Original Language Studio
1 Samuel 15:35
“And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3808 · Hebrew
- Definition
- not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- Derivation
- or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle;
- KJV renderings
- [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- לֹא — particle (negative)
- Usage
- Occurs 5,191 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:5Genesis 2:17Genesis 2:18Genesis 2:20Genesis 2:25
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read לֹא here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.