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2 Kings 18:30
“Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H408 · Hebrew
- Definition
- not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
- Derivation
- a negative particle (akin to H3808 (לֹא));
- KJV renderings
- nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- אַל — particle (negative)
- Usage
- Occurs 725 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 13:8Genesis 15:1Genesis 18:3Genesis 18:32Genesis 19:7
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 אַל 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.