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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

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 3 / 12 (Jos 11:6–2Sa 3:29)

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:6 - Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Joshua, H3091 “Do not be afraid H3372 because H4480 H6440 of them, for tomorrow H4279 at this H2088 time H6256 I will deliver H5414 all H3605 of them slain H2491 before H6440 Israel; H3478 you shall hamstring H6131 their horses H5483 and burn H8313 their chariots H4818 with fire.” H784
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:19 - ‘If, H518 however, H389 the land H776 of your possession H272 is unclean, H2931 then [fn]cross H5674 into the land H776 of the possession H272 of the LORD, H3068 where H834 H8033 the LORDS H3068 tabernacle H4908 [fn]stands, H7931 and take H270 possession H270 among H8432 us. Only do not rebel H4775 against the LORD, H3068 or rebel H4775 against H854 us by building H1129 an altar H4196 for yourselves, besides H4480 H1107 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 our God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:22 - “The Mighty H410 One, H410 God, H430 the LORD, H3068 the Mighty H410 One, H410 God, H430 the LORD! H3068 He knows, H3045 and may Israel H3478 itself H1931 know. H3045 If H518 it was in rebellion, H4777 or if H518 in an unfaithful H4604 act H4604 against the LORD H3068 do not save H3467 us this H2088 day! H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:18 - Jael H3278 went H3318 out to meet H7122 Sisera, H5516 and said H559 to him, “Turn H5493 aside, H5493 my master, H113 turn H5493 aside H5493 to me! Do not be afraid.” H3372 And he turned H5493 aside H5493 to her into the tent, H168 and she covered H3680 him with a [fn]rug. H8063
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:18 - “Please H4994 do not depart H4185 from here, H2088 until H5704 I come H935 back to You, and bring H3318 out my offering H4503 and lay H5117 it before H6440 You.” And He said, H559 “I will remain H3427 until H5704 you return.” H7725
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:23 - The LORD H3068 said H559 to him, “Peace H7965 to you, do not fear; H3372 you shall not die.” H4191
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:39 - Then Gideon H1439 said H559 to God, H430 “Do not let Your anger H639 burn H2734 against me that I may speak H1696 once H6471 more; H6471 please H4994 let me make H5254 a test H5254 once H6471 more H6471 with the fleece, H1492 let it now H4994 be dry H2721 only H905 on the fleece, H1492 and let there be dew H2919 on all H3605 the ground.” H776
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:4 - “Now H6258 therefore, be careful H8104 not to drink H8354 wine H3196 or strong H7941 drink, H7941 nor H408 eat H398 any H3605 unclean H2931 thing. H2931
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:7 - “But he said H559 to me, ‘Behold, H2009 you shall conceive H2030 and give H3205 birth H3205 to a son, H1121 and now H6258 you shall not drink H8354 wine H3196 or strong H7941 drink H7941 nor H408 eat H398 any H3605 unclean H2932 thing, H2932 for the boy H5288 shall be a Nazirite H5139 to God H430 from the womb H990 to the day H3117 of his death.’” H4194
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:14 - “She should not eat H398 anything H3605 that comes H3318 from the vine H1612 nor H408 drink H8354 wine H3196 or strong H7941 drink, H7941 nor H408 eat H398 any H3605 unclean H2932 thing; H2932 let her observe H8104 all H3605 that I commanded.” H6680
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:9 - They said, H559 “Arise, H6965 and let us go H5927 up against H5921 them; for we have seen H7200 the land, H776 and behold, H2009 it is very H3966 good. H2896 And will you [fn]sit H2814 still? H2814 Do not delay H6101 to go, H1980 to enter, H935 to possess H3423 the land. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:25 - The sons H1121 of Dan H1835 said H559 to him, “Do not let your voice H6963 be heard H8085 among H5973 us, or H6435 else H6435 [fn]fierce H4751 H5315 men H376 will fall H6293 upon you and you will [fn]lose H622 your life, H5315 with the lives H5315 of your household.” H1004
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:20 - The old H2205 man H376 said, H559 “Peace H7965 to you. Only H7534 let me take care of all H3605 your needs; H4270 however, H7534 do not spend H3885 the night H3885 in the open H7339 square.” H7339
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:23 - Then the man, H376 the owner H1167 of the house, H1004 went H3318 out to them and said H559 to them, “No, H408 my fellows, H251 please H4994 do not act H7489 so wickedly; H7489 since H310 H834 this H2088 man H376 has come H935 into my house, H1004 do not commit H6213 this H2088 act H5039 of folly. H5039
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:13 - would you therefore H3860 wait H7663 until H5704 H834 they were grown? H1431 Would you therefore H3860 refrain H5702 from marrying? H1166 H1961 H376 No, H408 my daughters; H1323 for it is [fn]harder H3966 H4843 for me than H4480 for you, for the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 has gone H3318 forth H3318 against me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:16 - But Ruth H7327 said, H559 “Do not urge H6293 me to leave H5800 you or turn H7725 back H7725 from following H310 you; for where H413 H834 you go, H1980 I will go, H1980 and where H834 you lodge, H3885 I will lodge. H3885 Your people H5971 shall be my people, H5971 and your God, H430 my God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:20 - She said H559 to them, “Do not call H7121 me [fn]Naomi; H5281 call H7121 me [fn]Mara, H4755 for [fn]the Almighty H7706 has dealt H4843 very H3966 bitterly H4843 with me.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:8 - Then Boaz H1162 said H559 to Ruth, H7327[fn]Listen H8085 carefully, H3808 my daughter. H1323 Do not go H1980 to glean H3950 in another H312 field; H7704 furthermore, H1571 do not go H5674 on from this H2088 one, H2088 but stay H1692 here H3541 with my maids. H5291
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:3 - “Wash H7364 yourself therefore, and anoint H5480 yourself and put H7760 on your best clothes, H8071 and go H3381 down H3381 to the threshing H1637 floor; H1637 but do not make H3045 yourself known H3045 to the man H376 until H5704 he has finished H3615 eating H398 and drinking. H8354
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:11 - “Now, H6258 my daughter, H1323 do not fear. H3372 I will do H6213 for you whatever H3605 H834 you [fn]ask, H559 for all H3605 my people H5971 in the [fn]city H8179 know H3045 that you are a woman H802 of excellence. H2428
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:14 - So she lay H7901 at his feet H4772 until H5704 morning H1242 and rose H6965 before H2962 one H376 could recognize H5234 another; H7453 and he said, H559 “Let it not be known H3045 that the woman H802 came H935 to the threshing H1637 floor.” H1637
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:17 - She said, H559 “These H428 six H8337 measures of barley H8184 he gave H5414 to me, for he said, H559 ‘Do not go H935 to your mother-in-law H2545 empty-handed.’” H7387
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:16 - “Do not [fn]consider H5414 your maidservant H519 as a worthless H1100 woman, H1323 for I have spoken H1696 until H5704 now H2008 out of my great H7230 concern H7879 and [fn]provocation.” H3708
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:3 - [fn]Boast H1696 H7235 no H408 more H7235 so very H1364 proudly, H1364
Do not let arrogance H6277 come H3318 out of your mouth; H6310
For the LORD H3068 is a God H410 of knowledge, H1844
And with Him actions H5949 are weighed. H8505
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:24 - “No, H408 my sons; H1121 for the report H8052 is not good H2896 which H834 I hear H8085 [fn]the LORDS H3068 people H5971 circulating. H5674
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:17 - He said, H559 “What H4100 is the word H1697 that He spoke H1696 to you? Please H4994 do not hide H3582 it from me. May God H430 do H6213 so H3541 to you, and more H3254 also, H3541 if H518 you hide H3582 anything H1697 from me of all H3605 the words H1697 that He spoke H1696 to you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:20 - And about the time H6256 of her death H4191 the women who stood H5324 by her said H1696 to her, “Do not be afraid, H3372 for you have given H3205 birth H3205 to a son.” H1121 But she did not answer H6030 or pay H7896 attention. H3820
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:3 - They said, H559 “If H518 you send H7971 away H7971 the ark H727 of the God H430 of Israel, H3478 do not send H7971 it empty; H7387 but you shall surely H7725 return H7725 to Him a guilt H817 offering. H817 Then H227 you will be healed H7495 and it will be known H3045 to you why H4100 His hand H3027 is not removed H5493 from you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:8 - Then the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 said H559 to Samuel, H8050 “Do not cease H2790 to cry H2199 to the LORD H3068 our God H430 for us, that He may save H3467 us from the hand H3027 of the Philistines.” H6430
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:20 - “As for your donkeys H860 which were lost H6 three H7969 days H3117 ago, H3117 do not set H7760 your mind H3820 on them, for they have been found. H4672 And for whom H4310 is all H3605 that is desirable H2532 in Israel? H3478 Is it not for you and for all H3605 your father’s H1 household?” H1004
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:19 - Then all H3605 the people H5971 said H559 to Samuel, H8050 “Pray H6419 for your servants H5650 to the LORD H3068 your God, H430 so that we may not die, H4191 for we have added H3254 to all H3605 our sins H2403 this evil H7451 by asking H7592 for ourselves a king.” H4428
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:20 - Samuel H8050 said H559 to the people, H5971 “Do not fear. H3372 You have committed H6213 all H3605 this H2088 evil, H7451 yet H389 do not turn H5493 aside H5493 from following H310 the LORD, H3068 but serve H5647 the LORD H3068 with all H3605 your heart. H3824
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:7 - But the LORD H3068 said H559 to Samuel, H8050 “Do not look H5027 at his appearance H4758 or at the height H6967 of his stature, H6967 because H3588 I have rejected H3988 him; for [fn]God H430 sees not as man H120 sees, H7200 for man H120 looks H7200 at the outward H5869 appearance, H5869 but the LORD H3068 looks H7200 at the heart.” H3824
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:32 - David H1732 said H559 to Saul, H7586 “Let no H408 man’s H120 heart H3820 fail H5307 on account H5921 of him; your servant H5650 will go H1980 and fight H3898 with this H2088 Philistine.” H6430
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:17 - Then Saul H7586 said H559 to David, H1732 “Here H2009 is my older H1419 daughter H1323 Merab; H4764 I will give H5414 her to you as a wife, H802 only H389 be a valiant H2428 man H1121 for me and fight H3898 the LORDS H3068 battles.” H4421 For Saul H7586 thought, H559 “My hand H3027 shall not be against him, but let the hand H3027 of the Philistines H6430 be against him.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:4 - Then Jonathan H3083 spoke H1696 well H2896 of David H1732 to Saul H7586 his father H1 and said H559 to him, “Do not let the king H4428 sin H2398 against his servant H5650 David, H1732 since H3588 he has not sinned H2398 against you, and since H3588 his deeds H4639 have been very H3966 [fn]beneficial H2896 to you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:3 - Yet David H1732 vowed H7650 again, H5750 [fn]saying, H559 “Your father H1 knows H3045 well H3045 that I have found H4672 favor H2580 in your sight, H5869 and he has said, H559 ‘Do not let Jonathan H3083 know H3045 this, H2088 or H6435 he will be grieved.’ H6087 But truly H199 as the LORD H3068 lives H2416 and as your soul H5315 lives, H2416 there is [fn]hardly a step H6587 between H996 me and death.” H4194
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:38 - And Jonathan H3083 called H7121 after H310 the lad, H5288 “Hurry, H4120 be quick, H2363 do not stay!” H5975 And Jonathan’s H3083 lad H5288 picked H3950 up the arrow H2678 and came H935 to his master. H113
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:2 - David H1732 said H559 to Ahimelech H288 the priest, H3548 “The king H4428 has commissioned H6680 me with a matter H1697 and has said H559 to me, ‘Let no H408 one H376 know H3045 anything H3972 about the matter H1697 on which H834 I am sending H7971 you and with which H834 I have commissioned H6680 you; and I have directed H3045 the young H5288 men H5288 to a certain H492 H6423 place.’ H4725
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15 - “Did I just begin H2490 to inquire H7592 of God H430 for him today? H3117 Far H2486 be it from me! Do not let the king H4428 impute H7760 anything H1697 to his servant H5650 or to any H3605 of the household H1004 of my father, H1 for your servant H5650 knows H3045 nothing H3808 [fn]at all H6996 H1419 of this H2088 whole H3605 affair.” H1697
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:23 - “Stay H3427 with me; do not be afraid, H3372 for he who H834 seeks H1245 my life H5315 seeks H1245 your life, H5315 for you are [fn]safe H4931 with me.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:17 - Thus he said H559 to him, “Do not be afraid, H3372 because H3588 the hand H3027 of Saul H7586 my father H1 will not find H4672 you, and you will be king H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478 and I will be next H4932 to you; and Saul H7586 my father H1 knows H3045 that also.” H1571
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25 - “Please H4994 do not let my lord H113 [fn]pay H7760 attention H3820 to this H2088 [fn]worthless H1100 man, H376 Nabal, H5037 for as his name H8034 is, so H3651 is he. [fn]Nabal H5037 is his name H8034 and folly H5039 is with him; but I your maidservant H519 did not see H7200 the young H5288 men H5288 of my lord H113 whom H834 you sent. H7971
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:9 - But David H1732 said H559 to Abishai, H52 “Do not destroy H7843 him, for who H4310 can stretch H7971 out his hand H3027 against the LORDS H3068 anointed H4899 and be without H5352 guilt?” H5352
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:20 - “Now H6258 then, do not let my blood H1818 fall H5307 to the ground H776 away H5048 from the presence H6440 of the LORD; H3068 for the king H4428 of Israel H3478 has come H3318 out to search H1245 for a single H259 flea, H6550 just H834 as one hunts H7291 a partridge H7124 in the mountains.” H2022
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:10 - Now Achish H397 said, H559 “Where H575 have you made H6584 a raid H6584 today?” H3117 And David H1732 said, H559 “Against H5921 the [fn]Negev H5045 of Judah H3063 and against H5921 the [fn]Negev H5045 of the Jerahmeelites H3397 and against H413 the [fn]Negev H5045 of the Kenites.” H7017
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:13 - The king H4428 said H559 to her, “Do not be afraid; H3372 but what H4100 do you see?” H7200 And the woman H802 said H559 to Saul, H7586 “I see H7200 a [fn]divine H430 being H430 coming H5927 up out of the earth.” H776
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:20 - “Tell H5046 it not in Gath, H1661
Proclaim H1319 it not in the streets H2351 of Ashkelon, H831
Or H6435 the daughters H1323 of the Philistines H6430 will rejoice, H8055
The daughters H1323 of the uncircumcised H6189 will exult. H5937
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:21 - “O mountains H2022 of Gilboa, H1533
Let not dew H2919 or rain H4306 be on you, nor H408 fields H7704 of offerings; H8641
For there H8033 the shield H4043 of the mighty H1368 was defiled, H1602
The shield H4043 of Saul, H7586 not anointed H4899 with oil. H8081
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:29 - “May it [fn]fall H2342 on the head H7218 of Joab H3097 and on all H3605 his father’s H1 house; H1004 and may there not fail H3772 from the house H1004 of Joab H3097 one who has a discharge, H2100 or who is a leper, H6879 or who takes H2388 hold H2388 of a distaff, H6418 or who falls H5307 by the sword, H2719 or who lacks H2638 bread.” H3899

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