לֹא
not
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Job
- Job 1:10 הֲ/לֹֽא ptcl inter + ptcl neg Haven't you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
- Job 1:11 לֹ֥א ptcl neg But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face."
- Job 1:22 לֹא וְ/לֹא ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg In all this, Job did not sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.
- Job 2:5 לֹ֥א ptcl neg But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face."
- Job 2:10 לֹ֣א לֹא ptcl neg ptcl neg But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?" In all this Job didn't sin with his lips.
- Job 2:12 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and didn't recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads toward the sky.
- Job 3:10 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Because it didn't shut up the doors of my mother's womb, Nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.
- Job 3:11 לֹּ֣א ptcl neg "Why didn't I die from the womb? Why didn't I give up the spirit when my mother bore me?
- Job 3:16 לֹ֣א לֹא ptcl neg ptcl neg Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants who never saw light.
- Job 3:18 לֹ֥א ptcl neg There the prisoners are at ease together. They don't hear the voice of the taskmaster.
- Job 3:26 לֹ֤א וְ/לֹ֖א וְֽ/לֹא ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; But trouble comes."
- Job 4:6 הֲ/לֹ֣א ptcl inter + ptcl neg Isn't your piety your confidence, The integrity of your ways your hope?
- Job 4:16 וְֽ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg It stood still, but I couldn't discern the appearance of it; A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,
- Job 4:18 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Behold, he puts no trust in his servants. He charges his angels with error.
- Job 4:21 הֲ/לֹא וְ/לֹ֣א ptcl inter + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Isn't their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'
- Job 5:6 לֹא לֹא ptcl neg ptcl neg For affliction doesn't come forth from the dust, Neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
- Job 5:12 וְֽ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can't perform their enterprise.
- Job 5:19 לֹא ptcl neg He will deliver you in six troubles; Yes, in seven there shall no evil touch you.
- Job 5:21 וְֽ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, Neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
- Job 5:24 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg You shall know that your tent is in peace. You shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing.
- Job 6:10 לֹ֣א לֹ֥א ptcl neg ptcl neg Be it still my consolation, Yes, let me exult in pain that doesn't spare, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
- Job 6:21 לא ptcl neg For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid.
- Job 6:30 לֹא ptcl neg Is there injustice on my tongue? Can't my taste discern mischievous things?
- Job 7:1 הֲ/לֹא ptcl inter + ptcl neg "Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand?
- Job 7:7 לֹא ptcl neg Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.
- Job 7:8 לֹֽא ptcl neg The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more. Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not be.
- Job 7:9 לֹ֣א ptcl neg As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, So he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more.
- Job 7:10 לֹא וְ/לֹא ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more.
- Job 7:11 לֹ֤א ptcl neg "Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
- Job 7:16 לֹא ptcl neg I loathe my life. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone; for my days are but a breath.
- Job 7:19 לֹא לֹֽא ptcl neg ptcl neg How long will you not look away from me, Nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?
- Job 7:21 לֹא ptcl neg Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I shall not be."
- Job 8:9 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days on earth are a shadow.)
- Job 8:10 הֲ/לֹא ptcl inter + ptcl neg Shall they not teach you, tell you, And utter words out of their heart?
- Job 8:11 בְּ/לֹ֣א prep + ptcl neg "Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?
- Job 8:12 לֹ֣א ptcl neg While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, It withers before any other reed.
- Job 8:15 וְ/לֹ֣א וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand. He shall cling to it, but it shall not endure.
- Job 8:18 לֹ֣א ptcl neg If he is destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him, saying, 'I have not seen you.'
- Job 8:20 לֹ֣א וְ/לֹֽא ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg "Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.
- Job 9:3 לֹֽא ptcl neg If he is pleased to contend with him, He can't answer him one time in a thousand.
- Job 9:5 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg Who removes the mountains, and they don't know it, When he overturns them in his anger
- Job 9:7 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg Who commands the sun, and it doesn't rise, And seals up the stars;
- Job 9:11 וְ/לֹ֣א וְֽ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Behold, he goes by me, and I don't see him. He passes on also, but I don't perceive him.
- Job 9:13 לֹא ptcl neg "God will not withdraw his anger; The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.
- Job 9:15 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer. I would make supplication to my judge.
- Job 9:16 לֹֽא ptcl neg If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he listened to my voice.
- Job 9:18 לֹֽא ptcl neg He will not allow me to take my breath, But fills me with bitterness.
- Job 9:21 לֹֽא ptcl neg I am blameless. I don't regard myself. I despise my life.
- Job 9:24 לֹ֖א ptcl neg The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of the judges of it. If not he, then who is it?
- Job 9:25 לֹא ptcl neg "Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away, they see no good,
- Job 9:28 לֹ֥א ptcl neg I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that you will not hold me innocent.
- Job 9:32 לֹא ptcl neg For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.
- Job 9:35 וְ/לֹ֣א לֹא conj + ptcl neg ptcl neg Then I would speak, and not fear him, For I am not so in myself.
- Job 10:7 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Although you know that I am not wicked, There is no one who can deliver out of your hand.
- Job 10:10 הֲ/לֹ֣א ptcl inter + ptcl neg Haven't you poured me out like milk, And curdled me like cheese?
- Job 10:14 לֹ֣א ptcl neg If I sin, then you mark me. You will not acquit me from my iniquity.
- Job 10:15 לֹא ptcl neg If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still shall not lift up my head, Being filled with disgrace, And conscious of my affliction.
- Job 10:18 לֹא ptcl neg "'Why, then, have you brought me forth out of the womb? I wish I had given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.
- Job 10:19 לֹא ptcl neg I should have been as though I had not been. I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
- Job 10:20 הֲ/לֹא ptcl inter + ptcl neg Aren't my days few? Cease then, Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,
- Job 10:21 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg Before I go where I shall not return from, To the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
- Job 10:22 וְ/לֹ֥א conj + ptcl neg The land dark as midnight, Of the shadow of death, without any order, Where the light is as midnight.'"
- Job 11:2 לֹ֣א ptcl neg "Shouldn't the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?
- Job 11:11 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn't consider it.
- Job 11:15 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg Surely then shall you lift up your face without spot; Yes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:
- Job 12:3 לֹא ptcl neg But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yes, who doesn't know such things as these?
- Job 12:9 לֹא ptcl neg Who doesn't know that in all these, The hand of Yahweh has done this,
- Job 12:11 הֲ/לֹא ptcl inter + ptcl neg Doesn't the ear try words, Even as the palate tastes its food?
- Job 12:14 וְ/לֹ֣א וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Behold, he breaks down, and it can't be built again; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
- Job 12:24 לֹא ptcl neg He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
- Job 12:25 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
- Job 13:2 לֹא ptcl neg What you know, I know also. I am not inferior to you.
- Job 13:11 הֲ/לֹ֣א ptcl inter + ptcl neg Shall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall on you?
- Job 13:15 לא ptcl neg Behold, he will kill me; I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.
- Job 13:16 לֹ֥א ptcl neg This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him.
- Job 13:20 לֹ֣א ptcl neg "Only don't do two things to me; Then I will not hide myself from your face:
- Job 14:2 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn't continue.
- Job 14:4 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.
- Job 14:5 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with you, And you have appointed his bounds that he can't pass;
- Job 14:7 לֹ֣א ptcl neg "For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, That the tender branch of it will not cease.
- Job 14:12 וְֽ/לֹא לֹ֣א וְ/לֹֽא conj + ptcl neg ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg So man lies down and doesn't rise; Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.
- Job 14:16 לֹֽא ptcl neg But now you number my steps. Don't you watch over my sin?
- Job 14:21 וְ/לֹ֣א וְֽ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg His sons come to honor, and he doesn't know it; They are brought low, but he doesn't perceive it of them.
- Job 15:3 לֹ֣א לֹא ptcl neg ptcl neg Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or with speeches with which he can do no good?
- Job 15:6 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; Yes, your own lips testify against you.
- Job 15:9 וְ/לֹ֣א וְֽ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg What do you know, that we don't know? What do you understand, which is not in us?
- Job 15:15 לֹ֣א לֹא ptcl neg ptcl neg Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones; Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight:
- Job 15:18 וְ/לֹ֥א conj + ptcl neg (Which wise men have told From their fathers, and have not hidden it;
- Job 15:19 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg To whom alone the land was given, And no stranger passed among them):
- Job 15:22 לֹא ptcl neg He doesn't believe that he shall return out of darkness, He is waited for by the sword.
- Job 15:28 לֹא ptcl neg He has lived in desolate cities, In houses which no one inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps.
- Job 15:29 לֹֽא וְ/לֹא וְ/לֹֽא ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.
- Job 15:30 לֹֽא ptcl neg He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, By the breath of God's mouth shall he go away.
- Job 15:32 בְּֽ/לֹא לֹ֣א prep + ptcl neg ptcl neg It shall be accomplished before his time. His branch shall not be green.
- Job 16:6 לֹא ptcl neg "Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?
- Job 16:13 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my gall on the ground.
- Job 16:17 לֹא ptcl neg Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
- Job 16:22 לֹא ptcl neg For when a few years are come, I shall go the way from whence I shall not return.
- Job 17:2 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Surely there are mockers with me, My eye dwells on their provocation.
- Job 17:4 לֹ֣א ptcl neg For you have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore shall you not exalt them.
- Job 17:10 וְ/לֹֽא conj + ptcl neg But as for you all, come on now again; I shall not find a wise man among you.
- Job 18:5 וְ/לֹֽא conj + ptcl neg "Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine.
- Job 18:17 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg His memory shall perish from the earth. He shall have no name in the street.
- Job 18:19 לֹ֘א וְ/לֹא ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg He shall have neither son nor grandson among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned.
- Job 18:21 לֹא ptcl neg Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, This is the place of him who doesn't know God."
- Job 19:3 לֹֽא ptcl neg You have reproached me ten times. You aren't ashamed that you attack me.
- Job 19:7 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg "Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.
- Job 19:8 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg He has walled up my way so that I can't pass, And has set darkness in my paths.
- Job 19:16 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer; I beg him with my mouth.
- Job 19:22 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Why do you persecute me as God, And are not satisfied with my flesh?
- Job 19:27 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg Whom I, even I, shall see on my side. My eyes shall see, and not as a stranger. "My heart is consumed within me.
- Job 20:8 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.
- Job 20:9 וְ/לֹ֣א וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg The eye which saw him shall see him no more, Neither shall his place any more see him.
- Job 20:13 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;
- Job 20:18 וְ/לֹ֣א וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.
- Job 20:19 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
- Job 20:20 לֹא לֹ֣א ptcl neg ptcl neg "Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save anything of that in which he delights.
- Job 20:21 לֹא ptcl neg There was nothing left that he didn't devour, Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
- Job 20:26 לֹֽא ptcl neg All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.
- Job 21:4 לֹא ptcl neg As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn't I be impatient?
- Job 21:9 וְ/לֹ֤א conj + ptcl neg Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them.
- Job 21:10 וְ/לֹ֣א וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don't miscarry.
- Job 21:14 לֹ֣א ptcl neg They tell God, 'Depart from us, For we don't want to know about your ways.
- Job 21:16 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
- Job 21:25 וְ/לֹֽא conj + ptcl neg Another dies in bitterness of soul, And never tastes of good.
- Job 21:29 הֲ/לֹ֣א לֹ֣א ptcl inter + ptcl neg ptcl neg Haven't you asked wayfaring men? Don't you know their evidences,
- Job 22:5 הֲ/לֹ֣א ptcl inter + ptcl neg Isn't your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
- Job 22:7 לֹא ptcl neg You haven't given water to the weary to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry.
- Job 22:11 לֹֽא ptcl neg Or darkness, so that you can not see, And floods of waters cover you.
- Job 22:12 הֲֽ/לֹא ptcl inter + ptcl neg "Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
- Job 22:14 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.'
- Job 22:16 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
- Job 22:20 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Saying, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, The fire has consumed the remnant of them.'
- Job 23:6 לֹ֥א ptcl neg Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would listen to me.
- Job 23:8 וְֽ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg "If I go east, he is not there; If west, I can't find him;
- Job 23:9 וְ/לֹא וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg He works to the north, but I can't see him; He turns south, but I can't catch a glimpse of him.
- Job 23:11 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg My foot has held fast to his steps. His way have I kept, and not turned aside.
- Job 23:12 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg I haven't gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
- Job 23:17 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.
- Job 24:1 לֹא לֹא ptcl neg ptcl neg "Why aren't times laid up by the Almighty? Why don't those who know him see his days?
- Job 24:12 לֹא ptcl neg From out of the populous city, men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, Yet God doesn't regard the folly.
- Job 24:13 לֹֽא וְ/לֹ֥א ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg "These are of those who rebel against the light; They don't know the ways of it, Nor abide in the paths of it.
- Job 24:15 לֹא ptcl neg The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, 'No eye shall see me.' He disguises his face.
- Job 24:16 לֹא ptcl neg In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don't know the light.
- Job 24:18 לֹֽא ptcl neg "They are foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth: They don't turn into the way of the vineyards.
- Job 24:20 לֹֽא ptcl neg The womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered. Unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
- Job 24:21 לֹ֣א לֹ֣א ptcl neg ptcl neg He devours the barren who don't bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.
- Job 24:22 וְֽ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.
- Job 24:25 לֹ֣א ptcl neg If it isn't so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech worth nothing?"
- Job 25:3 לֹא ptcl neg Can his armies be counted? On whom does his light not arise?
- Job 25:5 וְ/לֹ֣א לֹא conj + ptcl neg ptcl neg Behold, even the moon has no brightness, And the stars are not pure in his sight;
- Job 26:2 לְ/לֹא לֹא prep + ptcl neg ptcl neg "How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
- Job 26:3 לְ/לֹ֣א prep + ptcl neg How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!
- Job 26:8 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not burst under them.
- Job 27:5 לֹא ptcl neg Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
- Job 27:6 וְ/לֹ֣א לֹֽא conj + ptcl neg ptcl neg I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
- Job 27:11 לֹ֣א ptcl neg I will teach you about the hand of God. That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
- Job 27:14 לֹ֣א ptcl neg If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
- Job 27:15 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Those who remain of him shall be buried in death. His widows shall make no lamentation.
- Job 27:19 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.
- Job 27:22 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg For it hurls at him, and does not spare, As he flees away from his hand.
- Job 28:7 לֹֽא וְ/לֹ֥א ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg That path no bird of prey knows, Neither has the falcon's eye seen it.
- Job 28:8 לֹֽא לֹֽא ptcl neg ptcl neg The proud animals have not trodden it, Nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
- Job 28:13 לֹא וְ/לֹ֥א ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.
- Job 28:14 לֹ֣א ptcl neg The deep says, 'It isn't in me.' The sea says, 'It isn't with me.'
- Job 28:15 לֹא וְ/לֹ֥א ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg It can't be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for its price.
- Job 28:16 לֹֽא ptcl neg It can't be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
- Job 28:17 לֹא ptcl neg Gold and glass can't equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
- Job 28:18 לֹ֣א ptcl neg No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
- Job 28:19 לֹֽא לֹ֣א ptcl neg ptcl neg The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
- Job 29:12 וְֽ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg Because I delivered the poor who cried, And the fatherless also, who had none to help him.
- Job 29:16 לֹא ptcl neg I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out.
- Job 29:22 לֹ֣א ptcl neg After my words they didn't speak again; My speech fell on them.
- Job 29:24 לֹ֣א לֹ֣א ptcl neg ptcl neg I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn't reject the light of my face.
- Job 30:10 לֹא ptcl neg They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, And don't hesitate to spit in my face.
- Job 30:13 לֹ֖א ptcl neg They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, Without anyone's help.
- Job 30:17 לֹ֣א ptcl neg In the night season my bones are pierced in me, And the pains that gnaw me take no rest.
- Job 30:20 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.
- Job 30:24 לֹא ptcl neg "However doesn't one stretch out a hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?
- Job 30:25 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Didn't I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn't my soul grieved for the needy?
- Job 30:27 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg My heart is troubled, and doesn't rest. Days of affliction have come on me.
- Job 30:28 בְּ/לֹ֣א prep + ptcl neg I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
- Job 31:3 הֲ/לֹא ptcl inter + ptcl neg Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?
- Job 31:4 הֲ/לֹא ptcl inter + ptcl neg Doesn't he see my ways, And number all my steps?
- Job 31:15 הֲֽ֝/לֹא ptcl inter + ptcl neg Didn't he who made me in the womb make him? Didn't one fashion us in the womb?
- Job 31:17 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless has not eaten of it
- Job 31:20 לֹ֣א ptcl neg If his heart hasn't blessed me, If he hasn't been warmed with my sheep's fleece;
- Job 31:23 לֹ֣א ptcl neg For calamity from God is a terror to me, By reason of his majesty I can do nothing.
- Job 31:30 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg (Yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);
- Job 31:31 לֹ֣א לֹ֣א ptcl neg ptcl neg If the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?'
- Job 31:32 לֹא ptcl neg (The foreigner has not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveler);
- Job 31:34 לֹא ptcl neg Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and didn't go out of the door--
- Job 31:36 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; And I would bind it to me as a crown.
- Job 32:3 לֹא ptcl neg Also his wrath was kindled against his three friends, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
- Job 32:9 לֹֽא ptcl neg It is not the great who are wise, Nor the aged who understand justice.
- Job 32:13 לֹא ptcl neg Beware lest you say, 'We have found wisdom, God may refute him, not man:'
- Job 32:14 וְ/לֹא לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg ptcl neg For he has not directed his words against me; Neither will I answer him with your speeches.
- Job 32:15 לֹא ptcl neg "They are amazed. They answer no more. They don't have a word to say.
- Job 32:16 לֹ֣א לֹא ptcl neg ptcl neg Shall I wait, because they don't speak, Because they stand still, and answer no more?
- Job 32:19 לֹא ptcl neg Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent; Like new wineskins it is ready to burst.
About this entry
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At its core, לא (lôʼ) means “not.” Where the King James Version says “not,” newer translations reach for “no” (Berean Standard Bible); the renderings breakdown has the detail. It appears 3,966 verses across 39 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its most common vocabulary. First canonically at Genesis 2:5, it enters the text early. Carrying more than one sense, it rewards its full sense range. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H3808 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 3,966
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 3,966 distinct verses.
- 39 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 39 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #8
- by frequency
- Top 10 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 8 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 3,966 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Jeremiah 361 verses 9%
- Deuteronomy 305 verses 8%
- Isaiah 275 verses 7%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 3,966 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 1,865 verses · 47%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 1,052 verses · 27%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 1,049 verses · 26%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Not 5×, Except 3×, Without 3×
- American Standard Version: Not 5×, Before 3×, Except 3×
- Berean Standard Bible: No 378×, Not 369×, Will not 207×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Not 4,071×, And 807×, But 248×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3808 across 73 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 42 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3808 across 72 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 46 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3808 across 4,657 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 377 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 456 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3808 across 6,227 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 138 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
17 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 17 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. in predication:
- a. with a verb; so most freq., and nearly always (a) with the finite tenses, whether pf. (Gn 2:5b; 4:5 etc.) or impf. (3:4; 8:21, 22 etc.); in short circumst. clauses, as Gn 44:4 לא הרחיקו, Is 40:20 לֹא יִמּוֹט, and with a final force 41:7 Ex 28:32 (v. Ges§ 156. 3 R. b, c Dr§ 162). Governing two closely connected verbs (Dr§115, לא) Ex 28:43 וְלֹא יִשְׂאוּ עָוֹן וָמֵתוּ, Lv 19:12, 29 b Dt 7:25, 26; 19:10; 22:1 al.; and two parallel clauses (Ges§ 152. 3) Is 23:4b ψ 9:19; 44:19 Jb 3:11 al. With the impf., especially with 2 ps., לֹא often expresses (not, like אַל, a deprecation, do not …, let not …, but) a prohibition, as Gn 2:17 לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ thou shalt not eat of it, 3:1, 3 Ex 20:3 לֹא־יִהְיֶה לְךָ there shall not be to thee, etc., v 13 לא תגנב, etc. With the coh. and juss. moods (which are negatived regularly by אַל), it occurs only exceptionally (Ges§109. 1 b R. 1), Gn 24:8 1 S 14:36 2 S 17:12; 18:14 1 K 2:6 Ez 48:14. (b) with the inf. (which is negatived by בִּלְתִּי, q.v.), only once, in בְּלֹא (4 a), and with לְ, in the sense of cannot, or must not; †Ju 1:19 כי לא להורושׁ for it was not (possible) to dispossess, etc. Am 6:10 לא להזכיר בשׁם י׳, 1 Ch 5:1; 15:2 (Dr§ 202. 2); cf. Aramaic לָא Dan 6:9 Ezr 6:8. On its use with the ptcp., see b c. (c) לא always negatives properly the word immed. following: hence, in a verbal sentence, where this is not the verb, some special stress rests upon it, Gn 32:29 לֹא יַעֲקֹב יֵאָמֵר עוֹד וג׳ not Jacob shall thy name be called any more, but Israel, 45:8 לֹא אַתֶּם שְׁלַחְתֶּם אֹתִי Not ye (in our idiom: It is not ye who) have sent me hither, but God, Ex 16:8 1 S 8:7 כִּי לֹא אֹתְךָ מָאָסוּ כִּי אֹתִי וג׳, ψ 115:17; without a foll. correcting clause, Gn 38:9 Nu 16:29 לֹא י׳ שְׁלָחָנִי ׃ Not י׳ (but another) hath sent me, Dt 32:27 לֹא י׳ פָּעַל זֹאת, 1 Ch 17:4 Dt 8:9 Is 28:28 לא לנצח … not for ever (but only for a while) … (so 57:16 ψ 9:19; 49:20; 103:9; but Is 13:20 לא תשׁב לנצח is, will not be inhabited for ever), Is 43:22 Jb 13:16; 32:9; hence rhetorically, insinuating something very different, not named, 2 K 6:10 not once, and not twice (but repeatedly), Ezr 10:13 Je 4:11 a wind לֹא לְזָרוֹת וְלוֹא לְהָבַֽר׃ not to winnow, and not to cleanse (but to exterminate), Is 45:13; 48:1b Jos 24:12 Dn 11:20, 29 Jb 34:20 לֹא בְיָד (but by a Divine agency: cf. Dn 2:34; also Jb 20:26 אֵשׁ לֹא נֻפָּ֑ח fire not blown upon [but kindled from heaven], Lam 4:6; and אין Is 47:14). (d) standing alone: (a) אִם־לֹא if not, Gn 18:21 וְאִם־לֹא אֵדָֽעָה׃, 24:49; 42:16 Jb 9:24; 24:25; (β) הֲ … אִם־לֹא, or not, Gn 24:21 waiting to know הַהִצְלִיחַ י׳ דַּדְכּוֹ אִם־לֹא, 27:21; 37:32 Ex 16:4 Nu 11:23 Dt 8:2 Ju 2:22 (cf. אִם אַיִן, אַיִן 2 d β, δ). In answer to a question or request, to deny, or decline, Nay, No: Ju 12:5 ויאמר לא, Hg 2:12; לא אדני Gn 23:11; 42:10 1 S 1:15 +; often sq. כי, No: for … = No: but …, Gn 18:15 ויאמר לֹא כִּי צָחָ֑קְתְּ, 19:2 Jos 5:14; 24:21; 1 S 2:16 Qr (v. Dr), 10:19 (𝔊 MSS), 2 S 16:18; 24:24 1 K 3:22(×2) +; Jb 23:6 (strangely). (Cf., in deprecation, אַל.) (e) with an interrog. force, which however does not lie in לא as such, but (as in other cases) in the contrast with a preceding clause, or in the tone of voice (cf. וְ 1 f; Ew§ 324 a Ges§ 150. 1 Dr 1 S 11:12): Jon 4:11 אַתָּה חַסְתָּ … וַאֲנִי לֹא אָחוּס וג׳, Jb 2:10; 22:11; Ex 8:22; 2 K 5:26 Je 49:9 (‖ Ob 5 הֲלוֹא), Mal 2:15 La 3:38; and in passages, exeg. or text. doubtful (v. Comm.), 1 S 20:14 2 S 23:5 (but v. Bu), Ho 10:9 (Ew We), 11:5 (Ew), Jb 14:16b (but 𝔊 Ew Di תַעֲבֹר), La 1:12 (Ew Ke), 3:36 (Ke Bä). e.g. Genesis 2:5
- b. with adjs. and substs.: (a) Gn 2:18 לֹא טוֹב הֱיוֹת הָאָדָם לְבַדּוֹ not good is man’s being alone, Ex 18:17 + often (b) Ex 4:16 לֹא אִישׁ דְּבָרִים אָנֹכִי, Am 7:14 לא נביא אנכי, Nu 23:19 לֹא אִישׁ אֵל וִיכַזֵּב, Dt 17:15 (v. אשׁר 2 b) 20:20; 32:47 1 S 15:29 2 S 18:20 לֹא אִישׁ בְּשֹׂרָה אַתָּה הַיּוֹם, 21:2 1 K 22:33 2 K 6:19 לא זֹה הדרך, Mi 2:10 Is 27:11 Ho 8:6; והמה לא אלהים Je 2:11; 16:20 2 K 19:18; 1 K 19:11(×2) לֹא בָרַעַשׁ י׳, Dt 30:12, 13 Jb 15:9; 28:14 לֹא בִי הִיא (‖ אֵין עִמָּדִי), ψ 74:9 Je 5:10 לוא לי׳ המה, 10:16; Dt 32:21 בָּנִים לֹא אֵמוּן בָּם, Je 10:14 Hb 1:14 Jb 16:17; 38:26 מִדְבָּר לֹא אָדָם בּוֹ; 1 K 22:17 לֹא אֲדֹנִים לָאֵלֶּה, Je 49:31 ψ 22:3 וְלֹא דוּמִיָּה לִי, Jb 18:17, 19; 29:12 ולא עֹזֵר לו, 30:13; 33:9; Je 2:19 וְלֹא פַחְדָּתִי אֵלַיִךְ and (that) my terror reached not unto thee, Jb 21:9; abs. Gn 29:7 לֹא־עֵת הֵאָסֵף הַמִּקְנֶה (Hg 1:2), Nu 20:5 2 K 4:23 לא חדשׁ ולא שׁבת, Is 44:19 Je 5:12 ויאמרו לוא הוא, Jb 9:32; 22:16; 36:26 (?) 41:2; Pr 19:7 (si vera l.) מְרַדֵּף אֲמָרִים לֹא־הֵמָּה words which are not, which are nought. (c) with the ptcp. לֹא is rare, a finite vb. being usually preferred (Ex 34:7 וְנַקֵּה לֹא יְנַקֶּה: Ew§ 320 c Dr§ 162): 2 S 3:34 יָדֶיךָ לֹא אֲסֻרוֹת, Ez 4:14; 22:24 Dt 28:61 ψ 38:15 כְּאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא שֹׁמֵעַ who is not hearing, Jb 12:3; 13:2 לֹא נֹפֵל אָנֹכִי מִכֶּם, Zp 3:5 (very anom.); 1 K 10:21 לא is prob. textual error. In וְהוּא לֹא שֹׂנֵא לוֹ or לא שׂנא הוא לו, Dt 4:42; 19:4, 6 Jos 20:5 (cf. אֹיֵב Nu 35:23), שׂנֵא is best construed as a subst., he being a not-hater to him aforetime.—In most of the cases under b, c, אין could have been employed; but the negation by לֹא is more pointed and forcible. e.g. Genesis 2:18
- 2. Not in predication:
- a. coupled to an adj. to negative it, like the Gk. ἀ—, but usually by way of litotes: Ho 13:13 בן לא־חכם an unwise son, ψ 36:5 דֶּרֶךְ לֹא טוֹב a way not good, 43:1 גוי לא חסיד, Pr 16:29; 30:25, 26 Ez 20:25 2 Ch 30:17: Is 16:14 לוֹא כַבִּיר, cf. 10:7 לֹא מְעַט. e.g. Hosea 13:13
- b. with a ptcp. Je 2:2 ארץ לא זרועה, 18:15 (the finite verb is more common: see Is 62:12 עִיר לֹא נֶעֱזָ֫בָה (cf. 54:11), Je 6:8 אֶרֶץ לוֹא נוֹשָׁ֫בָה, 15:18; 22:6; 31:18 Zp 2:1). e.g. Jeremiah 2:2
- c. †Gn 15:13 בארץ לא להם, Je 5:19 Hab 1:6 מִשְׁכָּנוֹת לֹא־לוֹ, Pr 26:17 רִיב לֹא־לוֹ. e.g. Genesis 15:13
- d. with a subst., in poetry, forming a kind of compound, expressing pointedly its antithesis or negation (Germ. un- is sometimes used similarly): Dt 32:5 (?), 17, 21 a they made me jealous בְּלֹא אֵל with a not-God (with what in no respect deserved the name of God), v b בְּלֹא עָם i.e. with an unorganized horde, Am 6:13 הַשְּׂמֵחִים לְלֹא דָבָר i.e. at a thing wh. is not, an unreality (of their boasted strength), Is 10:15 כְּהָרִים מַטֶּה לֹא עֵץ like a rod’s lifting up what is no wood (but the agent wielding it), 31:8 חרב לא אישׁ, חרב לא אדם, 55:2 בלוא לחם for what is not bread, בלוא לשׂבעה for what is not for satiety, Je 5:7 וַיּשָּֽׁבְעוּ בְּלֹא אֱלֹהִים by not-goods, in late prose 2 Ch 13:9 כֹּהֵן לְלֹא אֱלֹהִים; ψ 44:13 תִּמְכֹּר עַמְּךָ בְּלֹא־הוֹן for no-value (i.e. cheaply), Pr 13:23 Jb 10:22 צלמות וְלֹא סְדָרִים darkness and disorder; so לֹא־עַמִּי Ho 1:9; 2:25: still more pregnantly Jb 26:2a מֶה־עָזַרְתָּ לְלֹא־כֹחַ (poet. for לאשׁר אין לו כח) the powerless, v 2b, 3a (Ew§ 286 g Ges§ 152. 1 n.), 39:16 הִקְשִׁיחַ בָּנֶיהָ לְלֹא לָהּ useth hardly her young ones (making them) into none of hers; and even Hb 2:6 הַמַּרְבֶּה לֹא־לוֹ what is not his own (cf. Jb 18:15 מִבְּלִי לוֹ). Cf. with a verb, and ellipse of אשׁר, Is 65:1 לְלֹא שָׁאָ֑לוּ to those who have not asked, v b Je 2:8 אַחֲרֵי לֹא יוֹעִילוּ, v 11b; also לֹא רֻחָ֫מָה Ho 1:6, 8; 2:25, and prob. Jb 31:31 לֹא נִשְׂבָּ֑ע (pf. in p.) one not satisfied. e.g. Deuteronomy 32:5
- e. in circ. clauses (Dr§ 164), poet. and rare: qualifying a subst., 2 S 23:4 בֹּקֶר לֹא עָבוֹת a morning without clouds, Job 12:24 בְּתֹהוּ לֹא דֶרֶךְ in a pathless waste, 38:26a; and a verb Jb 34:24 יָרֹעַ כַּבִּירִים לֹא חֵקֶר without inquiry, ψ 59:4 לא פשׁעי ולא חטאתי (cf. v 4 בלי עון), in late prose, twice, 1 Ch 2:30, 32 וימת לא בנים (אֵין and בְּלִי, q.v., are more usual in such cases). e.g. 2 Samuel 23:4
- 3. Once (according to many MSS), as a subst., Jb 6:21 כִּי־עַתָּה הֱיִיתֶם לֹא for now are ye become nothing, Hi De Kö (cf. Dn 4:32 (Aramaic) כְּלָה חֲשִׁיבִין; 𝔗 here הֲוֵיתוּן כְּלָא, and אַל Jb 24:25); but reading fluctuates (Orientals לֹא, Qr לו, Westerns, Baer (v. pp. 37, 56) לוֹ [‘now are ye become that,’ viz. the נַחַל אַכְזָב of v 15]; but even לוֹ yields a forced sense; and text is prob. wrong: Mich Ew Ol Sgf Bu כֵּן … לִי (𝔊 𝔖 also read לִי); Bö Di כִּי … לְאָ֑יִן. Cf. Köii. 1. 236 f. e.g. Job 6:21
- 4. With prefixes:—
- a. †בְּלֹא31 (chiefly poet. or late), according to the varying signif. of בְּ: (a) usually with not = without, Je 22:13 בונה ביתו בלא־צדק without justice (‖ בלא משׁפט; so Ez 22:29 Pr 16:8), Is 55:1, 1 Pr 19:2, Jb 8:11 הֲיִגְאֶה־גֹּמֶא בְּלֹא בִצָּה without mire (‖ בלי מים), 30:28 בְּלֹא חַמָּה (= not through the sun), La 1:6 וילכו בלא־כח, Nu 35:22 בְּלֹא אֵיבָה … בְּלֹא צְדִיָּה, v 23 (sq. inf.) בְּלֹא רְאוֹת, 2 Ch 21:20 Ec 10:11; ψ 17:1 תְּפִלָּתִי בְּלֹא שִׂפְתֵי מִרְמָה; used more freely in Chr, 1 Ch 12:18 בְּלֹא חָמָס בְּכַפָּֽי׃, v 34 בְּלֹא לֵב וָלֵב, 2 Ch 30:18 בְּלֹא כַכָּתוּב. With ellipse of rel., La 4:14 בְּלֹא יוּכְלוּ יִגְּעוּ without (that) men are able to touch, etc. (b) of time, in not, i.e. outside of, Lv 15:25 בלא עֶת־נִדָּתָתּ, before Jb 15:32 בלא־יומו, Ec 7:17 בְּלֹא עִתֶּךְ ׃. (c) where לֹא belongs to the foll. word, and is only accidentally preceded by ב (v. supr. 2 d), Dt 32:21(×2) Je 5:7 Pr 13:23 בלא משׁפט through injustice; with בְּ pretii, ψ 44:13 Is 55:2(×2) Je 2:11 בְּלוֹא יוֹעִיל for (that which) profiteth not. e.g. Jeremiah 22:13
- b. הֲלֹא nonne? Gn 4:7 + often Inviting, as it does, an affirmative answer, it is often used, (a) especially in conversation, for pointing to a fact in such a way as to arouse the interest of the person addressed, or to win his assent: Gn 13:9 Is not the whole land before thee? 19:20; 20:5; 27:36; 29:25 Ex 4:11 Who maketh dumb or deaf, etc.? Do not I? 33:16 Ju 4:6, 14; 8:2; 9:28, 38 1 S 9:20, 21; 15:17 etc.; with a vb. in 1 ps., Jos 1:9 הלא צויתיך, Ju 6:14 הלא שׁלחתיך, 1 S 20:30; 2 S 19:23 Ru 2:9: similarly in a poet. or rhet. style, Ju 5:30 הלא ימצאו יחלקו שׁלל, Is 8:19; 10:8, 9, 11; 28:25; 29:17; 40:21, 23; 42:24; 43:19 etc., Jb 4:6, 21; 7:1; 10:10, 20, etc. (β) it has a tendency to become little more than an affirm. particle, declaring with some rhetor. emph. what is, or might be, well known: Dt 3:11 הֲלֹה הִיא בְרַבַּת בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן, 11:30 1 S 21:12 הלוא זה דוד וג׳ (cf. 29:3, 5 2 S 11:3), 23:19; 26:1 2 S 15:35; it is thus nearly = הִנֵּה (𝔊 sometimes represents it by ἰδού, as Jos 1:9 Ju 6:14 Ru 2:9 2 S 15:35); so especially in the phrase of the compiler of K, And the rest of the acts of … הֲלֹא הֵם (הֵמָּה) כְּתוּבִים are they not written in, etc.? 1 K 11:41; 14:29 + often (with which there interchanges הִנָּם כְּתוּבִים 1 K 14:19 2 K 15:11; 15:26, 31, which is gen. used by the Chr, 2 Ch 16:11; 20:34, etc.), Jos 10:13 (cf. 2 S 1:18 הִנֵּה), 1 K 8:53 𝔊, Est 10:2; ψ 56:14 (strangely: contr. 116:8).—הֲלֹא הִנֵּה †Hb 2:13 2 Ch 25:26 (הִנָּם).—On Ju 14:15, see הֲ 1 end. e.g. Genesis 4:7
- c. †וָלֹ֕א and not = and if not, 2 S 13:26 2 K 5:17. Comp. וָיֵשׁ. e.g. 2 Samuel 13:26
- d. †כְּלוֹא Ob 16 והיו כלוא היו, poet. for כאשׁר, as though they had not been. e.g. Obadiah 1:16
- e. †לְלֹא without, lit. in the condition of no … 2 Ch 15:3 (comp. לְאֵין, also in Chr). Elsewhere לא belongs to the foll. word, Am 6:13 2 Ch 13:9 Is 65:1(×2) Jb 26:2, 3; 39:16 (v. supr. 2 d). e.g. 2 Chronicles 15:3
- —Fifteen times, according to Mas. (v. De ψ 100:3 FrMM 247 Str Prol. Cr. 84), לא is written by error for לוֹ, viz. Ex 21:8 Lv 11:21; 25:30 1 S 2:3 2 S 16:18 2 K 8:10 Is 9:2; 63:9 ψ 100:3; 139:16 Jb 13:15; 41:4 Pr 19:7; 26:2 Ezr 4:2 (always with Qr לוֹ). The passages must be considered each upon its own merits: in some לוֹ yields a preferable sense; but this is not the case in all. There is the same קרי (rightly) on Is 49:5 1 Ch 11:20; but these were not considered to rest upon equal authority, and are hence not reckoned with the fifteen.—In Ju 21:22 (v. GFM), 1 S 13:13; 20:14(×2), and in Jb 9:33 (לֹא יֵשׁ), read prob. לֻא for לֹא. e.g. Psalms 100:3
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
or לוֹא adv. not (Arabic لَا, Aramaic לָא, ܠܴܐ, Sab. לא, Assyrian lâ; not in Ethiopic: cf. Köii. 1. 236 Walker AJSL 1896, 237 ff.)—לוֹא, according to Mass. (FrMM 248), 35 times, besides בְּלוֹא 6 times, and הֲלוֹא, the orthogr. of which varies much (ib.p. 251), e.g. in S always הֲלוֹא, in Chr always הֲלֹא, on the whole הֲלוֹא 141 times, הֲלֹא 128 times; twice, according to Mass, written לו (Qr לֹא), 1 S 2:16; 20:2, once לה Dt 3:11 Kt:—not—denying objectively, like οὐ (not μὴ = אַל):—
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Origin: a primitive particle
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
לֹא
- v. לַאי) not, no. Ber. I, 1 לא קרינו וכ׳ we have omitted to recite &c. Ib. III, 4 לא … ולא וכ׳ neither before nor after. Nidd. 5ᵃ לא אין להן וכ׳, no; it means &c., v. לַאו; a. v. fr.—וְלֹא indeed not? Ḥull. 4ᵇ ולא והכתיב וכ׳ indeed not (is it so that the verb הֵסִית never refers to persuasion by speech)? Do we not read &c.?; a. v. fr.—(מִצְוַת) לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה a prohibitory law, opp. עֲשֵׂה, a positive command; v. לַאו. Kidd. I, 7. Macc. 14ᵇ bot.; a. v. fr.—בְּלֹא without. Ber. 35ᵃ bot. ב׳ ברכה without pronouncing a benediction; a. v. fr.—והוא שלא, v. הוּא.
לָא I
- Targ. Gen. II, 5; a. v. fr.—Pes. 10ᵇ מקמיה … אין בתר … לא before the time when it is forbidden, yes (he must search after leavened bread); after the time, no (he must not search). Ib. לא שנא there is no difference; a. v. fr.
לָא II
- (preced. wds.) particle, mote. Yoma 20ᵇ, v. חִרְגָּא. Midr. Till. to Ps. LXVIII, 3 כלא חשיבי they are like a mote.
לָא III
- La, abbrev. of אִילָא, הִילָא; v. Fr. M’bo, p. 75ᵇ.
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Forms in the corpus
The 120 distinct written forms H3808 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| לֹ֣א | Particle, Negative | Amos 1:3 | 824 |
| לֹא | Particle, Negative | Amos 2:14 | 725 |
| לֹֽא | Particle, Negative | Amos 4:7 | 674 |
| לֹ֥א | Particle, Negative | Amos 2:15 | 666 |
| וְ/לֹ֥א | Particle, Negative | Amos 1:9 | 416 |
| וְ/לֹֽא | Particle, Negative | Amos 3:10 | 353 |
| וְ/לֹ֣א | Particle, Negative | Amos 4:8 | 351 |
| וְ/לֹא | Particle, Negative | Amos 5:11 | 278 |
| לֹ֤א | Particle, Negative | Amos 7:16 | 195 |
| וְ/לֹ֤א | Particle, Negative | Daniel 1:19 | 90 |
| לֹ֖א | Particle, Negative | Amos 2:12 | 36 |
| הֲ/ל֣וֹא | Particle, Negative | Amos 6:13 | 32 |
| וְֽ/לֹא | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 1:29 | 32 |
| הֲ/לֹא | Particle, Negative | Amos 5:20 | 30 |
| לֹ֨א | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 22:2 | 28 |
| וְ/לֹ֖א | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 5:18 | 26 |
| לֹ֧א | Particle, Negative | Amos 3:7 | 22 |
| הֲ/לוֹא | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 32:6 | 18 |
| הֲ/לֹ֥א | Particle, Negative | Exodus 4:11 | 17 |
| הֲ/לֹ֣א | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 26:15 | 16 |
| הֲ/ל֤וֹא | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 13:7 | 15 |
| הֲ/לֽוֹא | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 37:18 | 15 |
| לא | Particle, Negative | Exodus 21:8 | 15 |
| הֲ/לֹֽא | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 24:19 | 14 |
| וְ/לֹ֨א | Particle, Negative | Amos 9:15 | 14 |
| הֲ/ל֥וֹא | Particle, Negative | Genesis 34:23 | 11 |
| הֲ/ל֨וֹא | Particle, Negative | 1 Samuel 9:21 | 11 |
| הֲ/לֹ֤א | Particle, Negative | Genesis 13:9 | 11 |
| בְּ/לֹ֣א | Particle, Negative | 2 Chronicles 21:20 | 10 |
| הֲ/לֹ֨א | Particle, Negative | Exodus 4:14 | 10 |
| וְ/לֹ֧א | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 16:16 | 10 |
| לֹא֩ | Particle, Negative | Ecclesiastes 9:11 | 9 |
| הֲ/ל֖וֹא | Particle, Negative | Exodus 33:16 | 8 |
| הֲ/ל֛וֹא | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 18:23 | 8 |
| הֲ/ל֧וֹא | Particle, Negative | Genesis 31:15 | 8 |
| לֹ֕א | Particle, Negative | Genesis 24:49 | 8 |
| הֲ/לוֹא֙ | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 13:12 | 7 |
| ל֥וֹא | Particle, Negative | Isaiah 16:14 | 7 |
| לֹ֗א | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 5:11 | 7 |
| לֹ֚א | Particle, Negative | 1 Kings 22:31 | 7 |
| הֲ/ל֗וֹא | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 24:25 | 6 |
| לֽוֹא | Particle, Negative | 1 Kings 22:18 | 6 |
| הֲ/לֹ֗א | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 31:17 | 5 |
| ו/לא | Particle, Negative | Ezra 4:2 | 5 |
| וְ/ל֥וֹא | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 24:16 | 5 |
| ל֣וֹא | Particle, Negative | Jeremiah 3:3 | 5 |
| לְ/לֹ֣א | Particle, Negative | 2 Chronicles 15:3 | 4 |
| בְּ/לֹא | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 32:21 | 4 |
| הֲ/לוֹא֩ | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 17:9 | 4 |
| לֹ֠א | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 20:33 | 4 |
| לֹֽ֣א | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 5:8 | 4 |
| בְ/לֹא | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 32:21 | 3 |
| בְּ/לֹ֥א | Particle, Negative | Ecclesiastes 7:17 | 3 |
| הֲ/לֹא֙ | Particle, Negative | 1 Chronicles 21:3 | 3 |
| הֲֽ/לֹא | Particle, Negative | Job 22:12 | 3 |
| וְ/לֹא֙ | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 1:42 | 3 |
| לֹ֘א | Particle, Negative | Job 18:19 | 3 |
| לֹ֞א | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 33:27 | 3 |
| לֹ֦א | Particle, Negative | 1 Kings 10:3 | 3 |
| לֹ֪א | Particle, Negative | Psalms 44:3 | 3 |
The 60 most common forms are shown; 60 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3808, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- לא דבר Lôʼ Dᵉbar H3810 Lo-debar
- לא עמי Lôʼ ʻAmmîy H3818 Lo-ammi
- לא רחמה Lôʼ Ruchâmâh H3819 Lo-ruhamah
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 5 — not the complete family. 3 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
Most of the 3,966 Hebrew verses this word occurs in also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), so the same passages can be read in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 2:5
- Exodus 1:8
- Leviticus 1:17
- Numbers 1:47
- Deuteronomy 1:9
- Joshua 1:5
- Judges 1:19
- Ruth 2:8
- 1 Samuel 1:7
- 2 Samuel 1:10
- 1 Kings 1:1
- 2 Kings 1:4
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
