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1 Samuel 26:16
“This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the Lord liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the Lord’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.” (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
- 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.