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Lexicon :: Strong's H3809 - lā'

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לָא
Transliteration
lā'
Pronunciation
law
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to לֹא (H3808)
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TWOT Reference: 2808

Strong’s Definitions

לָא lâʼ, law; (Aramaic) or לָה lâh; (Aramaic) (Daniel 4:32), corresponding to H3808:—or even, neither, no(-ne, -r), (can-) not, as nothing, without.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 82x

The KJV translates Strong's H3809 in the following manner: not (49x), no (9x), nor (9x), without (4x), neither (3x), none (3x), cannot (with H3202) (1x), ever (1x), never (with H5957) (1x), no (with H3606) (1x), nothing (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 82x
The KJV translates Strong's H3809 in the following manner: not (49x), no (9x), nor (9x), without (4x), neither (3x), none (3x), cannot (with H3202) (1x), ever (1x), never (with H5957) (1x), no (with H3606) (1x), nothing (1x).

  1. no, not, nothing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָא lâʼ, law; (Aramaic) or לָה lâh; (Aramaic) (Daniel 4:32), corresponding to H3808:—or even, neither, no(-ne, -r), (can-) not, as nothing, without.
STRONGS H3809: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

לָא (לָה †Daniel 4:32 [Daniel 4:35]) adverb not (Biblical Hebrew H3808 לא; Aramaic of Têma, Egyptian, etc., לא; Nerab ל (Lzb301 CookG1. 67); Targum לָא; Syriac bdb109801); — not Jeremiah 10:11; Daniel 2:5, 9, 10, etc.; before a participle (so rarely in Biblical Hebrew, 1b c), Daniel 2:27, 43; Daniel 3:16; Daniel 4:4 [Daniel 4:7]; Daniel 4:6 [Daniel 4:9]; Daniel 4:15 [Daniel 4:18] +, so Daniel 4:32 [Daniel 4:35] וְכָל־דָּאְרֵי אַרְעָא כְּלָה חֲשׁיבִין; are as men not accounted of (so Bev Behrm Marti, compare Isaiah 53:8 Targum בסירין ולא חשׁיבין; > most 'accounted as nothing,' for which no analogy, yet compare Psalm 39:6 Targum); followed by אִיתַי, see אִיתַי. With infinitive and לְ Daniel 6:9 דִּי לָא לִהַשְׁנָיָה which it is not to alter = which is not to be altered (compare Daniel 6:16), Ezra 6:8 (K§ 67, 1 Dr§ 202, 2.; compare Isaiah 35:6 Targum, DAramaic Dialektproben, p. 1). With interr. הֲלָא †Daniel 3:24; Daniel 4:27 [Daniel 4:30]; Daniel 6:13.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

6:8

Psalms

39:6

Isaiah

35:6; 53:8

Jeremiah

10:11

Daniel

2:5; 2:9; 2:10; 2:27; 2:43; 3:16; 3:24; 4:7; 4:9; 4:18; 4:30; 4:35; 4:35; 6:9; 6:13; 6:16

H3809

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3809 matches the Hebrew לָא (lā'),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in 'Ezr' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:13

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“Now let it be known to the king, that if that city is rebuilt and the walls are completed, they will not give tribute, custom, or toll, and it will damage the revenue of the kings.

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“Now because we [fn]are in the service of the palace, and it is not fitting for us to see the king’s [fn]dishonor, therefore we have sent and made known to the king,

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“We make known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and the walls completed, as a result you will have no H3809 portion in the province beyond the River.”

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“Now issue a decree to make those men stop, that this city may not be rebuilt until a decree is issued by me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:5 - But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not stop them until a report could come to Darius, and then a document be returned concerning this.

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‘Then that Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of the house of God [fn]in Jerusalem; and from then until now it is being rebuilt, and it is not yet finished.’

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“Moreover, I issue a decree concerning what you shall do for those elders of Judah in the rebuilding of that house of God: the full cost is to be given to those people from the royal treasury out of the tribute of the provinces beyond the River, and that without H3809 negligence.

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“Whatever is needed, both young bulls, rams, and lambs for a burnt offering to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine, and anointing oil, according to what the priests in Jerusalem say, it is to be given to them daily without H3809 negligence,

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even up to [fn]100 talents of silver, [fn]100 kors of wheat, [fn]100 baths of wine, [fn]100 baths of oil, and salt without written order.

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“We also make known to you that it is not allowed to [fn]impose tribute, custom, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.

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“And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God which is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges that they may judge all the people who are in the province beyond the River, even all those who know the laws of your God; and to anyone who does not H3809 know the laws, you shall make them known.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:26

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“Whoever will not do the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be done to him with all diligence, whether for death or for [fn]banishment or for confiscation of goods or for imprisonment.”

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