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Lexicon entry · Hebrew

H0408אַלal

notPart of speech: Hebrew Negative

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Occurrences by book

  1. 39
  2. 19
  3. 11
  4. 14
  5. 20
  6. 19
  7. 16
  8. 8
  9. 25
  10. 23
  11. 13
  12. 23
  13. 7
  14. 20
  15. 2
  16. 9
  17. 4
  18. 25
  19. 114
  20. 90
  21. 21
  22. 2
  23. 45
  24. 90
  25. 5
  26. 14
  27. 3
  28. 7
  29. 4
  30. 2
  31. 8
  32. 5
  33. 6
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. 2
  37. 1
  38. 7
  39. 1

Renderings

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724 occurrences in 570 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 2 Kings 3:13

    And Elisha said unto the king of Israel: 'What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother.' And the king of Israel said unto him: 'Nay; for the LORD hath called these three kings together to deliver

    אַ֗ל 'Al “may not [it be so]”

  2. 2 Kings 4:3

    Then he said: 'Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

    אַל־ 'al- “may not”

  3. 2 Kings 4:16

    And he said: 'At this season, when the time cometh round, thou shalt embrace a son.' And she said: 'Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thy handmaid.'

    אַל־ 'al- “may [you] not”אַל־ 'al- “may not”

  4. 2 Kings 4:24

    Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant: 'Drive, and go forward; slacken me not the riding, except I bid thee.'

    אַל־ 'al- “may not”

  5. 2 Kings 6:16

    And he answered: 'Fear not: for they that are with us are more than they that are with them.'

    אַל־ 'al- “may not”

  6. 2 Kings 6:27

    And he said: 'If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the threshingfloor, or out of the winepress?'

    אַל־ 'al- “may not”

  7. 2 Kings 9:15

    but king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Arameans had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Aram. --And Jehu said: 'If this be your mind, then let none escape and go forth out of the city, to go to tell it in Je

    אַל־ 'al- “may not”

  8. 2 Kings 10:19

    Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshippers, and all his priests, let none be wanting; for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live.' But Jehu did it in subtlety, to the intent tha

    אַל־ 'al- “may not”

  9. 2 Kings 10:25

    And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains: 'Go in, and slay them; let none come forth.' And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captain

    אַל־ 'al- “may not”

  10. 2 Kings 11:15

    And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them: 'Have her forth between the ranks; and him that followeth her slay with the sword'; for the priest said: `Let her not be slain in the house of the L

    אַל־ 'al- “may not”

  11. 2 Kings 12:8

    Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests, and said unto them: 'Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore take no longer money from them that bestow it upon you, but deliver it for the breaches of

    אַל־ 'al- “may not”

  12. 2 Kings 18:26

    Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, unto Rab-shakeh: 'Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Aramean language; for we understand it; and speak not with us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

    וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

  13. 2 Kings 18:29

    Thus saith the king: Let not Hezekiah beguile you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand;

    אַל־ 'al- “may not”

  14. 2 Kings 18:30

    neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying: The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

    וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

  15. 2 Kings 18:31

    Hearken not to Hezekiah; for thus saith the king of Assyria: Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;

    אַֽל־ 'al- “may not”

  16. 2 Kings 18:32

    until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive-trees and of honey, that ye may live, and not die; and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying: The LOR

    וְאַֽל־ (אַֽל) 'al- “may not”

  17. 2 Kings 19:6

    And Isaiah said unto them: 'Thus shall ye say to your master: Thus saith the LORD: Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.

    אַל־ 'al- “may not”

  18. 2 Kings 19:10

    'Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying: Let not thy God in whom thou trustest beguile thee, saying: Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

    אַל־ 'al- “may not”

  19. 2 Kings 23:18

    And he said: 'Let him be; let no man move his bones.' So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

    אַל־ 'al- “may not”

  20. 2 Kings 25:24

    And Gedaliah swore to them and to their men, and said unto them: 'Fear not because of the servants of the Chaldeans; dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.'

    אַל־ 'al- “may not”

  21. 1 Chronicles 16:22

    'Touch not Mine anointed ones, and do My prophets no harm.'

    אַֽל־ 'al- “may not”אַל־ 'al- “may not”

  22. 1 Chronicles 21:13

    And David said unto Gad: 'I am in a great strait; let me fall now into the hand of the LORD, for very great are His mercies; and let me not fall into the hand of man.'

    אַל־ 'al- “may not”

  23. 1 Chronicles 22:13

    Then shalt thou prosper, if thou observe to do the statutes and the ordinances which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel; be strong, and of good courage; fear not, neither be dismayed.

    אַל־ 'al- “may not”וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

  24. 1 Chronicles 28:20

    And David said to Solomon his son: 'Be strong and of good courage, and do it; fear not, nor be dismayed; for the LORD God, even my God, is with thee; He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until all the work for the service of the house of the LORD be

    אַל־ 'al- “may not”וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

  25. 2 Chronicles 6:42

    O LORD God, turn not away the face of Thine anointed; remember the good deeds of David Thy servant.'

    אַל־ 'al- “may not”