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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 90 times in 74 verses in 'Pro' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Pro 1:8–Pro 23:22)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:8 - Hear, my son, your father’s instruction,
and forsake not your mother’s teaching,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:10 - My son, if sinners entice you,
do not consent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:15 - my son, do not walk in the way with them;
hold back your foot from their paths,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:1 - My son, do not forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commandments,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:3 - Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you;
bind them around your neck;
write them on the tablet of your heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:5 - Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:7 - Be not wise in your own eyes;
fear the LORD, and turn away from evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:11 - My son, do not despise the LORD’s discipline
or be weary of his reproof,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:21 - My son, do not lose sight of these—
keep sound wisdom and discretion,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:25 - Do not be afraid of sudden terror
or of the ruin[fn] of the wicked, when it comes,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:27 - Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,[fn]
when it is in your power to do it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:28 - Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again,
tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:29 - Do not plan evil against your neighbor,
who dwells trustingly beside you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:30 - Do not contend with a man for no reason,
when he has done you no harm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:31 - Do not envy a man of violence
and do not choose any of his ways,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:2 - for I give you good precepts;
do not forsake my teaching.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:5 - Get wisdom; get insight;
do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:6 - Do not forsake her, and she will keep you;
love her, and she will guard you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:13 - Keep hold of instruction; do not let go;
guard her, for she is your life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:14 - Do not enter the path of the wicked,
and do not walk in the way of the evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:15 - Avoid it; do not go on it;
turn away from it and pass on.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:21 - Let them not escape from your sight;
keep them within your heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:27 - Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
turn your foot away from evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:7 - And now, O sons, listen to me,
and do not depart from the words of my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:8 - Keep your way far from her,
and do not go near the door of her house,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:4 - Give your eyes no sleep
and your eyelids no slumber;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:20 - My son, keep your father’s commandment,
and forsake not your mother’s teaching.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:25 - Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:25 - Let not your heart turn aside to her ways;
do not stray into her paths,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:10 - Take my instruction instead of silver,
and knowledge rather than choice gold,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:33 - Hear instruction and be wise,
and do not neglect it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:8 - Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:28 - In the path of righteousness is life,
and in its pathway there is no death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:12 - Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs
rather than a fool in his folly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:18 - Discipline your son, for there is hope;
do not set your heart on putting him to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:13 - Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty;
open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:22 - Do not say, “I will repay evil”;
wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:22 - Do not rob the poor, because he is poor,
or crush the afflicted at the gate,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:24 - Make no friendship with a man given to anger,
nor go with a wrathful man,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:26 - Be not one of those who give pledges,
who put up security for debts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:28 - Do not move the ancient landmark
that your fathers have set.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:3 - Do not desire his delicacies,
for they are deceptive food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:4 - Do not toil to acquire wealth;
be discerning enough to desist.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:6 - Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy;[fn]
do not desire his delicacies,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:9 - Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
for he will despise the good sense of your words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:10 - Do not move an ancient landmark
or enter the fields of the fatherless,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:13 - Do not withhold discipline from a child;
if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:17 - Let not your heart envy sinners,
but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:20 - Be not among drunkards[fn]
or among gluttonous eaters of meat,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:22 - Listen to your father who gave you life,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.

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