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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 - Be angry, and do not sin.
Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:1 - To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. On an eight-stringed harp.[fn] A Psalm of David.

O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger,
Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:19 - Arise, O LORD,
Do not let man prevail;
Let the nations be judged in Your sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:12 - Arise, O LORD!
O God, lift up Your hand!
Do not forget the humble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:13 - Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins;
Let them not have dominion over me.
Then I shall be blameless,
And I shall be innocent of great transgression.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:11 - Be not far from Me,
For trouble is near;
For there is none to help.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:19 - But You, O LORD, do not be far from Me;
O My Strength, hasten to help Me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:2 - O my God, I trust in You;
Let me not be ashamed;
Let not 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, nor my transgressions;
According to Your mercy remember me,
For Your goodness’ sake, O LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:20 - Keep my soul, and deliver me;
Let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in You.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:9 - Do not gather my soul with sinners,
Nor my life with bloodthirsty men,

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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 help;
Do not leave me nor forsake me,
O God of my salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:12 - Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries;
For false witnesses have risen against me,
And such as breathe out violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:1 - A Psalm of David.

To You I will cry, O LORD my Rock:
Do not be silent to me,
Lest, if You are silent to me,
I become 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 take me away with the wicked
And with the workers of iniquity,
Who speak peace to their neighbors,
But evil is in their hearts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:1 - To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

In You, O LORD, I put my trust;
Let me never be ashamed;
Deliver me in Your righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:17 - Do not let me be ashamed, O LORD, for I have called upon You;
Let the wicked be ashamed;
Let them be silent in the grave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 32:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:9 - Do not be like the horse or like the mule,
Which have no understanding,
Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle,
Else they will not come near you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:5 - They looked to Him and were radiant,
And their faces were not ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:19 - Let them not rejoice over me who are wrongfully my enemies;
Nor let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:22 - This You have seen, O LORD;
Do not keep silence.
O Lord, do not be far from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:24 - Vindicate me, O LORD my God, according to Your righteousness;
And let them not rejoice over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:25 - Let them not say in their hearts, “Ah, so we would have it!”
Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:11 - Let not the foot of pride come against me,
And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:1 - A Psalm of David.

Do not fret because of evildoers,
Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:7 - Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:8 - Cease from anger, and forsake wrath;
Do not fret—it only causes harm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:1 - A Psalm of David. To bring to remembrance.

O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your wrath,
Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:21 - Do not forsake me, O LORD;
O my God, be not far from me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:8 - Deliver me from all my transgressions;
Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:12 - “Hear my prayer, O LORD,
And give ear to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am a stranger with You,
A sojourner, as all my fathers were.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:17 - But I am poor and needy;
Yet the LORD thinks upon me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Do not delay, O my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:2 - The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive,
And he will be blessed on the earth;
You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:23 - Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord?
Arise! Do not cast us off forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:16 - Do not be afraid when one becomes rich,
When the glory of his house is increased;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:3 - Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent;
A fire shall devour before Him,
And it shall be very tempestuous all around Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:11 - Do not cast me away from Your presence,
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:1 - To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments.[fn] A Contemplation[fn] of David.

Give ear to my prayer, O God,
And do not hide Yourself from my supplication.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 - You therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel,
Awake to punish all the nations;
Do not be merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:11 - Do not slay them, lest my people forget;
Scatter them by Your power,
And bring them down,
O Lord our shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:10 - Do not trust in oppression,
Nor vainly hope in robbery;
If 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 by His power forever;
His eyes observe the nations;
Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6 - Let not those who wait for You, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed because of me;
Let not those who seek You be confounded because of me, O God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:14 - Deliver me out of the mire,
And let me not sink;
Let me be delivered from those who hate me,
And out of the deep waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:15 - Let not the floodwater overflow me,
Nor let the deep swallow me up;
And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:17 - And do not hide Your face from Your servant,
For I am in trouble;
Hear me speedily.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:25 - Let their dwelling place be desolate;
Let no one live in their tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:27 - Add iniquity to their iniquity,
And let them not come into Your righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:28 - Let them be blotted out of the book of the living,
And not be written with the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 70:5

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

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