אַל
ʼal · al
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
Lexicon
Derivation: a negative particle (akin to H3808 (לֹא));
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
- not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative)
- once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads
Strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
724 occurrences · 724 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- let me never2 · 17%
- no1 · 8%
- nothing1 · 8%
- with thee, neither1 · 8%
- nor1 · 8%
- unto them, nay1 · 8%
- whither1 · 8%
- then let none1 · 8%
- nothing worth1 · 8%
- rather than1 · 8%
- not1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.