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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)]
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 2 / 12 (Exo 33:15–Jos 10:25)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:15 - Then he said to Him, “If Your presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:3 - “And no man is to come up with you, nor H408 let any man be seen [fn]anywhere on the mountain; even the flocks and the herds may not graze in front of that mountain.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:6 - So Moses commanded and a [fn]proclamation was passed throughout the camp, saying, “Let no H408 man or woman any longer do the work for the [fn]contributions of the sanctuary.” Thus the people were restrained from bringing any more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:6 - Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not [fn]uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, so that you will not die and that He will not become wrathful against all the congregation. But your [fn]relatives, the whole house of Israel, shall weep over the burning which Yahweh has [fn]brought about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:9 - “Do not drink wine or strong drink, neither you nor H408 your sons with you, when you come into the tent of meeting, so that you will not die—it is a perpetual statute throughout your generations—

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:43 - ‘Do not render [fn]yourselves detestable through any of the swarming things that swarm; and you shall not make yourselves unclean with them so that you become unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:2 - And Yahweh said to Moses:

“Tell your brother Aaron that he shall not enter at any time into the holy place inside the veil, before the [fn]mercy seat which is on the ark, so that he will not die; for I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat.

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‘So do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:4 - ‘Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods; I am Yahweh your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:29 -

‘Do not [fn]profane your daughter by making her a harlot, so that the land will not fall to harlotry and the land become full of lewdness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:31 -

‘Do not turn to [fn]mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am Yahweh your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:14 - ‘If you make a sale, moreover, to your companion or buy from your friend’s hand, you shall not mistreat one another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:36 - ‘Do not take [fn]usurious interest from him, but fear your God, that your brother may live with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:18 - “Do not let the tribe of the families of the Kohathites be cut off from among the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:31 - Then he said, “Please do not leave us, inasmuch as you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will be as eyes for us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:15 - “So if You are going to deal thus with me, please kill me at once, if I have found favor in Your sight, and do not let me see my wretchedness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:11 - Then Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, I beg you, do not place this sin on us, in which we have acted foolishly and in which we have sinned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:12 - “Oh, do not let her be like one dead, whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes from his mother’s womb!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:9 - “But as for you, only do not rebel against Yahweh; and do not fear the people of the land, for they are our [fn]bread. Their [fn]protection has been removed from them, and Yahweh is with us; do not fear them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:42 - “Do not go up, for Yahweh is not among you, so that you are not [fn]defeated before your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:15 -

Then Moses became very angry and said to Yahweh, “Do not regard their offering! I have not taken a single donkey from them, nor have I done harm to any of them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:26 - and he spoke to the congregation, saying, “Turn aside now from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing H408 that belongs to them, lest you be swept away in all their sin.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:34 - But Yahweh said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have given him into your hand, and all his people and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:16 - And they came to Balaam and said to him, “Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, ‘Let nothing H408, I beg you, withhold you from coming to me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:5 - And they said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession; do not take us across the Jordan.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:21 - ‘See, Yahweh your God has given over the land before you; go up, take possession, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you. Do not fear or be dismayed.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:5 - do not [fn]provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, even as little as a [fn]footstep because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:9 - “Then Yahweh said to me, ‘Do not harass Moab, nor H408 provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of [fn]their land as a possession because I have given Ar to the sons of Lot as a possession.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:19 - ‘And you will come opposite the sons of Ammon. Do not harass them nor H408 provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the sons of Ammon as a possession because I have given it to the sons of Lot as a possession.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:2 - “But Yahweh said to me, ‘Do not fear him, for I have given him and all his people and his land over into your hand; and you shall do to him just as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:26 - “But Yahweh was angry with me on your account and would not listen to me; and Yahweh said to me, ‘[fn]Enough! Speak to Me no H408 more of this matter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:4 -

“Do not say in your heart when Yahweh your God has driven them out before you, saying, ‘Because of my righteousness Yahweh has brought me in to possess this land,’ but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that Yahweh is dispossessing them before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:7 - “Remember, do not forget how you provoked Yahweh your God to wrath in the wilderness; from the day that you went out of the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:26 - “And I prayed to Yahweh and said, ‘O Lord Yahweh, do not destroy Your people, even Your inheritance, whom You have redeemed through Your greatness, whom You have brought out of Egypt with a strong hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:27 - ‘Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look at the stiff-neck of this people or at their wickedness or their sin,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:3 - “And he shall say to them, ‘Hear, O Israel, you are drawing near to the battle against your enemies today. Do not let your heart be faint. Do not be afraid, nor be alarmed, nor be in dread before them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:8 - ‘Atone for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, O Yahweh, and do not place the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel.’ And the bloodguiltiness shall be atoned for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:6 - “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or be in dread of them, for Yahweh your God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:6 -

“May Reuben live and not die,

Nor H408 his men be few.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:7 - “Only be strong and very courageous to [fn]be careful to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn aside from it to the right or to the left, so that you may [fn]be prosperous wherever you go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:9 - “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not be in dread or be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:4 - “However, there shall be between you and it a distance of about [fn]2,000 cubits by measure. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you shall go, for you have not passed this way before.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:3 - Then they returned to Joshua and said to him, “Do not have all the people go up; only about two or three thousand men need go up to strike down Ai; do not have all the people toil up there, for they are few.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:19 - Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, I implore you, give glory to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and give praise to Him; and declare to me now what you have done. Do not hide it from me.”

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Now Yahweh said to Joshua, “Do not fear or be dismayed. Take all the people of war with you and arise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:4 - And he commanded them, saying, “See, you are going to ambush the city from behind [fn]it. Do not go very far from the city, but all of you be ready.

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Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, saying, “Do not [fn]abandon your slaves; come up to us quickly and save us and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites that live in the hill country have assembled against us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:8 - And Yahweh said to Joshua, “Do not fear them, for I have given them into your hands; not [fn]one of them shall stand before you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:19 - but as for you, do not stand there; pursue your enemies and [fn]attack them in the rear. Do not allow them to enter their cities, for Yahweh your God has given them into your hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:25 - Joshua then said to them, “Do not fear or be dismayed! Be strong and courageous, for thus Yahweh will do to all your enemies with whom you fight.”

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