אַל
not
also: no, nor, neither, nothing fuller range ↓
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Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Particle
- A short function word — article, negation, interrogative, the sign of the direct object, and the like.
- Preposition
- A relational word (e.g. “in,” “to,” “from”) governing a noun.
Grammatical forms
- Particle, Negative 722 times (100%)
- Preposition 3 times (0%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 725 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 3 of 3 — showing verses 401–572 of 572 distinct verses where H408 appears, across 37 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Proverbs 74 verses
- Proverbs 26:4 אַל ptcl neg Don't answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you also be like him.
- Proverbs 26:25 אַל ptcl neg When his speech is charming, don't believe him; For there are seven abominations in his heart:
- Proverbs 27:1 אַֽל ptcl neg Don't boast about tomorrow; For you don't know what a day may bring forth.
- Proverbs 27:2 וְ/אַל conj + ptcl neg Let another man praise you, And not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.
- Proverbs 27:10 אַֽל אַל ptcl neg ptcl neg Don't forsake your friend and your father's friend. Don't go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: Better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.
- Proverbs 28:17 אַל ptcl neg A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; No one will support him.
- Proverbs 30:6 אַל ptcl neg Don't you add to his words, Lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.
- Proverbs 30:7 אַל ptcl neg "Two things I have asked of you; Don't deny me before I die:
- Proverbs 30:8 אַל ptcl neg Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me;
- Proverbs 30:10 אַל ptcl neg "Don't slander a servant to his master, Lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
- Proverbs 31:3 אַל ptcl neg Don't give your strength to women, Nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
- Proverbs 31:4 אַ֤ל אַ֣ל ptcl neg ptcl neg It is not for kings, Lemuel; It is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes to say, 'Where is strong drink?'
Ecclesiastes 15 verses
- Ecclesiastes 5:2 אַל אַל ptcl neg ptcl neg Don't be rash with your mouth, and don't let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.
- Ecclesiastes 5:4 אַל ptcl neg When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.
- Ecclesiastes 5:6 אַל וְ/אַל ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
- Ecclesiastes 5:8 אַל ptcl neg If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don't marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.
- Ecclesiastes 7:9 אַל ptcl neg Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
- Ecclesiastes 7:10 אַל ptcl neg Don't say, "Why were the former days better than these?" For you do not ask wisely about this.
- Ecclesiastes 7:16 אַל וְ/אַל ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Don't be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
- Ecclesiastes 7:17 אַל וְ/אַל ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Don't be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
- Ecclesiastes 7:18 אַל ptcl neg It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also from that don't withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come forth from them all.
- Ecclesiastes 7:21 אַל ptcl neg Also don't take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
- Ecclesiastes 8:3 אַל אַֽל ptcl neg ptcl neg Don't be hasty to go out of his presence. Don't persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,
- Ecclesiastes 9:8 אַל ptcl neg Let your garments be always white, and don't let your head lack oil.
- Ecclesiastes 10:4 אַל ptcl neg If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.
- Ecclesiastes 10:20 אַל אַל ptcl neg ptcl neg Don't curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; And don't curse the rich in your bedchamber: For a bird of the sky may carry your voice, And that which has wings may tell the matter.
- Ecclesiastes 11:6 אַל ptcl neg In the morning sow your seed, And in the evening don't withhold your hand; For you don't know which will prosper, whether this or that, Or whether they both will be equally good.
Song of Solomon 2 verses
- Song of Solomon 1:6 אַל ptcl neg Don't stare at me because I am dark, Because the sun has scorched me. My mother's sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven't kept my own vineyard.
- Song of Solomon 7:2 אַל ptcl neg Your body is like a round goblet, No mixed wine is wanting. Your waist is like a heap of wheat, Set about with lilies.
Isaiah 36 verses
- Isaiah 2:9 וְ/אַל conj + ptcl neg Man is brought low, And mankind is humbled; Therefore don't forgive them.
- Isaiah 6:9 וְ/אַל וְ/אַל conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg He said, "Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, But don't understand; And you see indeed, But don't perceive.'
- Isaiah 7:4 אַל אַל ptcl neg ptcl neg Tell him, 'Be careful, and keep calm. Don't be afraid, neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
- Isaiah 10:24 אַל ptcl neg Therefore thus says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, my people who dwell in Zion, don't be afraid of the Assyrian, though he strike you with the rod, and lift up his staff against you, after the manner of Egypt.
- Isaiah 14:29 אַֽל ptcl neg Don't rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that struck you is broken; for out of the serpent's root shall come forth an adder, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
- Isaiah 16:3 אַל ptcl neg Give counsel, execute justice; make your shade as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; don't betray the fugitive.
- Isaiah 22:4 אַל ptcl neg Therefore said I, Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; don't labor to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
- Isaiah 28:22 אַל ptcl neg Now therefore don't you be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for a decree of destruction have I heard from the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, on the whole earth.
- Isaiah 35:4 אַל ptcl neg Tell those who are of a fearful heart, Be strong, don't be afraid: behold, your God will come [with] vengeance, [with] the recompense of God; he will come and save you.
- Isaiah 36:11 וְ/אַל conj + ptcl neg Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah to Rabshakeh, Please speak, to your servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and don't speak to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people who are on the wall.
- Isaiah 36:14 אַל ptcl neg Thus says the king, Don't let Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you:
- Isaiah 36:15 וְ/אַל conj + ptcl neg neither let Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying, Yahweh will surely deliver us; this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
- Isaiah 36:16 אַֽל ptcl neg Don't listen to Hezekiah: for thus says the king of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and eat you everyone of his vine, and everyone of his fig tree, and drink you everyone the waters of his own cistern;
- Isaiah 37:6 אַל ptcl neg Isaiah said to them, Thus shall you tell your master, Thus says Yahweh, Don't be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
- Isaiah 37:10 אַל ptcl neg Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Don't let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
- Isaiah 40:9 אַל ptcl neg You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain; you who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength; lift it up, don't be afraid; say to the cities of Judah, Behold, your God!
- Isaiah 41:10 אַל אַל ptcl neg ptcl neg Don't you be afraid, for I am with you; don't be dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
- Isaiah 41:13 אַל ptcl neg For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, Don't be afraid; I will help you.
- Isaiah 41:14 אַל ptcl neg Don't be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will help you, says Yahweh, and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 43:1 אַל ptcl neg But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: Don't be afraid, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name, you are mine.
- Isaiah 43:5 אַל ptcl neg Don't be afraid; for I am with you: I will bring your seed from the east, and gather you from the west;
- Isaiah 43:6 אַל ptcl neg I will tell the north, Give up; and to the south, Don't keep back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth;
- Isaiah 43:18 אַֽל אַל ptcl neg ptcl neg Don't remember the former things, neither consider the things of old.
- Isaiah 44:2 אַל ptcl neg Thus says Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you: Don't be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
- Isaiah 44:8 אַֽל וְ/אַל ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Don't fear, neither be afraid: haven't I declared to you of old, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don't know any Rock.
- Isaiah 51:7 אַל אַל ptcl neg ptcl neg Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; don't you fear the reproach of men, neither be you dismayed at their insults.
- Isaiah 52:11 אַל ptcl neg Depart you, depart you, go you out from there, touch no unclean thing; go you out of the midst of her; cleanse yourselves, you who bear the vessels of Yahweh.
- Isaiah 54:2 אַל ptcl neg Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of your habitations; don't spare: lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes.
- Isaiah 54:4 אַל וְ/אַל ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Don't be afraid; for you shall not be ashamed: neither be confounded; for you shall not be disappointed: for you shall forget the shame of your youth; and the reproach of your widowhood shall you remember no more.
- Isaiah 56:3 וְ/אַל וְ/אַל conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Neither let the foreigner, who has joined himself to Yahweh, speak, saying, Yahweh will surely separate me from his people; neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
- Isaiah 58:1 אַל ptcl neg Cry aloud, don't spare, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
- Isaiah 62:6 אַל ptcl neg I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: you who call on Yahweh, take no rest,
- Isaiah 62:7 וְ/אַֽל conj + ptcl neg and give him no rest, until he establish, and until he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
- Isaiah 64:9 אַל וְ/אַל ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Don't be angry very sore, Yahweh, neither remember iniquity forever: see, look, we beg you, we are all your people.
- Isaiah 65:5 אַל ptcl neg who say, Stand by yourself, don't come near to me, for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all the day.
- Isaiah 65:8 אַל ptcl neg Thus says Yahweh, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, Don't destroy it, for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all.
Jeremiah 67 verses
- Jeremiah 1:7 אַל ptcl neg But Yahweh said to me, Don't say, I am a child; for to whoever I shall send you, you shall go, and whatever I shall command you, you shall speak.
- Jeremiah 1:8 אַל ptcl neg Don't be afraid because of them; for I am with you to deliver you, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 1:17 אַל ptcl neg You therefore gird up your loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command you: don't be dismayed at them, lest I dismay you before them.
- Jeremiah 4:3 וְ/אַֽל conj + ptcl neg For thus says Yahweh to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and don't sow among thorns.
- Jeremiah 4:6 אַֽל ptcl neg Set up a standard toward Zion: flee for safety, don't stay; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
- Jeremiah 5:10 אַֽל ptcl neg Go up on her walls, and destroy; but don't make a full end: take away her branches; for they are not Yahweh's.
- Jeremiah 6:25 אַל אַל ptcl neg ptcl neg Don't go forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, [and] terror, are on every side.
- Jeremiah 7:4 אַל ptcl neg Don't you trust in lying words, saying, The temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, are these.
- Jeremiah 7:6 אַֽל ptcl neg if you don't oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and don't shed innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:
- Jeremiah 7:16 אַל וְ/אַל וְ/אַל ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Therefore don't you pray for this people, neither lift up a cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me; for I will not hear you.
- Jeremiah 9:4 אַל ptcl neg Take you heed everyone of his neighbor, and don't you trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
- Jeremiah 9:23 אַל וְ/אַל אַל ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg ptcl neg Thus says Yahweh, Don't let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don't let the rich man glory in his riches;
- Jeremiah 10:2 אַל אַל ptcl neg ptcl neg Thus says Yahweh, "Don't learn the way of the nations, and don't be dismayed at the signs of the sky; for the nations are dismayed at them.
- Jeremiah 10:5 אַל ptcl neg They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and don't speak: they must be carried, because they can't go. Don't be afraid of them; for they can't do evil, neither is it in them to do good."
- Jeremiah 10:24 אַל ptcl neg Yahweh, correct me, but in measure: not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
- Jeremiah 11:14 אַל וְ/אַל ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Therefore don't you pray for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry to me because of their trouble.
- Jeremiah 12:6 אַל ptcl neg For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; even they have cried aloud after you: don't believe them, though they speak beautiful words to you.
- Jeremiah 13:15 אַל ptcl neg Hear you, and give ear; don't be proud; for Yahweh has spoken.
- Jeremiah 14:9 אַל ptcl neg Why should you be like a scared man, as a mighty man who can't save? yet you, Yahweh, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; don't leave us.
- Jeremiah 14:11 אַל ptcl neg Yahweh said to me, Don't pray for this people for [their] good.
- Jeremiah 14:17 וְ/אַל conj + ptcl neg You shall say this word to them, Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.
- Jeremiah 14:21 אַל אַל אַל ptcl neg ptcl neg ptcl neg Do not abhor [us], for your name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of your glory: remember, don't break your covenant with us.
- Jeremiah 15:15 אַל ptcl neg Yahweh, you know; remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; don't take me away in your longsuffering: know that for your sake I have suffered reproach.
- Jeremiah 16:5 אַל וְ/אַל וְ/אַל ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg For thus says Yahweh, Don't enter into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, neither bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, says Yahweh, even loving kindness and tender mercies.
- Jeremiah 17:17 אַל ptcl neg Don't be a terror to me: you are my refuge in the day of evil.
- Jeremiah 17:18 וְ/אַל וְ/אַל conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Let them be disappointed who persecute me, but let not me be disappointed; let them be dismayed, but don't let me be dismayed; bring on them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
- Jeremiah 17:21 וְ/אַל conj + ptcl neg Thus says Yahweh, Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
- Jeremiah 18:18 וְ/אַל conj + ptcl neg Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
- Jeremiah 18:23 אַל אַל ptcl neg ptcl neg Yet, Yahweh, you know all their counsel against me to kill me; don't forgive their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight; but let them be overthrown before you; deal you with them in the time of your anger.
- Jeremiah 20:14 אַל ptcl neg Cursed be the day in which I was born: don't let the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.
- Jeremiah 22:3 אַל אַל אַֽל ptcl neg ptcl neg ptcl neg Thus says Yahweh: Execute you justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.
- Jeremiah 22:10 אַל וְ/אַל ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Don't you weep for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep sore for him who goes away; for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
- Jeremiah 23:16 אַֽל ptcl neg Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, Don't listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 25:6 וְ/אַל conj + ptcl neg and don't go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and don't provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no harm.
- Jeremiah 26:2 אַל ptcl neg Thus says Yahweh: Stand in the court of Yahweh's house, and speak to all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in Yahweh's house, all the words that I command you to speak to them; don't diminish a word.
- Jeremiah 27:9 אַל ptcl neg But as for you, don't you listen to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon:
- Jeremiah 27:14 וְ/אַֽל conj + ptcl neg Don't listen to the words of the prophets who speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon; for they prophesy a lie to you.
- Jeremiah 27:16 אַֽל ptcl neg Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus says Yahweh: Don't listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, Behold, the vessels of Yahweh's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon; for they prophesy a lie to you.
- Jeremiah 27:17 אַל ptcl neg Don't listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city become a desolation?
- Jeremiah 29:6 וְ/אַל conj + ptcl neg Take wives, and father sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply you there, and don't be diminished.
- Jeremiah 29:8 אַל וְ/אַֽל ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: Don't let your prophets who are in the midst of you, and your diviners, deceive you; neither listen you to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.
- Jeremiah 30:10 אַל וְ/אַל ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Therefore don't you be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
- Jeremiah 35:15 וְ/אַל conj + ptcl neg I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return you now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and don't go after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but you have not inclined your ear, nor listened to me.
- Jeremiah 36:19 אַל ptcl neg Then said the princes to Baruch, Go, hide you, you and Jeremiah; and let no man know where you are.
- Jeremiah 37:9 אַל ptcl neg Thus says Yahweh, Don't deceive yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart.
- Jeremiah 37:20 וְ/אַל conj + ptcl neg Now please hear, my lord the king: please let my supplication be presented before you, that you not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
- Jeremiah 38:14 אַל ptcl neg Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet to him into the third entry that is in the house of Yahweh: and the king said to Jeremiah, I will ask you a thing; hide nothing from me.
- Jeremiah 38:24 אַל ptcl neg Then said Zedekiah to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die.
- Jeremiah 38:25 אַל ptcl neg But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you, and tell you, Declare to us now what you have said to the king; don't hide it from us, and we will not put you to death; also what the king said to you:
- Jeremiah 39:12 וְ/אַל conj + ptcl neg Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do to him even as he shall tell you.
- Jeremiah 40:9 אַל ptcl neg Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, Don't be afraid to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
- Jeremiah 40:16 אַֽל ptcl neg But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, You shall not do this thing; for you speak falsely of Ishmael.
- Jeremiah 41:8 אַל ptcl neg But ten men were found among those who said to Ishmael, Don't kill us; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he stopped, and didn't kill them among their brothers.
- Jeremiah 42:11 אַל אַל ptcl neg ptcl neg Don't be afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid; don't be afraid of him, says Yahweh: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.
- Jeremiah 42:19 אַל ptcl neg Yahweh has spoken concerning you, remnant of Judah, Don't you go into Egypt: know certainly that I have testified to you this day.
- Jeremiah 44:4 אַל ptcl neg However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, don't do this abominable thing that I hate.
- Jeremiah 45:5 אַל ptcl neg Seek you great things for yourself? Don't seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh, says Yahweh; but your life will I give to you for a prey in all places where you go.
- Jeremiah 46:6 אַל וְ/אַל ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Don't let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.
- Jeremiah 46:27 אַל וְ/אַל ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg But don't be afraid you, Jacob my servant, neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
- Jeremiah 46:28 אַל ptcl neg Don't be afraid you, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; for I am with you: for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you; but I will not make a full end of you, but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.
- Jeremiah 50:2 אַל ptcl neg Declare you among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and don't conceal: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is disappointed, Merodach is dismayed; her images are disappointed, her idols are dismayed.
- Jeremiah 50:14 אַֽל ptcl neg Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she has sinned against Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 50:26 אַל ptcl neg Come against her from the utmost border; open her store-houses; cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly; let nothing of her be left.
- Jeremiah 50:29 אַל ptcl neg Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow; encamp against her round about; let none of it escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against Yahweh, against the Holy One of Israel.
- Jeremiah 51:3 וְ/אֶל conj + prep Against [him who] bends let the archer bend his bow, and against [him who] lifts himself up in his coat of mail: and don't you spare her young men; destroy you utterly all her host.
- Jeremiah 51:6 אַל ptcl neg Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life; don't be cut off in her iniquity: for it is the time of Yahweh's vengeance; he will render to her a recompense.
- Jeremiah 51:50 אַֽל ptcl neg You who have escaped the sword, go you, don't stand still; remember Yahweh from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
Lamentations 4 verses
- Lamentations 2:18 אַֽל אַל ptcl neg ptcl neg Their heart cried to the Lord: wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night; Give yourself no respite; don't let the apple of your eye cease.
- Lamentations 3:56 אַל ptcl neg You heard my voice; don't hide your ear at my breathing, at my cry.
- Lamentations 3:57 אַל ptcl neg You drew near in the day that I called on you; you said, Don't be afraid.
- Lamentations 4:15 אַל ptcl neg Depart you, they cried to them, Unclean! depart, depart, don't touch! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn [here].
Ezekiel 7 verses
- Ezekiel 2:6 אַל אַל אַל אַל ptcl neg ptcl neg ptcl neg ptcl neg You, son of man, don't be afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you, and you do dwell among scorpions: don't be afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
- Ezekiel 2:8 אַל ptcl neg But you, son of man, hear what I tell you; don't be you rebellious like that rebellious house: open your mouth, and eat that which I give you.
- Ezekiel 7:12 אַל אַל ptcl neg ptcl neg The time is come, the day draws near: don't let the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is on all the multitude of it.
- Ezekiel 9:5 אַל וְ/אַל ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg To the others he said in my hearing, Go you through the city after him, and strike: don't let your eye spare, neither have you pity;
- Ezekiel 9:6 אַל ptcl neg kill utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but don't come near any man on whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.
- Ezekiel 20:7 אַל ptcl neg I said to them, Cast you away every man the abominations of his eyes, and don't defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am Yahweh your God.
- Ezekiel 20:18 אַל אַל אַל ptcl neg ptcl neg ptcl neg I said to their children in the wilderness, Don't you walk in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
Daniel 3 verses
- Daniel 9:19 אַל ptcl neg Lord, hear; Lord, forgive; Lord, listen and do; don't defer, for your own sake, my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.
- Daniel 10:12 אַל ptcl neg Then said he to me, Don't be afraid, Daniel; for from the first day that you did set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard: and I am come for your words' sake.
- Daniel 10:19 אַל ptcl neg He said, "Greatly beloved man, don't be afraid: peace be to you, be strong, yes, be strong." When he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, "Let my lord speak; for you have strengthened me."
Hosea 3 verses
- Hosea 4:4 אַל וְ/אַל ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg "Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any man accuse; For your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.
- Hosea 4:15 אַל וְ/אַל וְ/אַֽל וְ/אַל ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg "Though you, Israel, play the prostitute, Yet don't let Judah offend; And don't come to Gilgal, Neither go up to Beth Aven, Nor swear, 'As Yahweh lives.'
- Hosea 9:1 אַל ptcl neg Don't rejoice, Israel, to jubilation like the nations; For you were unfaithful to your God. You love the wages of a prostitute at every grain threshing floor.
Joel 4 verses
- Joel 2:13 וְ/אַל conj + ptcl neg Tear your heart, and not your garments, And turn to Yahweh, your God; For he is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, And relents from sending calamity.
- Joel 2:17 וְ/אַל conj + ptcl neg Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar, And let them say, "Spare your people, Yahweh, And don't give your heritage to reproach, That the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'"
- Joel 2:21 אַל ptcl neg Land, don't be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has done great things.
- Joel 2:22 אַל ptcl neg Don't be afraid, you animals of the field; For the pastures of the wilderness spring up, For the tree bears its fruit. The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.
Amos 2 verses
- Amos 5:5 וְ/אַֽל conj + ptcl neg But don't seek Bethel, Nor enter into Gilgal, And don't pass to Beersheba: For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, And Bethel shall come to nothing.
- Amos 5:14 וְ/אַל conj + ptcl neg Seek good, and not evil, That you may live; And so Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be with you, As you say.
Obadiah 3 verses
- Obadiah 1:12 וְ/אַל וְ/אַל וְ/אַל conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg But don't look down on your brother in the day of his disaster, and don't rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction. Don't speak proudly in the day of distress.
- Obadiah 1:13 אַל אַל וְ/אַל ptcl neg ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Don't enter into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity. Don't look down on their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither seize their wealth on the day of their calamity.
- Obadiah 1:14 וְ/אַֽל וְ/אַל conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Don't stand in the crossroads to cut off those of his who escape. Don't deliver up those of his who remain in the day of distress.
Jonah 2 verses
- Jonah 1:14 אַל וְ/אַל ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Therefore they cried to Yahweh, and said, "We beg you, Yahweh, we beg you, let us not perish for this man's life, and don't lay on us innocent blood; for you, Yahweh, have done as it pleased you."
- Jonah 3:7 אַֽל אַ֨ל אַל ptcl neg ptcl neg ptcl neg He made a proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, "Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water;
Micah 4 verses
- Micah 1:10 אַל אַל ptcl neg ptcl neg Don't tell it in Gath, Don't weep at all. At Beth Ophrah I have rolled myself in the dust.
- Micah 2:6 אַל ptcl neg "Don't you prophesy!" They prophesy. "Don't prophesy about these things. Disgrace won't overtake us."
- Micah 7:5 אַל אַֽל ptcl neg ptcl neg Don't trust in a neighbor. Don't put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, Be careful of the words of your mouth!
- Micah 7:8 אַֽל ptcl neg Don't rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me.
Zephaniah 1 verse
Haggai 1 verse
Zechariah 5 verses
- Zechariah 1:4 אַל ptcl neg Don't you be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying: Thus says Yahweh of hosts, 'Return now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings;' but they did not hear, nor listen to me, says Yahweh.
- Zechariah 7:10 אַֽל אַֽל ptcl neg ptcl neg Don't oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.'
- Zechariah 8:13 אַל ptcl neg It shall come to pass that, as you were a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing. Don't be afraid. Let your hands be strong."
- Zechariah 8:15 אַל ptcl neg so again have I thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Don't be afraid.
- Zechariah 8:17 אַֽל אַֽל ptcl neg ptcl neg and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate," says Yahweh.
Malachi 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
אל — transliterated ʼal — is a Hebrew word carrying the sense “not.” It also covers “no”, “nor”, and “neither”, alongside “not” — see its full sense range. It appears 572 verses across 37 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its most common vocabulary. Debuting at Genesis 13:8, it then recurs through the corpus. Related forms include לא, אל and אלו. See the sense tree, 572-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H408 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 →
- 572
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 572 distinct verses.
- 37 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 37 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #70
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 70 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 572 occurrences in the concordance →
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 572 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 247 verses · 43%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 236 verses · 41%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 89 verses · 16%
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).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Let me never 2×
- American Standard Version†: Let me never 2×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Do not 455×, Not 33×, No 26×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Not 583×, And 104×, Do not 62×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H408 across 12† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 10 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H408 across 12† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 10 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 H408 across 662† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 44 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 58 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H408 across 807† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 14 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
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 3 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.
אל I (= اَلْ, Ar. article, preserved perh. in following words derived by Hebrews from (or through) Arabic-speaking tribes
אל II
- a. (a) with a verb, which is then always an impf. (never an imperative), by preference in the cohort. or jussive mood, where this is in use, and may be of any person or number; Gn 15:1 and often אַל־תִּירָא fear not! 22:12 אַל־תִּשְׁלַח יָֽדְךָ put not forth thy hand, 37:27 וְיָדֵנוּ אַל־תְּהִי־בוֹ and let not our hand be upon him, 21:16 אַל־אֶרְאֶה let me not look upon the death of the lad! ψ 25:2 אַל־אֵבוֹשָׁה let me not be ashamed; with 1 pl. (rare) 2 S 13:25 Je 18:18 Jon 1:14. In an imprecation: Gn 49:4 אַל־תּוֹתַר have not thou the excellency! ψ 109:12 Jb 3:4, 6. Sometimes strengthened by נָא: Gn 13:8 18:3 al. (b) without a verb, (α) 2 S 1:21 let (there be) not dew & not rain upon you! Is 62:6 ψ 83:2. (β) used absol., in deprecation Gn 19:18 2 S 13:16 (v. sub אוֹדָה) 2 K 3:13; 4:16; 6:27 (v. RVm: but possibly to be expl. by Dr§ 152 iii; so Th Ke: hardly as Ew§ 355b) Ru 1:13 אַל בְּנֹתַי Nay, my daughters, cf. Ju 19:23; (γ) after a preceding imper. Am 5:14 Jo 2:13 Pr 8:10, a juss. 27:2, an inf. abs. 17:12. (c) in poetry אַל sometimes expresses vividly the emotion or sympathy of the poet (v. Dr§ 56–8); Is 2:9 וְאַל־תִּשָּׂא לָהֶם and forgive them not! (with a touch of passion), ψ 41:3 Pr 3:25 Jb 5:22; ψ 34:6 (but 𝔊 𝔖 Ew Che here rd. וּפְנֵיכֶם, prob. rightly); 50:3a may our God come וְאַל־יֶ֫חֱרָ֥שׁ and not be silent! (the psalmist identifying himself with a spectator of the scene v 2, 3b–c) 121:3 (contrast v 4 לֹא) Je 46:6 +., e.g. Genesis 15:1
- b. once Pr 12:28 joined closely to a subst. (cf. לֹא 2b): In the way of righteousness is life, and in the pathway thereof אַל־מָוֶת there is no-death!; but error for אֶל־ ‘unto’ Capp 𝔊 𝔙 𝔗 𝔅. e.g. Proverbs 12:28
- c. once Jb 24:25 used poet. as a subst., And bring my words לְאַל to nought!—N.B. 1 S 27:10 אַל־פְּשַׁטְתֶּם הַיּוֹם, אַל with the pf. is against all analogy; and either אֶל־מִי (with 𝔊 𝔙), or better אָן whither? (with 𝔖 𝔗: v. 1 S 10:14) must be read. e.g. Job 24:25
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
I. (= اَلْ, Ar. article, preserved perh. in following words derived by Hebrews from (or through) Arabic-speaking tribes; cf. Eng. algebra, Alhambra, alkali, alcohol, alcove, etc.)
II. adv. of negation (so Ph. e.g. CIS i.3,4.5.8, Bi Aramaic, Sab. (DHMZMG 1875, 596), and in the Eth. 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:
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from לא (lôʼ) (H3808) — not.
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.
אַל־
- a prefix, = עַל; e.g. אַלְתּוּסְבְּרָאוֹת (= על האוצרות) appointed over treasures, v. אַ־.
אַל
- (b. h.) not, no (according to Talmud a milder form of prohibition than לֹא; v. Y. Pes. VI, 33ᵇ). Aboth I, 3.—אל תקרי (abbr. א"ת), v. אֶלָּא. Taan. 11ᵃ א׳ יראה וכ׳ shall not live to see &c.; a. v. fr.
אֶל
- אול to turn) prep. to, toward. — Pl., with prefix מ a. suffix of pers. pron., of itself, of my (his &c.) own accord, on my (his &c.) authority. Yoma 5ᵇ לא מֵאֵלַי not on my own authority. Orlah I, 2 העולה מֵאֵלָיו growing spontaneously.—Y. Peah VII, 20ᵇ bot. its sacred character מֵאֵלָיו למדו they did derive from itself (i.e. from the wording of the law itself).—Hence מִמֵּילָא, v. מֵילָא.
אֵל
- v. אלל) God. Shebu. 35ᵃ divine names which dare not be erased are El &c. Taan. 6ᵇ bot.; a. fr.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 16 distinct written forms H408 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| אַל | Particle, Negative | Daniel 9:19 | 500 |
| וְ/אַל | Particle, Negative | Amos 5:14 | 124 |
| אַֽל | Particle, Negative | Ecclesiastes 8:3 | 65 |
| וְ/אַֽל | Particle, Negative | Amos 5:5 | 13 |
| וְֽ/אַל | Particle, Negative | 2 Samuel 3:29 | 9 |
| אֶל | Preposition | Deuteronomy 2:9 | 3 |
| אַ֣ל | Particle, Negative | Proverbs 31:4 | 2 |
| אֲל | Particle, Negative | Psalms 35:22 | 1 |
| אַ֖ל | Particle, Negative | 1 Samuel 2:24 | 1 |
| אַ֗ל | Particle, Negative | 2 Kings 3:13 | 1 |
| אַ֤ל | Particle, Negative | Proverbs 31:4 | 1 |
| אַ֨ל | Particle, Negative | Jonah 3:7 | 1 |
| אַֽל | Particle, Negative | Psalms 71:9 | 1 |
| וְ/אֶל | Preposition | Jeremiah 51:3 | 1 |
| וְ/אַ֣ל | Particle, Negative | Psalms 119:36 | 1 |
| לְ֝/אַ֗ל | Particle, Negative | Job 24:25 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H408, 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.
Derives from
Derived from this word
- אל ʼal H409 not
- אלו ʼillûw H432 if
- אליל ʼĕlîyl H457 worthless
- אלקום ʼalqûwm H510 not
- אל תשחת ʼAl tashchêth H516 do not destroy
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 10 — 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
This word appears in 516 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 572 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 13:8
- Exodus 3:5
- Leviticus 10:6
- Numbers 4:18
- Deuteronomy 1:21
- Joshua 1:7
- Judges 4:18
- Ruth 1:13
- 1 Samuel 1:16
- 2 Samuel 1:20
- 1 Kings 2:9
- 2 Kings 1:15
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.
