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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 1 / 12 (Gen 13:8–Exo 32:22)

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So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no H408 strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers.

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After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying,

“Do not fear, Abram,

I am a shield to you;

[fn]Your reward shall be very great.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:3 - and he said, “[fn]My Lord, if now I have found favor in Your sight, please do not [fn]pass Your servant by.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30 - Then he said, “Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak; suppose thirty are found there?” And He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - Then he said, “Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak only this once; suppose ten are found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it on account of the ten.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:7 - and said, “Please, my brothers, do not act wickedly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:8 - “Now behold, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please let me bring them out to you, and do to them what is good in your eyes; only do nothing H408 to these men, inasmuch as they have come under the [fn]shelter of my roof.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:17 - Now it happened, as they brought them outside, [fn]one said, “Escape for your life! Do not look behind you, and do not stay [fn]anywhere in the valley; escape to the [fn]mountains, lest you be swept away.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:18 - But Lot said to them, “Oh no H408, my lords!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:12 - So God said to Abraham, “[fn]Do not be distressed because of the boy and your maidservant; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her voice, for through Isaac your seed shall be named.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:16 - Then she went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away, for she said, “Do not let me [fn]see when the child dies.” And she sat opposite him and lifted up her voice and wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:17 - Then God heard the voice of the boy crying; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter with you, Hagar? Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:12 - And He said, “Do not stretch out your hand against the boy, and do nothing H408 to him; for now I know that you [fn]fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only one, from Me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:56

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:56 - And he said to them, “Do not delay me, since Yahweh has made my way successful. Send me away that I may go to my master.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:2 - And Yahweh appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:24 - And Yahweh appeared to him that night and said,

“I am the God of your father Abraham;

Do not fear, for I am with you.

I will bless you and multiply your seed,

For the sake of My servant Abraham.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:35 - And she said to her father, “Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise before you, for the manner of women is upon me.” So he searched but did not find the [fn]household idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10 - And Jacob said, “No H408, please, if now I have found favor in your sight, then take my present from my hand, [fn]for I see your face as one sees the face of God, and you have received me favorably.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:17 - Now it happened that when she was in severe labor the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for now you have another son.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:22 - Reuben further said to them, “Shed no H408 blood. Cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but do not put forth your hands against him”—that he might deliver him out of their hands to return him to his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:27 - “Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers listened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:22 - And Reuben answered them, saying, “Did I not tell you, saying, ‘Do not sin against the boy’; yet you would not listen? So also his blood, behold, it is required of us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:23 - And he said, “[fn]Be well, do not be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks; your money has come to me.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:18 -

Then Judah came near to him and said, “O my lord, may your servant please speak a word in my lord’s ears, and [fn]do not be angry with your servant; for you are equal to Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:5 - “So now do not be grieved or angry [fn]with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9 - “Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph, “God has set me as lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:20 - ‘Now do not [fn]concern yourselves with your goods, for the [fn]best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:24 -

So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. And he said to them, “Do not be stirred up on the journey.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:3 - And He said, “I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:29 -

Then the days for Israel to die drew near, and he called his son Joseph and said to him, “Please, if I have found favor in your sight, place now your hand under my thigh and deal with me in lovingkindness and truth. Please do not bury me in Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:4 -

“[fn]Uncontrolled as water, you shall not have preeminence,

Because you went up to your father’s bed;

Then you defiled it—he went up to my couch.

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“Let my soul not enter into their council;

Let not my glory be united with their assembly;

Because in their anger they killed [fn]men,

And in their self-will they hamstrung [fn]oxen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:19 - But Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid, for am I in God’s place?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:21 - “So now, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones.” And he comforted them and spoke to their heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:5 - Then He said, “Do not come near here. Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:9 - “Let their slavery be hard on the men, and let them work at it so that they will have no H408 regard for false words.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:29 - Then Moses said, “Behold, I am going out from you, and I shall entreat Yahweh that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people tomorrow; only may Pharaoh not deal deceitfully again in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:28 - Then Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me! [fn]Beware, do not see my face again, for in the day you see my face you shall die!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:9 - ‘Do not eat any of it raw or boiled at all with water, but rather roasted with fire, both its head and its legs along with its entrails.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:13 - But Moses said to the people, “Do not fear! [fn]Stand by and see the salvation of Yahweh which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:19 - And Moses said to them, “Let no H408 man leave any of it until morning.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:29 - “See, Yahweh has given you the sabbath; therefore He gives you bread for two days on the sixth day. Remain every man in his place; let no H408 man go out of his place on the seventh day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:15 - And he said to the people, “Be ready for the third day; do not go near a woman.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:24 - Then Yahweh said to him, “[fn]Go down and come up again, you and Aaron with you; but do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to Yahweh, lest He break out against them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:19 - Then they said to Moses, “Speak [fn]to us yourself, and we will listen; but let not God speak [fn]to us, lest we die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:20 - And Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid; for God has come in order to test you, and in order that the fear of Him may [fn]be with you, so that you may not sin.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:1

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“You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:7 - “Keep far from a [fn]false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not justify the guilty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:21 - “Keep watch of yourself before him and listen to his voice; do not be rebellious toward him, for he will not pardon your transgression, since My name is in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:22 - And Aaron said, “Do not let the anger of my lord burn; you know the people yourself, that they are [fn]prone to evil.

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