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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 114 times in 89 verses in 'Psa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Psa 4:4–Psa 70:5)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:4 - Tremble and[fn] do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:1 - [fn]For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith.[fn] A psalm of David. LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:19 - Arise, LORD, do not let mortals triumph; let the nations be judged in your presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:12 - Arise, LORD! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:13 - Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:11 - Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:19 - But you, LORD, do not be far from me. You are my strength; come quickly to help me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:2 - I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:7 - Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you, LORD, are good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:20 - Guard my life and rescue me; do not let me be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:9 - Do not take away my soul along with sinners, my life with those who are bloodthirsty,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:9 - Do not hide your face from me, do not turn your servant away in anger; you have been my helper. Do not reject me or forsake me, God my Savior.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:12 - Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, spouting malicious accusations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:1 - Of David. To you, LORD, I call; you are my Rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:3 - Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak cordially with their neighbors but harbor malice in their hearts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:1 - [fn]For the director of music. A psalm of David. In you, LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:17 - Let me not be put to shame, LORD, for I have cried out to you; but let the wicked be put to shame and be silent in the realm of the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 32:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:9 - Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:5 - Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:19 - Do not let those gloat over me who are my enemies without cause; do not let those who hate me without reason maliciously wink the eye.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:22 - LORD, you have seen this; do not be silent. Do not be far from me, Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:24 - Vindicate me in your righteousness, LORD my God; do not let them gloat over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:25 - Do not let them think, “Aha, just what we wanted!” or say, “We have swallowed him up.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:11 - May the foot of the proud not come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:1 - [fn]Of David. Do not fret because of those who are evil or be envious of those who do wrong;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:7 - Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:8 - Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:1 - [fn]A psalm of David. A petition. LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:21 - LORD, do not forsake me; do not be far from me, my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:8 - Save me from all my transgressions; do not make me the scorn of fools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:12 - “Hear my prayer, LORD, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. I dwell with you as a foreigner, a stranger, as all my ancestors were.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:17 - But as for me, I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; you are my God, do not delay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:2 - The LORD protects and preserves them— they are counted among the blessed in the land— he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:23 - Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:16 - Do not be overawed when others grow rich, when the splendor of their houses increases;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:3 - Our God comes and will not be silent; a fire devours before him, and around him a tempest rages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:11 - Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:1 - [fn]For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil[fn] of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, do not ignore my plea;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 - You, LORD God Almighty, you who are the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to wicked traitors.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:11 - But do not kill them, Lord our shield,[fn] or my people will forget. In your might uproot them and bring them down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:10 - Do not trust in extortion or put vain hope in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:7 - He rules forever by his power, his eyes watch the nations— let not the rebellious rise up against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6 - Lord, the LORD Almighty, may those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me; God of Israel, may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:14 - Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:15 - Do not let the floodwaters engulf me or the depths swallow me up or the pit close its mouth over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:17 - Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:25 - May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:27 - Charge them with crime upon crime; do not let them share in your salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:28 - May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 70:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:5 - But as for me, I am poor and needy; come quickly to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; LORD, do not delay.

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