lest he break forth^H6555 upon them.

Exo 20:19

Exo 20:19 - And they said H559 unto Moses,^H4872 Speak^H1696 thou with us, and we will hear:^H8085 but let not God^H430 speak^H1696 with us, lest we die.^H4191

Exo 20:20

Exo 20:20 - And Moses H4872 said^H559 unto the people,^H5971 Fear^H3372 not: for God^H430 is come^H935 to^H5668 prove^H5254 you, and that his fear^H3374 may be before your faces,^H6440 that ye sin^H2398 not.

Exo 23:1

Exo 23:1 - Thou shalt not raise H5375 a false^H7723 report:^H8088 put^H7896 not thine hand^H3027 with the wicked^H7563 to be an unrighteous^H2555 witness.^H5707

Exo 23:7

Exo 23:7 - Keep thee far H7368 from a false^H8267 matter;^H1697 and the innocent^H5355 and righteous^H6662 slay^H2026 thou not: for I will not justify^H6663 the wicked.^H7563

Exo 23:21

Exo 23:21 - Beware H8104 of^H6440 him, and obey^H8085 his voice,^H6963 provoke^H4843 him not; for he will not pardon^H5375 your transgressions:^H6588 for my name^H8034 is in him.^H7130

Exo 32:22

Exo 32:22 - And Aaron H175 said,^H559 Let not the anger^H639 of my lord^H113 wax hot:^H2734 thou knowest^H3045 the people,^H5971 that they are set on mischief.^H7451

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