Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H408
אַל
al · “not”
Used 725 times across 37 books
Definition
1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference)
1a) do not, let not (with a verb)
1b) let there not be (with a verb understood)
1c) not, no (with substantive)
1d) nothing (as substantive)
Aramaic equivalent: al (אַל "not" H0409)
1a) do not, let not (with a verb)
1b) let there not be (with a verb understood)
1c) not, no (with substantive)
1d) nothing (as substantive)
Aramaic equivalent: al (אַל "not" H0409)
Where it appears
Genesis38
Exodus20
Leviticus11
Numbers14
Deuteronomy21
Joshua20
Judges16
Ruth8
1 Samuel26
2 Samuel23
1 Kings13
2 Kings23
1 Chronicles7
2 Chronicles20
Ezra2
Nehemiah9
Esther4
Job25
Psalms114
Proverbs90
Ecclesiastes21
Song of Solomon2
Isaiah45
Jeremiah88
Lamentations5
Ezekiel14
Daniel3
Hosea7
Joel4
Amos2
Obadiah8
Jonah5
Micah6
Zephaniah2
Haggai1
Zechariah7
Malachi1
In the text
Genesis 13:8And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.Genesis 15:1After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.Genesis 18:3And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:Genesis 18:30And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.Genesis 18:32And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.Genesis 19:7And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.Genesis 19:8Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.Genesis 19:17And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.Genesis 19:18And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:Genesis 21:12And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
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