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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 one is to come up with you, nor H408 let anyone be seen [fn]anywhere on the mountain; even the flocks and the herds are not to graze in front of that mountain.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:6 - So Moses issued a command, and circulated a [fn]proclamation throughout the camp, saying, “No H408 man or woman is to perform work any longer for the [fn]contributions of the sanctuary.” So 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 do not die and He does not become wrathful against all the congregation. But your [fn]kinsmen, the entire house of Israel, shall weep for the burning which the LORD 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 do not die—it is a permanent statute throughout your generations—

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:43 - ‘Do not make [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 Box Lev 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:2 - The LORD said to Moses:

“Tell your brother Aaron that he shall not enter at [fn]any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the [fn]atoning cover which is on the ark, or he will die; for I will appear in the cloud over the [fn]atoning cover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:24 -

‘Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these things the nations which I am driving out from you have become defiled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:4

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:29 -

‘Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land does not fall into prostitution, and the land does not become full of outrageous sin.

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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 the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:14 - ‘Furthermore, if you make a sale to your friend, or buy from your friend’s hand, you shall not [fn]wrong one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:36 - ‘Do not take [fn]any kind of interest from him, but [fn]fear your God, so that your countryman 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 eliminated 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, since you know [fn]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 with me this way, please kill me now, if I have found favor in Your sight, and do not let me see my misery.”

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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 [fn]hold us responsible for this sin by which we have turned out to be foolish, and by which we have sinned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:12

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:9 - “Only do not rebel against the LORD; and do not fear the people of the land, for they will be our [fn]prey. Their [fn]protection is gone from them, and the LORD is with us; do not fear them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:42 - “Do not go up, for the LORD is not among you, [fn]to prevent you from being defeated [fn]by your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:15 -

Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Pay no H408 attention to 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 Box Num 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:26 - and he spoke to the congregation, saying, “Get away now from the tents of these wicked men, and do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away in all their sin!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:34

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:16 - They came to Balaam and said to him, “This is what Balak the son of Zippor says: ‘I beg you, let nothing H408 keep you from coming to me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:5

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 our property; do not take us across the Jordan.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:21

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:9 - “Then the LORD said to me, ‘Do not attack 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 - ‘When you come opposite the sons of Ammon, do not attack 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 the LORD said to me, ‘Do not fear him, for I have handed him and all his people and his land over to you; and you shall do to him just as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:26 - “But the LORD was angry with me on your account, and would not listen to me; instead, the LORD said to me, ‘[fn]Enough! Do not speak to Me any more about this matter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:4 -

“Do not say in your heart when the LORD your God has driven them away from [fn]you, ‘Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to take possession of this land.’ Rather, it is because of the [fn]wickedness of these nations that the LORD is dispossessing them before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:7 - “Remember, do not forget how you provoked the LORD your God to anger in the wilderness; from the day that you left the land of Egypt until you arrived at this place, you have been rebellious against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:26 - “And I prayed to the LORD and said, ‘Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You have redeemed through Your greatness, whom You have brought out of Egypt with a mighty 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 turn Your attention to the stubbornness of this people, or to their wickedness, or their sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:3 - “He shall say to them, ‘Hear, Israel, you are approaching the battle against your enemies today. Do not be fainthearted. Do not be afraid, or panic, or be terrified by them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:8 - ‘[fn]Forgive Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, LORD, and do not place the guilt for innocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel.’ And the guilt for bloodshed shall be [fn]forgiven 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 in dread of them, for the LORD your God is the One who is going with you. He will not desert you or abandon you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:6 -

“May Reuben live and not die,

Nor H408 may his people be few.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:9 - “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not be terrified nor dismayed, for the LORD 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 a distance between you and it of about [fn]two thousand cubits by measurement. Do not come near it, so 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; have only about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai; do not trouble all the people there, for they are few.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:19

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:1 -

Now the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not fear or be dismayed. Take all the people of war with you. Arise, go up to Ai; see, I have handed over to you 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 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:6 -

Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, saying, “Do not [fn]abandon your servants; 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 Box Jos 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:8 - And the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not fear them, for I have handed them over to you; not [fn]one of them will stand against you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:19 - but do not stay there yourselves; pursue your enemies and [fn]attack them from behind. Do not allow them to enter their cities, for the LORD your God has handed them over to you.”

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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 the LORD will do this to all your enemies with whom you fight.”

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